Hello Paul,
I applaud your desire to assist others in their journey.
You ask a very good question that I will attempt to answer in multiple
parts.
1.
Yes, you can copy the folders you mentioned in your original post, to a
Windows computer; doing this will allow the Windows version of iTunes,
assuming that you point iTunes to the correct .I T L file, to display your
library as saves before the copy.
2.
Using the method you proposed, you will have two copies of the same library
that will very soon become out of sync. Unless you wish to engage in a
world of repetitive copying I would not suggest this method for live
multi-platform iTunes Library synchronization.
3.
I do think your idea is great if you wish to merely get a familiar library
structure up and running quickly. This would permit you to practice your
Windows iTunes skills without running the risk of damaging your original Mac
iTunes Library.
4.
Given the method you described, in which you have a copy of the Mac iTunes
Library on your Windows computer, you will have to manually select, each
time you connect your iOS device to its adjacent platform, whether or not to
make it the primary syncing platform. Should you do this, the entire
Library on the selected platform will be copied, one file at a time, back to
the iOS device. Depending on the size of your Sync selection, this could
take quite some time. I do not recommend this.
5.
It is possible to configure a home network, with an iTunes library stored on
a NAS (network attached storage) to use either a Windows PC or Mac to view
and interact with the same Library. This is to say, anything you do on one
platform would be reflected in the other given that they are both pointing
to the same Library. This would also have the advantage of allowing you to
attach your iOS device to either in order to seamlessly sync.
This is the current configuration I now enjoy; however, it does require an
advanced understanding of the iTunes environment and connection protocols.
Good Luck,
Mark
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:08 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: itunes for windows: getting to know it with my mac apple ID
Dear listers,
Having been a satisfied mac user for some 2 years now, I haven't yet used
itunes on windows so far. A lot of friends do not have a mac though, but
they do have a windows box. When folks get a new iphone, I can help them set
it up, but I don't know anything about itunes in windows. I do know enough
about windows in general, but not about windows itunes.
I would like to get to know the windows itunes experience, so that I can
walk someone through it while on skype or facetime. While playing with
windows itunes, I would like it to contain the same items as my library on
the mac.
Can I painlessly copy all items from the mac itunes library, over to
windows, by simply copying the entire music/itunes/itunes media folder from
the mac, over to windows, by dropping it into the automatically import into
itunes folder inside documents and settings?
Once all mac itunes library items are also present under windows, is it safe
to sync my iphone with windows, without loosing stuff, or is itunes life
more complicated than this?
Paul.
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