Hello Mary, I believe one can purchase a network attached storage device for around $120 or thereabouts.
Also, if one has a modern router, one can actually attach any USB key or drive and it will act like a NAS. The benefit of using a USB drive on a network attached storage device is that one can easily use it as a stand-alone drive, at any time. Rarely, very rarely, a NAS UI can become corrupt and this can cause one to lose all of one's data. This happened to me, once. Fortunately, I was able to recover the drive but, since that time, I use USB drives as NAS devices, exclusively. As you say, in order for this to work, one does need a router or hub that can support such a configuration. Like you, I have a lot of movies, television shows, audio books, that I have imported into my iTunes Library, over the years. I don't think setting up a USB router NAS system would be difficult should one choose to undertake such a project as a learning experience. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, November 24, 2017 11:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC? Thanks, Mark. That is unfortunate. We don’t have one of those devices, and they’re probably a pain to set up, if it’s even possible with my old Apple Airport extreme router. What a bummer. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2017, at 11:09 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Mary, > > Both a PC and a Mac can have access to the same iTunes Library. > > All one need do is to make certain that the Library is located on a central > drive. For example a network attached storage device. > > This is the setup I have in my home and it works well as my primary computer > continues to be a Windows desktop computer. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2017 10:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC? > > Is it possible to have your iTunes library on a Mac and a PC at the same > time? If so, how? Mine is presently on Mac, where it has lived for some > years. I just got a PC running windows 10, and I would like to be able to > have my library on this machine as well. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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