Hi ester. Thank you for the information. Once we get our music
situation straightened out--we literally have over 3,000 files alone
in my own directory, and who knows how much he has ... anyhow once
it's all settled one of us--probably me, since I've started using
iTunes---will create the library and share it. Very cool. I assume
that Eric can use that library while on the iMac, too? Or can it
only, at that point, be shared with our iBooks.
Jane
On May 21, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Jane,
I agree that if you want to play music files on your new iMac and
save disk space on your iBook (by not having to store the files
there), you don't need to use remote login on your local network.
It's easy to set up sharing in iTunes so you can listen to anything
on the iTunes library of another machine on your local network.
Just set up your preferences in the sharing menu of your iTunes
preferences -- no need to configure anything under System
Preferences.
On your iMac, just bring up your preferences menu under iTunes
(Command+comma), VO-keys+right arrow to the "Sharing" button
and press (VO-keys+space). Then VO-keys+right arrow to the
checkbox for "Share my library on my local network". There are
radio buttons that allow you to share your entire library, or only
selected playlists. You can also set up sharing with password
protection, though you probably won't use that option on a home
network. There's also a checkbox to "Look for shared libraries"
on this preferences menu. You'll want to make sure that box is
checked under the iTunes preferences for sharing on your iBook.
Now, if your iMac is set to share its iTunes library on your local
network and your iBook is set to look for shared libraries, you'll
find an entry under the Sources Outline of your iBook's iTunes
library after your Music, Movies, Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc. and
after the iTunes Store, but before your playlists. This will be for
your iMac's iTunes library. If you select it, then when you tab to
the Search text or the Songs Outline, you'll be able to select
tracks on your iMac's iTunes library and stream them to your iBook's
speakers. Just change the selection in your Sources Outline
back to your own iTunes library Music, etc. if you want to go
back to your own library.
Of course, the other way you could handle this if you have an
AirPort Express, is to plug in speakers into the AirPort Express
and stream music to the remote speakers. VO-keys left arrow
from the "play" or "previous" buttons to the "Remote Speaker"
button in iTunes when this is set up, then VO-keys+space to
select your remote speakers. If you have multiple AirPort
Express units with connected speakers, you'll be able to choose
which remote speakers you want to stream to (using the
identified name locations you defined when you set up your
AirPort Express).
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On May 20, 2008, at 02:37PM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote:
Thanks, Ester. It looks like I may not need to use it like I
thought. Mainly I am going on there to play music files or read
documents stored there. I am trying to save space on the iBook, you
see, and storing lots of my stuff on the iMac, and so that's why I
was
looking. But it looks simple enough to just open stuff in iTunes--
assuming it doesn't copy the stuff back over--or read documents or
whatever.
Jane
