Chris, Yes a Mini would work in this case, but not looking to go that route. I'm done buying computers for a while. :) So, with that said my wife is a user on my Mac. I could obviously log in as her and setup iTunes and that would work great. However, I do not know how I could have us both logged into the same machine and I think what you are saying is you have two different Macs in this scenario? Seems to me the problem is that iTunes has to be running and that library active. If I could get around that I probably would solve my problem. :)
THanks, On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > As an aside, an old MacMini would also make a nice media computer if you want > real storage and more than what an AppleTV will get you. The headphone jack > is actually a digital optical output which you can connect to any typical > surround-sound stereo to get the full 5.1 output from DVDs and such. > > That said, I did try just duplicating the iTunes app to try and run two > instances, but no luck, they share the same preference files. What did work > was setting up another user on my Mac and having that second user logged in > running iTunes. That instance had it's own library and preferences so I could > share two libraries from the same machine with two users logged in. > > CB > > On 2/6/12 10:11 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> If you had a 1st Generation Apple TV with the built-in HD, this would work >> as once the Apple TV is synced, you wouldn't need to have the iTunes Library >> actually active. Now, of course, they're hard to find now and you need >> sighted assistance to set them up, but after that, you'd be golden. I was >> also thinking about iTunes Match on the 2nd Gen Apple TV, you'd be able to >> use a matched Library in that situation except, at the moment, it only >> applies to iTunes music files, not movie and TV shows. You might also have >> volume restrictions from your ISP that could interfere with this idea as >> well. >> >> Not helping much, am I? >> >> Hmmm, you could stoop to putting Windows on your Mac as well so that you >> could run Fusion or Parallels, thus having two Libraries running >> simultaneously from the same machine. I don't particularly care for Windows >> though, even though I have to use it at work sometimes. >> >> I'll think some more and let you know if I come up with anything. >> >> Later... >> >> On 2012-02-06, at 4:34 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>>> Tim and Ricardo, >>>> >>>> I figured out how to do this, but sadly I ran into one problem that I >>>> suspect there is no solution for. In order to make this Home SHaring thing >>>> work you have to have iTunes running and that library active which means I >>>> cannot use my library. So, it amounts to all or nothing. So, that idea >>>> ain't gonna work. >>>> >>>> THanks, >>>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2012, at 6:02 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> > > -- > 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.
