Stream music from one mac to another

How do you stream music in itunes from one mac to another?

Home Sharing enables you to stream or transfer music, movies, TV shows, apps, and more among up to five authorized computers in your household.
Understanding Home Sharing:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing in your computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
Troubleshooting Home Sharing:  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

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  • Problems with home sharing - copy & paste music from one mac to another mac

    Using home sharing and two macbook pros, I am trying to copy and paste music from one of the mac pros to the other.  Sharing appear to be set up properly and the mac allows me to highlight the music i want to copy and then drag it to the music folder . The mac then indicates that fies are being copied...for example, it now says "copying 1 of 10".  However, it never goes beyond this.  After a while I click the "x" and start over, but nothing ever happens.  Anyone have ideas?  This shouldn't be that difficult. 

    no.
    for home sharing to work, all machines need to be on the same network.

  • Stream video from one mac to another mac via iTunes?

    I've had trouble streaming purchased iTune video (TV episodes) from my primary computer (Power PC iMac G5) to two other macs (IntelMac iMac & MacBook). I can get the videos to stream about 50% of the time. The other half of the time, iTunes freezes up on the MacBook or IntelMac iMac when I try to open the shared iTunes video that is residing on the G5 iMac. I can always stream music computer to computer without any problem. I am using Airport express as my wireless router.
    Any ideas as to why videos don't always stream?
    Thanks.
    Stephen
    MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

    Home Sharing enables you to stream or transfer music, movies, TV shows, apps, and more among up to five authorized computers in your household.
    Understanding Home Sharing:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
    iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing in your computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
    Troubleshooting Home Sharing:  http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

  • Copying my music from one Mac to another

    I have all my music on my Mac Pro iTunes and I would like to copy it all to my MBP iTunes.
    They are both running Leopard.
    Can anyone please advise on the simplest way to do this?
    Thank you.

    Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your othercomputer is to network the two over ethernet and copy your iTunes folder across. This works fine if you have been using iTunes to completely manage your music and all your songs are in iTunes Music not in different folders. If the songs in your library are not all in the iTunes Music folder you can consolidate them. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them:
    Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Mac
    OS X 10.5 - Connecting two Mac computers using Ethernet
    Another way is to put your original computer into target disk mode and copy the data over Firewire: How to use FireWire target disk mode
    Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
    When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a Mac this would be in Username/Music/.
    If you have any iTunes purchases in your library don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play them: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation
    An alternative method would be to use a utility that syncronises iTunes libraries across computers. You could begin your research in tht direction by having a look at these for instance:
    TuneRanger
    SuperSync
    syncOtunes

  • How to move purchased music from one mac to another

    Hi Everybody
    How do I move my purchased music (purchased in Itunes on my Powerbook) to my Mac Mini so that I can enjoy the music on both computers?
    I would very much like two answers:
    1. One answer that gives me the solution of how to move only the purchased music?
    2. An answer thats give me a solution to move/sync. the entity Itunes library/folder?
    Thanks in advance :o)
    Best
    /Kudsk

    1. How to copy purchases between computers
    2. Moving your iTunes Music folder

  • Seems simple but: want to trannfer purchased music from one Mac to another

    On the family iMacG5 have backed up my daughters small library of "purchased" music to a dvd using the "data cd" setting in preferences.
    1)can i use this cd to transfer or import to her new MB?
    2) is there any danger my ripping data back-ups could be viewed as making and or burning a musin cd, ie maxing out at 7?
    thanks
    MB and Imac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   itune 6

    got the answer in another part of the forum

  • How do i transfer music from one mac to another

    I recently got a new Macbook Pro. How do i transfer the itunes on my old mac to my new mac?
    Thanks!

    To get Everything Across and to have it as you Now Have it...
    Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
    Backup iTunes to an External Drive
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
    An Added Bonus is that you will have a Backup of iTunes.

  • How can i transfer my music from one account to another on a different computer?

    So i have an itunes account on dell laptop and i share that account with other famliy members. I recently bought a mac pro and wanted to create a new account that way i can use icloud, is there any possible way to transfer everything from my old library to my new one or will i lose everything i had on my phone and ipods? Or is it possible to have one account but multiple icloud accounts?

    lisafromwindermere wrote:
    I want to start my own account separate from my parents. Can I transfer my music from one account to another? If so, how?
    Lisa,
    Just get copies of the song files and add them to your iTunes library.  With the exception of any DRM-protected files (purchased before mid-2009 and never upgraded) they will play fine, even though they are technically associated with the original account.

  • TS2530 When I put a burned cd from one Mac into another Mac, song titles do not show up! I have to enter them manually! My CD player reads the titles that i on the cd; how can I get my Mac to do so?

    When I put a burned cd from one Mac into another Mac, song titles do not show up! I have to enter them manually! My CD player reads the titles that i on the cd; how can I get my Mac to do so?

    The problem is that I burned these CD's myself from music that I added from my personal collection to iTunes. The INFO is ON the CD's (it appears perfectly when I put the CD in my Numark mixer...so I know the info is on the CD), but for some reason, my MAC PRO will NOT read the info on the burned CD when I place the CD into the MAC PRO. The CD was burned on a MAC that I no longer own. But there HAS to be a way to transfer songs from a burned CD with the INFO that is on the CD burned with iTunes.
    PLEASE HELP!
    -Old Appel

  • Can I copy my iTunes from one Mac to another to a distant location?

    I have 2 homes one in NYC and the other in upstate NY. I have multiple Macs at both locations all using Snow Leopard and the latest version of iTunes(9). I only have 1 iTunes library I maintain at the upstate location and have to bring my iPod to the NYC location to play my music. Can I not copy my iTunes library to the NYC location using Home Sharing or using some other method? I often forget to bring my iPod and am left without my music.

    Prince Moe wrote:
    Hi
    Since I had a problem with my Mac's drive that suddenly failed (I am able to read ONLY), I replaced the internal HD with my emergency HD that I had backedup a few months before. I would like to know if there's a way to copy my settings from one mac to another? Is there a specific folder for all apps or do I have to find out each and every single file for each app?
    I need the settings for
    System (view, font, color,)
    Finder (view, etc)
    iTunes (that include all library, playlists, etc),
    Firefox (Bookmarks, settings & plug-ins),
    Safari (Bookmarks, settings & plug-ins),
    Address Book (contacts)
    Thuderbird (emails accounts, contacts, passwords, etc)
    Stickies (stickies on the dock - i have info on there unsaved)
    Filezilla (FTP infos)
    Would appreciate.
    Thnx.
    All that info is found in your user/library folder, I just did a 60 machine rollout and copied all those settings from user/library, just be forewarned that if you upgrade software those setting will not take on the machine, for example Adobe CS 3,4 will not usable by CS5.  let us know if you need more help.  Also make sure you copy most of your preferences in the user/library/prefences folder.
    Note: If you are using an identical backup with all apps and user settings, you can just copy all folders from user to your new home folder.  Remember that only if the image or backup is identical to your production OS.

  • How can I move my iTunes library from one Mac to another?

    I recently purchased a new 13" MacBook Air to replace my older 17" MacBook Pro. 
    How can I move my iTunes library to my new MBA? 
    I also plan on purchasing a new iPhone in the next month or so.  Can I move my songs from my iPod to that too?

    Easy. Copy it from the old Mac to the new one.
    There are a variety of techniques including Setup Assistant (as soon as you get your new MacBook Air, it will ask you if you want to transfer information from another computer), Migration Assistant (if you elect to transfer information later), enabling file sharing between the two computers, or copying your music to a flash drive or other storage device followed by importing it to iTunes.
    iTunes: How to move your music from one computer to another
    Once your music library and everything else you want to transfer from the MacBook Pro resides on the new MBA, sync your iPod to the MBA. Sync the iPhone too when you get it, and they will both have identical iTunes music libraries.

  • How to move songs in one playlist from one mac to another?

    I am running the current version of  iTunes on my MacPro and my MBAir, both of which are authorized computers in my iTunes account.  I would like to copy the tunes in one playlist on my MacPro to my MBA, so that I can take them on the road.  Some of the songs are purchased from the iTunes store, and some have been ripped in from CDs I own.  I have found numerous links explaining how to move an entire iTunes library to a new computer.  But, I simply want to copy a few files from one Mac to another so that I can play them on either machine.  How do I do this?  Thanks!

    There are no shortcuts with the way your iTunes libraries are set up. You'll just have to go to each individual song, use "Show in Finder" to locate the actual file and copy and paste them to your other computer's iTunes.
    What I suggest for someone who has multiple computers is to designate one computer to store all of your iTunes content and use the Home Sharing feature to stream to the other computer. iTunes was not designed for an individual that has multiple computers.

  • Streaming Movie from one iMac to another

    I hope this is a quick issue.
    I have had a Mac Mini for several years connected in our family room to a Sony TV. We use iTunes to watch movies and it works very well.  I have a 2 terabit external drive (iomega) with Firewire, but at this point the Itunes library is on the Mac Mini's hard drive.
    I have another mac (27 inch) which has a larger hard drive and a Thunderbolt 6 TV Raid (3 tb mirror).  I curently have the itunes library on that mac located on my 256 gig SD drive (second hard drive is 2 TB disk). 
    I was planning on moving the itunes library to the RAID and running movies in the family room via home sharing.
    So last night we tried to watch a movie stored on my SD drive accross the wired network to the family room. It played fine for about 5 minutes and then just stopped.  When I tried to restart the movie the Mac Mini said I could not because home sharing was not on!  I checked it was.
    I then used the finder to log onto that mac again and the movie showed up in the shared section on iTunes but again would not play for more than a few minutes.
    So what am I doing wrong?
    I was considering getting an Apple TV for the bedroom, but if I cannot successfully stream a movied from one mac to another on the WIRED network, what chance will I have with a WIFI connected Apply TV??
    Mike

    Found the problem.
    D'ooh
    Had wifi and wired network connection running!
    I turned off wifi on the Mac mini and it works fine.
    Also tested wifi streaming with a Mac book and it works fine.
    Mike

  • What is the best way to transfer home videos from one mac to another?

    What is the best way to transfer home videos from one mac to another?

    hustonsmom wrote:
    the commercial is deceiving to me. i am not the most techy person and i thought that you could share full song playlist which to me meant the songs also. that is all, it wasnt anything you had said but i am really thankful you enlightened me because i would still be racking my brain trying to figure out how to do it.
    You can share songs, but if there is DRM protection on the song, it will not play on the other device unless you also transfer the rights to the other device. You are getting into the problem of music piracy.

  • How do I move all the apps and podcasts from one mac to another mac?

    What is the best way to move all the apps and iTunes content (songs, podcasts, etc) from one Mac to another Mac?  I am switching to a newer computer.  I connect (with cables) an iPhone 4 and an iPad 2 to the old computer for syncing.

    Take a look at this.
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    When I recently got a new MacBook, I set it up with Times Machine using a backup of the old computer. It could not have been easier. If you use Time Machine - that will copy the contents of the old Mac to the new Mac - iTunes library included. You will have to authorize the new Mac in iTunes - Store>Authorize this computer.
    There are ways of copying the purchased contents from the iPad to the new iTunes library as well if you need to do that. But as long as you have the old Mac - copying the library and putting it on the new Mac makes the most sense.

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