Share iTunes Library on home network and edit from all computers?
I'd like to share my iTunes library on the 3 Macs on my home network and be able to edit the library (add songs, edit titles, add cover art, etc.) from any of the computers. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
We're attempting to work out the same trick on another thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6450437#6450437
Similar Messages
-
Can I put an aperture library on a network drive and edit from multiple computers?
I have an Imac desktop and a macbook pro. I want to be able to edit pictures from multiple computers. If I simply put the aperture library on a network server drive in my home, can I edit the same aperture library from both the Imac and the macbook? Rather than always having to sit in my office making changes to files I would love to also be able to do this with my laptop sitting ont the couch or in the kitchen. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Get yourself a small portable external drive for your Aperture library.
An Aperture library needs to be on directly connected drive formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled). network access is not supported and can lead to data loss and library corruption.
See Apple's support document: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252 -
Itunes Library on home computer and Outlook calender on work computer?
My Itunes Library that I use for my ipod is on my home computer and the Outlook calender I need to use is on my work computer?
How do I get music on to My IPhone when my iphone is set up at work and all of my music is at home?Since your iPhone is already set up at work, here is specifically what you should do:
Take the iPhone home and hold down the option and control keys as you connect it to your computer. This will allow it to be mounted in iTunes without running a sync.
In the iPhone screens uncheck all the syncing items for data (contacts, etc) and check all the media sync options you want. Then sync. Your work data will be left alone and your music will be put onto the iPhone.
Be sure to turn off music syncing on your work computer so that it doesn't wipe out the stuff you put on at home. -
How to share itunes library with multiple users, and keep organised
Hi,
I'm using iTunes (v12) on Windows 7 and am trying to set myself up so that multiple users on this PC are sharing the same library. I've followed the guidance mentioned on a couple of other threads, and put the library in the Users\Public\Music location, and on each user account have pointed iTunes to this location. This has worked OK, as both users can see all the music.
However, problems arise when User A deletes a couple of files (duplicates for example) - User B logs in, and the song is still listed in the library, but with an alert stating the original file cannot be located. They then have to go through the library and also delete these entries. Equally, if User B adds some music files (as opposed to iTunes downloads), they are not visible to User A until they "Add file to library..."
Are there any further steps that I can take to keep both users views of the library identical, without manual intervention by the second user whenever the first makes a change?
Cheers,
MattThe way you've set it up each user has a distinct library, but is accessing a common set of media files and folders. To accomplish what you want, you need to have a complete iTunes library (database + media) in a common location - typically this would be C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes. See turingtest2's notes on Make a split library portable for the steps that may be needed to bring your library into a suitable structure. Based on your description, you'll need to select one user's library (C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl) to act as the shared "master" and move this to the Public folders.
Then, for each user, hold down SHIFT while starting iTunes - when you get this prompt:
click on Choose Library..., navigate to C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes, select the iTunes Library.itl file you'll find there, and click Open (you'll only need to do this once for each user account).
Note, though, that iTunes is inherently a single-user application - any attempts to run iTunes at the same time will cause errors (and, in the worst case, possible corruption). For this reason, its a good idea to disable fast user switching in Windows so that only one user can be logged in, and running iTunes, at the same time. -
Share movie library on home network
I want to know how to access movies in my iCloud on our Vizio tv, which has connection to our home network.
We're attempting to work out the same trick on another thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6450437#6450437 -
Sharing library on local network not showing on all computers
I am unable to see my shared music folder in iTunes for the music on the home server on a local network from my laptop. It shows fine on my wife's laptop but not on mine. I can't see the remote speakers either. All the settings in iTunes are correct for sharing and for look for shared music and I have access to the files on the network from my laptop when I browse network places. When I first installed it worked fine on my machine but then it stopped. I can't figure out why. I also tried with the firewall off but did not help either.
Any ideas why it would stop working, but still work on other PCs on the network. I have a total of 3 pcs on the network plus the server.I have the same problem with a new laptop running Vista. All three of my XP computers that run ITunes can see the shared network drive on my server. ITunes on the Vista computer doesn't see any shared network folders, even though I can open them in Vista. Even tried a shortcut the network folder on the desktop. Zip. I've seen dozens of posts about this problem and no answers from Apple... and people complain about Microsoft software... sigh.
-
HT203167 WHY IS IT THAT ITUNES WON'T ADD SONGS AND MOVIES FROM ALL MY ACCOUNTS!
The ITunes fixes I had to add accounts and more accounts to buy the movies at the time I want,ed them so this great cloud don't work to lock them all together .
So why is apple sell at 487 share ???.Nothing is broken so there's nothing to fix. It's very normal for a company to deny you access to further services if you own them money. They aren't blocking you from using things you've already purchased and downloaded, only from further using Apple services - which included the privilege of re-downloading - until you've settled your debt. If you make a purchase knowing that you did not have or there was a significant chance you would not have the funds available, at best that's bad financial management on your part and potentially criminal at worst. Next time, keep more careful track of what you have purchased on line and make sure you keep enough of a reserve in your account to cover any such purchases no matter when they actually are booked to your account.
If you deleted the items, made no backup, and so now wish to re-download them, you will have to pay the balance you owe. Until you do, you are quite legimitately denied access to further services from the iTunes Store.
Regards. -
I have five different people using 10 different apple devices on one itunes account in our family. We have had trouble sharing. What is the best way to set up itunes on our home network? We have purchased music that sits on icloud, but we also have music we have imported from our previous cd library. Our itunes program keeps crashing and dumping everyone's playlists. So far we have all been using just the one desktop computer to sync to because we can't figure out how to share the same librarly and playlists on multiple computers in our home so devices can be synced at any location as well as playlists and purchases be made.
What is the best way to set up itunes on our home network?
One iTunes library per person. One iTunes account per person.
If people wish to share songs, they can make copies.
When the inevitable day comes when the kids get older, you will not have to come back here and post asking how all that stuff can get separated! -
I have my iTunes library stored on an external hard drive which is connected to my airport extreme, I wish to share my iTunes library over my network, I can do this with my laptop, but not with my iPad, can anyone tell me if it is possible
You can't connect directly to the external drive, but should be able to use iTunes Home Sharing via the laptop.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453 -
Hi
Would anyone know if I can I move my iTunes library onto Time Capsule and share it across my devices (similar to a NAS drive)?
This would give me some hard drive space on my iMac and more importantly mean my iTunes library is available all the time. Although I have Home sharing I need my iMac on and if not I use iTunes on iCloud I always seem to be downloading the tracks I need.
Current configuration / devices:
iMac 20-inch, Mid 2007 - nearly full!
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
OSX Mavericks
Time Capsule (1TB)
iPad
iPod Touch
Apple TV
iTunes 11.1.5 (5)
Many thanksWhat "devices" are these? By devices I normally understand i-devices and not computers. How many computers?
If you put the whole library on the Time Capsule (TC) you can only use it with one computer at a time because the iTunes library file can only be opened by one copy of iTunes at a time. If you put only media on the TC but have a copy of the library files on each computer you can use media by multiple computers but you then have the headache of trying to make sure that any changes done to the collection by one computer are mirrored by the libraries on the other computers which will be more or less independent.
I hope this TC isn't also your backup drive. When the TC drive fails (and it will someday) then your whole collection is gone. Don't rely upon Apple to always have copies for you to download. For one, if a distributor puylls an item then it is gone period. Additionally, Apple only keeps media, not the actual organization that is your set of library files. If you do this, buy another backup drive. -
Trying to setup a Belkin N750 between Mac & Win 7 to share Itunes Library on an external HDD
Hello all,
Please excuse my complicated question. I really cannot fathom out how to resolve this technological nightmare. I have a 50gb Itunes Library stored on an External HDD in MAC format (HFS+) I want to share this library with the Windows 7 Laptop, i have enable home sharing on both computers. Sadly the Windows laptop cannot see the itunes library.
I have a Belkin N750 wireless router which has a USB port and LAN connections on the back. I bought this on the understanding i could plug my HDD into the router and it could then be accessed by both Mac and P.C. Annoyingly the HDD cannot be seen by either laptop! I am assuming this is because of the file format??
Does anyone know of any way i can share my HDD to both Mac and P.C so the Itunes library can be shared and playlists can be made by each user?
Thanks in advance
Any ideas are welcome as it would stop me throwing the whole lot into the garden and going back to Vinyl and tape decks!
Ian
P.S: I also have access to my music library via iCloud, i have logged into iCloud on the windows laptop and the Itunes library can be seen but cannot be edited (Playlists added or deleted)
P.P.S: HDD has just died so i have the oppurtunity to buy a new HDD so can format it before adding Itunes Library back to the drive. (Just had to pay to get data back off dead HDD which will come back on DVD's so the assumption is to copy data onto new drive)
Again, thank you for reading and i hope someone has any bright ideas to help me.Hello,
The iTunes library is installed and added to my Mac with no issues. I just want to share the whole library with a Windows laptop.
As mentioned the 'Enable home sharing' does not seem to work. I am assuming it is the file format of the HDD which means the home sharing cannot be done on a Mac?
Thanks
Ian -
Share iTunes library without an Internet connection.
Hi guys.
I have an Apple Tv3 and want to be able to share my iTunes library on my network that DOESN'T have web access, just simply a router that both my iMac and my appletv are on. Is this possible? Iv googled it but can't find a definitive answer. At the moment it tells me to ensure home sharing is on, which it is, but my content isn't available.
Any help would be great.
Thanks.Welcome to the Apple Community.
Homesharing needs to check home now and again to verify your account. Unfortunately you will need the Internet in order to be able to use your Apple TV in that way. -
Can two computers use same iTunes library on a network drive?
Can two computers use directly (rather than share) the same iTunes library on a network drive?
My media library is on a network drive attached to my Airport Extreme. Right now I share the library with my desktop Mac. I can share fine, but I would like to be able to add, delete, and make other changes in the media library from both computers. The two computers would not be accessing the library at the same time as I am the sole user of both.I appreciate your input and I think you're right about this being impossible. But just to clarify, you say I can't "have multiple machines accessing the same music files from a shared location." I can have multiple machines accessing the same music files from a shared location--I just can't have them accessing the same music files simultaneously--which may have been what you meant. For my situation, I think it will be less work to just quit iTunes on my server when I want to run it on my client (using Chicken of the VNC). It's not ideal, but it's less time-consuming than periodically syncing three computers.
Again, thanks for the input. -
How can I sync an iTunes library on one network to an Apple TV on another?
Topic says it all. Library at work, and Apple TV at home, how do I make it work?
You would probably need to set up a VPN server on your home network and connect through that server. To be best of my knowledge, synching to an an Apple TV, as is the case with iTunes sharing, only works between devices on the same local network. But perhaps someone else here will know another workaround.
-
How do you connect ipad 2 to itunes library using home sharing
How do you connect the ipad 2 to the itunes library using home sharing so you can listen on your ipad 2? I've seen directions for the ipad which tell you how to setup home sharing then open ipod and touch library in the left column, but when I hit library, nothing happens. I'm assuming the ipad 2 has something different about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
PS, the OS is 4.3.3 (just got it but it's not on the os list)See iTunes 9- Understanding Home Sharing and iTunes- Troubleshooting Home Sharing. Also, open iTunes, select iTunes Help from the Help menu and search for "home shar."
Maybe you are looking for
-
I have a 755p and as far as I know, it is set-up properly, however, everytime I send or respond to an email from my 755P, the"sender" email address shows-up as my phone number with my email address in <>. I would like to simply have my actual email
-
Taking Z1 back to shops!! going back to Apple: Sony Bridge for Mac does not work
Been an Iphone owner. really, really wanted to try a good android phone, and the z1 looked the best. However I have had the most frustrating experience- this junky bridge software looks slick but it simply does not work on a mac . I have spent nearl
-
I have a mac osx 10.5.8 how do i get the app store it says my updates are all complete
i have a mac desktop 27" on osx version 10.5.8. I want the new app store but when i do updates it says i am all up to date. How do i get the app store
-
Question regarding a method of stocking data
I know this thread already is in the "New to Java Technology" Forum, although I said the topic was closed there so I could open it back here.. I realized it would be more fitting here and it would probably get more replies... I am working with a frie
-
CALLING THE SAME FORM TWICE IN WEB
Dear OTN members and Support team, I have a problm in the web. OK let me tel u the envirnment. Database Server 8.04 Web Application Server 3 Developer Server 2.1 Jinitiator 1.1.5.21.1 Problem Description : When I call a from for the first time it com