About Home sharing on two Macs and the option to update on play count...
There is an option under the Home Sharing tab in the Preferences of iTunes to update the play count on "all devices and computers". But if I click this option, what count does it take into account? That of the computer on which I tick the option or the highest of all the computers that are "shared"? You see, my main computer at home is my iMac. It's the one computer with the biggest HD and on which most of the music I listen to is played. Well if I tick this option on my MacBook, I'm afraid it will erase my play counts on the iMac! If I tick it, will it ask me which computer's information I want to use as the start of the update? Unless I get confirmation that this will be the case, I won't do anything that might make me lose my play counts! Any help would be much appreciated!
The import button remains greyed out and therefore unavailable.
Quickly doublechecking ... has the MacBook gone to sleep? If it's awake, does the Import button become active for you?
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TS2972 is it possible to use home sharing between two users on the same computer?
My wife and I have itunes accounts and want to be able to share music we have each bought on our accounts. We have tried setting up the home sharing on our PC but it doesn't show up on the screen. Can anyone please help?
"Is it possible to use home sharing between two users on the same computer?"
No. Home sharing is used to connect two running instances of iTunes across a network. When you switch users on the computer all applications running on the other profile are suspended.
You can however share your respective media folders so that they are visible in either profile and then copy over any content that you want, or you could create a single joint library which you use when either user is logged in.
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Assuming your library is in the default location and all of the media is stored within the library's media folder then this is what you need to do:
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You can do this directly over a network (making use of shared network folders) or by making a copy on an external drive, moving the drive between computers, and copying again. Any way that works is good. However if you say that you cannot use Home Sharing (doesn't work properly anyway) because the source and target are not on the same network then method 2 as I describe it won't work either.
Your playlists, play counts, ratings etc. are stored inside the database iTunes Library.itl which is inside the iTunes folder and a successful migration includes all of this information, not just the media files. I recommend method 1 from the earlier link as it sets you up with a backup mechanism to use in future. All hard drives fail eventually and often without warning, or at least a warning that is noticed and then heeded.
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What is the process to update song plays count ?
Hi,
i'm using iTunes Match on 5 devices : 2 windows, iPad, iPhone and MacBook
Everything is ok, sync is perfect for new songs i add anywhere.
If i rate a song, it appears rated the same way on all other devices in a fex seconds.
BUT
what is the process to update the song plays count ?
because it doesn't seem to sync correctly.
I have updated song plays count by scripts on one iTunes and it doesn't update at all anywhere else. I havez tried to "Update iTunes Match" and it just brought back the old song plays counts.
How can i update the song plays and make the value change on all devices ?
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