I do it. I didn't partition my time capsule, but I did put the movies in there own folder. Works flawlessly. I have itunes set to point to the files, not copy them to my library. Just for your knowledge. HTH On Feb 3, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tim, > > We already have home-sharing turned on. We were thinking that it would be > cool to store our movies on a drive that connects wirelessly to my MBA. but > I suppose if we have to use a standard portable drive, that isn't the end of > the world. But it does raise another question or two. Can I set up iTunes > so that only the movies in my library are stored on a portable drive? And if > I do that, will iTunes be messed up when that drive isn't connected? > Thanks, > Donna > On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I believe that it may be technically possible but not extremely practical. >> You would need to probably partition your TC so that the backups were on a >> separate partition then set your Mac to automatically mount the other >> partition where your iTunes content is stored. Then when you started >> iTunes, it would access its Library from that network drive. I think that >> performance would be compromised and other inconsistencies may occur. Why >> not simply use the Home Sharing feature built-in to iTunes so that all users >> with the same AppleID in your house could access that Library? >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2013-02-03, at 9:40 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Does anyone know if it is possible to use time capsule to store your movies >>> library and iTunes and to play movies from there? >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
