Well it said in the description that it was compatible with ITunes and it mentioned that it could do ITunes. I don't want to do my own hacking if i can avoid it, because i'm an idiot when it comes to programming in any shape or form, so i want to stick with what's in the box and sorta do what i can with it, so a link station may not be the right choise or what do you say? /Krister
6 jul 2011 kl. 20.57 skrev Ben Mustill-Rose: > Hi, > > I'll answer this on list since people are wanting to use iTunes with a nas. > > Like any other nas, the linkstations have a web interface that lets > you control its features and setup shares. It does have some client > software for pc and mac, but it doesn't really do that much; all it > does on windows is map a drive for easier access. > It has a dlan server, which is pretty much like home sharing except it > works with more media players, but I'm not sure if it works with > iTunes out of the box. As I said, if you're up for a bit of a hack, > you can get it to run debian which is much more flexable than the > stock firmware, so you should be able to get something sorted that > way. > Note that sometimes if you flash the firmware it will for some reason > switch languages to japanese which can take a bit of time to change, > but you shouldn't have to do this if you purchase one with the drives > included. > > Remember to double check iTunes compatibility before you buy it; I > would check but I'm not running the stock firmware. > > On 06/07/2011, Vince Mistretta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Definitely want more info too. Just been looking at these and want to >> share files between XP Pro machine, W7 HP and iMac and want to setup >> timemachine backup. >> >> On 7/6/11, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> As so often here and other places, i stumble upon a thread and sorta think >>> it's not interesting to me now and go on, however i read in this >>> particular >>> thread and it placed ideas in my poor spinning head, so this is my >>> question: >>> Someone here mentioned that they had a Buffalo NAS, don't remember the >>> exact >>> model now, but are these easy to work with and set up and so on? I'm >>> thinking about a Link Station Pro Duo 4 TB, but before i fork out the >>> money, >>> i want to know if it is easy to work with and configure or if i'd do >>> better >>> with another NAS or possibly some other solution. I want to use it as a >>> central storage for my ITunes and the like. >>> /Krister >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Vince Mistretta >> My Tech / Programming mailbox >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
