Ok, will study further, thanks Ronni. Regards
Peter On 17/04/2011, at 8:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > You are confused with iTunes “Sharing” & iTunes “Home Sharing” … again! > Read the Archives thread back on 28 & 29th January 2011 > > From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> > Subject: Re: iTunes sharing > Date: 29 January 2011 11:44:36 AM AWST > To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> > > Hi Peter, > > If the kids have selected in their iTunes > Preferences > Sharing - “look for > shared libraries” & “Share my Library on my local network” on their Macs, > each library will show under shared in each of their iTunes and they can > click on a track and play it. > > They don’t need to have “Home Sharing” turned on under “Advanced” just to > share and play each others music. > > “Home Sharing” allows more than just “Sharing” > > iTunes includes another sharing feature called “Home Sharing”. With this > feature, you can share content across Macs or PCs in your home, copying files > from one computer to another so each user has files locally to play and to > sync to their iOS devices. > > Using Home Sharing is much easier than transferring files over a network and > manually adding them to your iTunes library; just select, click and copy. > > There is a condition required for this feature: all the users must set it up > using the same iTunes Store account. (This is obviously to dissuade people > from setting Home Sharing up with friends.) > > > Perhaps these links might help: > <http://www.macworld.com.au/help/sharing-itunes-libraries-2-16691/> > > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819> > > <http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-Home-Sharing-in-iTunes> > > Windows 7 & iTunes Home Sharing: > <http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/77534.aspx> > > Cheers, > Ronni > — > AND > > From: Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> > Date: 29 January 2011 9:59:51 AM AWST > To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: RE: iTunes sharing > Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > > > Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you > suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and > playable. So I went Advanced>Turn Off Home Sharing" on one of the kids > Macbooks. This still left "Peters Library" showing (but undocked) and when I > selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible "Kids Playlist" > from Peter's library". > > So while still in the "Home Sharing Turned Off" mode the sharing still seems > to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the "Kids Playlist" on > Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent > addition - instantaneously. > > So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the > "Sharing Off" mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing > capability state. > > If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for > the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the > security I wanted. > > Regards > > Peter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf > Of Ronda Brown > Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: iTunes sharing > > > Hi Peter, > > Under "SHARED" on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside > "Peter's Library" > Open the arrow and they should see "Playlists" . the "Kids Playlist" should > be showing there? > > On the other computers that are sharing "Peter's Library" what do their > iTunes Preferences > Sharing have selected? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > > > > On 17/04/2011, at 7:23 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: > >> >> Hi Ronni, I have all set for sharing as I wish to share in all directions >> and not just me as the only "sharer". Is this not an option for me? >> >> Regards >> >> Peter. >> On 17/04/2011, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> We covered this with you back on 29 January 2011 >>> Subject: iTunes sharing >>> I’ve pasted part of the email below FYI >>> >>> /Pasted email: >>> >>> From: Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> >>> Date: 29 January 2011 10:22:41 AM AWST >>> To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> >>> Subject: Re: iTunes sharing >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers >>> iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! >>> Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” >>> iTunes. >>> >>> I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was >>> sharing its iTunes Library. >>> I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> / End pasted email >>> >>> On 17/04/2011, at 5:31 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, I have all Macs (3 of them) and one Windows laptop in the house set up >>>> with home sharing under the one Apple ID. I have iTunes on my laptop open >>>> at all times but not always the case on the others. when I open up iTunes >>>> on one of the others, the Home sharing on the laptop does not report the >>>> presence of the other shared Mac with iTunes open (also with same Apple ID >>>> and Home sharing "turned on"). Is there a refresh process for this in >>>> iTunes? >>>> >>>> I was able to get it to show up by "Turn Home Share Off" then "Turn Home >>>> Share On" again, but not a very elegant solution. There has to be >>>> something smarter than that I'd reckon. >>>> >>>> Any clues anyone? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Peter… >>>> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
