On 4 sep 2010, at 03:15, Scot Hacker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:22 PM, John Stalberg wrote: > >> iTunes can control a remote library and write to it. I have one single >> library on my workstation and using iTunes on the workstation to control it. >> I also have a MacBook which use the same library. However, the two iTunes >> applications can't use the library at the same time. That is not of any >> problem for me >> >> I use my iTunes library when away from home and if the bandwidth pemits I >> can listen and watch audio/video. > > That part works fine, yes. > >> I can as I mentioned also write to the libray. I can use it as if it were a >> local library. > > You can delete or rate tracks on the remote library? How? > >> The trick is to use file sharing! > > > Clarify please - What exactly are you sharing? > > Guessing here - Do you mean you share the iTunes folder on the host Mac over > the LAN, mount it on the remote machine, and tell the remote machine's iTunes > to use that as the iTunes folder? > Yes I use the same iTunes folder for both machines and point both iTunes application to it. On the remote machine it is mounted. There are of course situations were this isn't optimal, more than one physical owner of the music in question etcetera, but for a single person with more than one computer it can be a good solution. For me it certaintly is. The drawbacks are to not be able to use both computer simultaneously for iTunes stuff. I can rename the remote Mac's iTunes folder to quickly hinder such a collision and on the remote Mac I always have a second iTunes folder which I activate by changing names to the default name and change the remote Mac's iTunes folders name to anything but the default name. That gives me an iTunes folder to use when the shared folder isn't accessible or reached but with to slow connection or for some other reason to not use it. Another thing is if the music library (or video or...) is heavily updated, the local cache update can take a noticeable time and if this is done from a remote location the bandwith of the internet connection can condiderably affect such an update. It is wise to keep iTunes updated library wise on both (if two machines is used) machines. The solution isn't exactly what one might whish, but it is pretty close for my needs. I'm the only user of my computers. // John Stalberg _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
