My first resort would be to log into the old computer as a server from the new computer, make an alias of the old computer's iTunes library, and then drag it to where your iTunes library would be on the new computer. This assumes you don't have an active iTunes library on the new computer to abandon. Then, whenever you activate iTunes, it would automatically mount the iTunes library on the old server as if it were your own library. Depending on how you have sharing set up, you may or may not have to login to the server every time you want to run iTunes, but you can control that.
> On Dec 29, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a 2012 Mac Pro (tower style) and a 2013 Mac Pro (new cylinder design), > where the latter is now my main computer. A few weeks ago, I asked how to > allow the new Mac Pro to share the optical drive on the old Mac Pro to import > music from CDs into iTunes. The eventual answer was that it's not possible, > probably due to DRM issues. I can share the optical drive for data, but not > music from commercial CDs (unless I reboot into Target Disk Mode each time I > want to import a CD, which I would rather not do). I could also buy an > external optical drive and attach it to the new Mac Pro, but I would rather > use my current optical drive and avoid unnecessary clutter (and expense). > > So now my thinking is that perhaps I could use the old Mac Pro to hold my > iTunes music and then share its iTunes library with the new Mac Pro. This > seems to mostly work, but there is one glitch. I am running iTunes 12.0.1.26 > and OSX 10.9.5 on both machines. With iTunes sharing turned on, I see a > little house icon with a musical note symbol in the upper left corner of the > iTunes window. When I click on it, I see 2 menu items. The first item is > "This Computer" and the second points to the name of my iTunes library. When > I choose the second item, it connects me to the iTunes library on the old Mac > Pro (via my local network), which is what I want. I also have to click on > Artists in the upper right corner, since I prefer this view and the default > view seems to be Albums. > > The glitch is that every time I quit iTunes and restart it (on the new Mac > Pro), I have to go through this 2-step selection again. Is there any way to > make my preferences stick? I renamed my iTunes Media folder on the new Mac > Pro, but that did not work. Each time I start iTunes, I have to switch from > "This Computer" to the remote iTunes library and I have to switch from Albums > to Artists. How can I get my choices to stick? > > I did not try deleting (rather than renaming) the iTunes Media folder on the > new Mac Pro, since I like having "backups" of important material. I thought > that moving or renaming the folder would be enough, but perhaps it's not. I > guess I will try that next, unless someone has a simpler solution. > > Thanks, > > Gregg > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
