ever device you want to share music with must have iTunes Match activated. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Marlaina Lieberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ok then just what is iTunes Match? i thought it would centralize all my > music in the cloud and I'd be able to get it from any machine on which I > have iTunes. > > Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the > world! > > Marlaina Lieberg > [email protected] > > > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > > solved your problem... drum roll please..... > > lets say your music server is about 60gb or so in size, abandon itunes > match and just use itunes as is. > > each system should benefit from a direct copy of the contents of the > itunes server drive you've built, ergo no connection to a network unless > necessary. > > the simple action is this... > > from your server, assuming you have built an itunes folder in the NAS > drive, copy the contents of that drive to the itunes folder of each > machine. OK it's disk space but if you're like me and don't need the hassle > of tandem drives, this is the best way. this also resolves the issue of > what may be happening on your iphone. > > it's a decent and direct solution which won't screw up your workstation > nor slow things down. > > lew > > On 3 Jan 2012, at 20:19, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > > > Ok. Here's the deal. I use an MBP and a Mac Air. My husband uses his > own MBP and iPad. We have all our music stored on a netgeer external > server. I know it would be easiest if I had it all in one place and I > thought that would happen once I signed up for iTunes Match, but that has > served to put only 300 songs on my iPhone which I didn't want it to do, but > my library has more than 3,000 songs so even if I did want them on my > iPhone, I still have only a tenth of them. However, the iPhone is a > problem for another post. > > > > Marlaina > > > > Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the > world! > > > > Marlaina Lieberg > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > > > > I have an idea. but before I present the idea to you lol, just clarify > what machine you're using, disk space, what music you want? etc just so I > can walk through the issue with you. lol. > > > > I use my MBP as an all in 1 system. audio handling, systems tools, data > management, the lot. 500gb drive and still have 400gb left lol. the 100gb > between system, software, 30gb of itunes at full spec conversion, etc. I > have an emergency 120gb sata notebook drive in a caddy just in case. > > > > perhaps, why not simplify things.. rather than go and connect to a host > to download and access media, why not just use your MBP hard drive for the > lot. itunes will still love you either way. why make something hard lol. > > > > sorry. brain being powered by foot pump today lol > > > > lew > > > > On 3 Jan 2012, at 19:56, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > > > >> Yikes, I'm drowning! I think I just have to keep switching back and > forth, what a pain! > >> > >> Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with > the world! > >> > >> Marlaina Lieberg > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > >> > >> I agree with chris here. > >> > >> I wonder though if you can log into your main host via HTTPS or > something like that so that you could log into your machine or storage > device and still have an active host or directory structure for itunes. > >> > >> hmmmmmm will look into this. > >> > >> Going back to my work as an IT engineer from a windows (picks up bin, > spits "Ding") standpoint, logging into a host whilst on the road can be > achieved so that you can gain access to data there and then. it's what's > used by us IT specialists for dialing into dying systems to fault find > before we arrive or to perform instructions to set up emergency server > actions. like win server 2003, etc. YUCK! > >> > >> it's been a while lol but I'm sure if you set up your storage system > (NAS) with say a mac as a connection, you could connect directly, setting > up your MBP itunes directory to connect to "Source directory of NAS" if > possible. > >> > >> lew > >> > >> On 3 Jan 2012, at 19:43, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> > >>> Ok, so if I launch iTunes and I'm away from home, when I return I must > change the library location each time after I've been somewhere? The thing > is, I don't want all that music on my MBP or my Mac Air. > >>> > >>> Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with > the world! > >>> > >>> Marlaina Lieberg > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > >>> > >>> I think a higher level description is that iTunes will store your > preference of library location and use it from then on when you launch. > But, if it can't find your new special location (because it doesn't exist > for some reason) it will revert back to using the standard location. So if > you have an external hard drive or network mounted drive for your iTunes > library you will need to make sure that is connected/mounted first and then > launch iTunes. Otherwise it will silently fail and go back to its old ways. > >>> > >>> CB > >>> > >>> On 1/2/12 7:49 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Go to the desktop/finder. Press command + k. This opens the network > connection dialog. Enter in the server name or the IP address of the > server. EG: > >>>> > >>>> smb://192.168.1.1 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> This will open a new dialog. If a username/password is required, you > will be prompted. If none is required, then you will get a dialog showing > the available shared directories available. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I hope the above helps. > >>>> > >>>> Sean > >>>> On 03/01/2012, at 11:04 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Sean, > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you so much but how do I do this? I don't even know where > /volumes/directory is located or how to find it, not to mention what to do > if the external server drive is not mounted. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with > the world! > >>>>> > >>>>> Marlaina Lieberg > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> Make sure the external drive is mounted first. All mounted volumes > are in /volumes directory. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Sean > >>>>> On 02/01/2012, at 10:46 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi all. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can anybody tell me why neither my Air nor my MBP will believe me > when I tell them I want my libraries in iTunes located on my external > server? I keep having to change this each time I open iTunes, no matter > which machine I use. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have other questions about iTunes match, but will hold off on > them. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks so much and happy holidays to all! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> MarlainaD > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> 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. > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> Mr. L. 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