ITunes library on one computer - Play sound on another?
I'm needing to free up space on my MBPro and thought I'd move my library to my wife's MB since she has more hard drive space available. Then I thought I'd delete the library from my machine to free up that 20-25GB of space.
The only problem with that is now I can't listen to iTunes on my machine if I'm doing work and need some music. We have the machines on the same network (can connect to each machine from the other and move files).
Is there a good way for me to listen to my library that's on her machine from my machine? I'm thinking point my MBPro to the library on her machine, but I'm wondering if that will work with both machines connected to a Time Capsule via Wi-Fi. Is there some option to stream sound from a MB to a MBPro and just use my MBPro as remote speakers, so to speak?
Hope this includes all necessary details and makes sense.
-John
Enable Music Sharing on your wife's computer. Open iTunes, select Preferences. Click on the Sharing icon at the top of the new window. Tick the boxes "Look for shared libraries" and "Share my library on my local network" -then click in the circle for "Share entire library".
Next, on your computer open iTunes, select Preferences, click on the Sharing icon, and check the box "Look for shared libraries".
For this to work, your wife's computer must be left on, and the iTunes application must be open. On your computer you open iTunes, and in the source window on the left part of your iTunes screen you will see your wife's library and playlists. Double-click on them to play. This will not cause the files to play on your wife's computer -only yours. If her computer is shut down or goes to sleep you will lose your access to the music.
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