Best way to share music across computer?

I host my music on my Mac, but I also have a PC that has better speakers, so I'd like to be able to play tunes from the PC. So I copied my music library to my Network attached server so it cold be seen by every computer in the house. I then opened iTunes on my PC and the music shows up under the shared section on the left. Problem is, none of my playlists went over...so I figured I could export them, but then I realized I have to do that one at a time. What a pain. So for grins I thought I would use the Top rated one built in on my PC iTunes and start from there, but it apparently only looks for tunes in the Music section and doesn't find songs in the shared section...
So this brings me to my question...before I spend any more time trying to figure this out on my own, I thought I'd reach out to the experts and ask, what's the best way to share music from a NAS over my home network (note that my NAS apparently has the Firefly iTunes Streaming server installed but I can't figure out how to use it...)
Ideas?

Roscoe17 wrote:
I host my music on my Mac, but I also have a PC that has better speakers, so I'd like to be able to play tunes from the PC.
have you looked into _*Home Sharing*_ ?
JGG

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HELP: best way to share music?

Here's the deal:
I have a MacBook Pro and my wife just got a MacBook Air.
All of our music (about 15,600 songs / 81 GB) is currently on my MacBook Pro.
I would like to use iTunes Match to get all of this music in the Cloud and off my MacBook Pro.
My wife and I would each like to be able to access this music on our respective computers.
We would like to be able to download separate podcasts to our respective computers.
We don't currently have iPhones, but will be getting the new ones when they come out this fall.
At that time, we'd like to access music in the same way as described above.
At that time, we'd also like to have separate apps (i.e. not all the same apps on each others phones).
So my questions are:
Is iTunes Match the solution?
If so, do we share an Apple ID for music... but have separate Apple IDs for everything else (apps, reminder, etc.)? Is that possible?
In short, what's the best way to share music across multiple devices, while still keeping the devices autonomous in other ways? Thanks for your help!

First, read this thread: FAQ: Why iTunes Match can NOT be used as a backup!
If you each want your own, personal content on your future iPhones this can be done with one iTunes Store account ID, however keep in mind that you will both be using one account. If you wish to use iTunes Match this is also possible but you may not have multiple iTunes Store accounts. You both must share the same account. You would both be able to subscribe to your own Podcasts.
For sharing the music locally I recommend Home Sharing, not iTunes Match. And have a backup scheme for the personal data on both notebooks. If you do not have a backup scheme in place now, I suggest you purchase a 2 TB Time Capsule to backup both computers.

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Turn it up so the person at the other computer can hear it
Seriously though, put your iTunes library in a shared folder. One computer has to be the "master" of the library. The second computer will just connect to it.
Set the second computer to connect to that Library on the shared folder. Make sure that "Keep iTunes media folder organized" is turned OFF on the second computer.

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With the exception of cameras (webcams especially) Macs are pretty much "Plug &Play" with anything USB, and even though I've never used one, reviews say you just plug the turntable in and it reads as a drive.

Best way to share music throughout the house?

Hello,
I currently have all of my music on a windows 7 desktop using ITunes. I have various other windows PC's, along with an IMac, Macbook, Macbook PRO, and home theater system that I would like my music to be accessible on via home network. (I have wireless as well as wired networking available everywhere if it matters).
My question is, what is the best way for me to be able to share my music across all of my gadgets, without having to purchase any extra things. I have too many computers and gadgets already, and I feel I should be able to make this all work together without extra equipment, but its too daunting to me.
Can someone shed some light on this for me?

Homesharing will do that for you

What is the best way to share music wirelessy at home using a external hard disk?

We would like to find the best way we can access wirelessly our music track stored on a external hard disk at home? We would it to be able to access them by using MAC, PCs, iPads, Android and iphones.

Personally, I use MobileMe and let my family watch the movies on line. It is easy to share this way. I share the movie in Large (960x540) or Medium to iTunes. Then I share to Mobile Me.
For personal viewing, I use the Apple TV.
You can also burn a data DVD of your finished movie, and let them copy the file to iTunes from their data DVD.
You can upload the movie to other video sharing services such as YouTube or Vimeo.
You can burn a blu-ray disk if you have Toast and a BluRay burner. You can burn a short movie to regular DVD media using Toast and a regular DVD burner that is playable on most BluRay Players.

Best way to share files across computers

I just installed the newest OS X MTLION server. What's the best protocall to share files?

"Didn't work" isn't a problem statement folks here can particularly help with, beyond offering our sympathies. What is helpful toward getting you to your goals are the particular problems you're facing are your general requirements, and specific details of commands tried and error messages and diagnostics you've encountered. For better or worse, sharing files is something that both OS X and OS X Server do well, and via a variety of protocols.
As an example of the sorts of details that can be useful here, the particular volume of data involved is helpful as "large" means something very different to different folks. The amount of storage and how much it's churning — how often those photos are being added or searched, and how large the photos are, and how many photos are likely to be present in the environment over the years — determines the size of the RAID array(s) necessary initially and over time, as well as helping determine the likely network bandwidth necessary to shuffle the data around should you want or need cloud (off-site) storage for the data, etc.
Based on what you've provided, the "antique" or "classic" solution would be a manually-maintained file server, probably running AFP given you have OS X systems, and either connected by 802.11n (preferably) 5 GHz or (better) gigabit Ethernet. Larger volumes of data generally mean faster links are needed. This approach is "antique" or "classic" in that you deal with individual files and directories and related baggage. Manually.
In a somewhat more modern approach, you'd have a photo storage database package — a content management system for photos — that deals with uploading and indexing and peeking at Exif and related data — and that deals with backups and related processing automatically. I don't know if such a package exists, but I'd expect it does.
The customized version of this photo storage — this is a potentially much larger investment on your part, either to write or to have custom built for you, but resulting in a solution for your particular requirements — might involve acquiring development tools such as the FileMaker Pro package and rolling your own storage and retrieval system. Basically, building your own custom photography database and data management, and using FileMaker or some other database for backups and related processing.
Better still, a package including billing and related administrivia, etc. The tedious stuff.
If you're just looking at copying files around for now, then you probably don't have a whole lot of them. As you do get more photos, then you're going to be spending more time collating and managing the quantities of data and related baggage. Sooner or later, you'll be looking to automate all of this stuff, and you'll then be looking to move into something that allows you to spend time taking and presumably selling photos, and less time dealing with "files" and "servers"...
As another potential option for learning about some options, see if your Apple Store has some folks that deal with local businesses, and have a chat with them.
Ok, enough of the blue-sky photography-database-management stuff.
As for copying files around — files containing, well, whatever — that works nicely on both OS X and OS X Server, and some details on exactly what happened when it "didn't work" would be the best approach forward.
There's a near-infinite number of reasons why computers can fail to perform the desired task, unfortunately.
Permissions can certainly be a factor in file access and file-storage problems.
FWIW, servers are comparatively more effort to set up, particularly if you're using distributed authentication such as that provided by Open Directory (see Workgroup Manager (WGM) tool) and such. As for resolving the file access and file sharing problems, some details from the server logs, the file settings and the protection settings tested, etc., will be helpful here in resolving whatever happened.
In general and from experience here in the communities with folks that are experiencing their first server management, you need to get your IP network working, and particularly your local network DNS configured and working. Weirdness with various services is a common result of network problems and particularly DNS problems. If (when) the DNS configuration is skipped — as happens far too often — and you later realize it's necessary and start to get DNS working, that tends to get various services, well, confused. Best to start out with working DNS when you're dealing with a server. Here's a long-winded write-up on OS X Server DNS services, and which applies to 10.8 server once you click the Advanced settings stuff in the DNS setup in 10.8 Server.app tool.
Oh, and please don't use .local as your DNS domain. That causes different-weird.
Welcome to the Apple communities, and apologies on the wall of text.

What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?

What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?
Currently I have a common itunes library in a shared folder that each user is linked to. The problem is that when one user adds music to the shared file, it does not automaticaly appear to other users when they open their iTunes. They have to go to the shared library and select the new music in order to make it visable in their iTunes.
Would iTunes file shareing fix this problem?
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aapl.up wrote:
Rick, are you saying that if you try to share a folder outside of home and use sharepoints, then the other mac wont prompt you to log in? Have you tried that? It is hard to believe that is the case
I am sort of saying that. Have you tried it? I know it's hard to believe, but you really need to help us out by trying some steps that you don't believe.
We can't see what your exact situation is. We sort of know what's worked for us out here. Just trying to help you get this going in less than 24 hours!
Sharepoints manages the samba configuration file. It's free software that puts a pretty face on an otherwise cumbersome config file.
Give it a shot.
windows will not prompt for passwords, I have tried this with multiple computer at home for both vista and xp
As I stated. You will not get prompted on windows, if you have set up sharing in an insecure fashion. You are not using a secured sharing situation.
No argument with your statement.

How do we share music across Vista accounts?

I have Windows Vista. Each person in my family has their own account. We all want to have access to all our music, so I have put it in Public\Public Music.
When I copy a CD onto our PC, it is automatically saved in the My Music folder of the person who is logged on. So when other people log on, they don't have access to it. It is a real pain moving the music manually into the Public\Public Music directory. I have looked for a default directory for when CDs are copied into iTunes, without success.
Is there a default directory that I can set to Public\Public Music?
Is Public\Public Music the best way to share our music across multiple Vista users?
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JohnRR

I have looked for a default directory for when CDs are copied into iTunes, without success.
Is there a default directory that I can set to Public\Public Music?
iTunes preferences -> Advanced - iTunes Music folder location
Once that's set, all future imports and purchases will be saved in that location. Note that since iTunes has no folder-watching capability, each user other than the user who does the import or purchase will have to add the tracks to his/her iTunes library manually unless a third-party solution is used. Here are a couple of potential solutions from other developers:
http://albumbrowser.klarita.net/iTunesFolderWatch.html
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/itunes/hack-attack-automatically-sync-itunes- to-any-folders-175161.php

What is the best way of putting music onto another iphone?

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Hi DVX100Shooter,
Congratulations on getting your son a new iPad, I am sure he will enjoy it.
Family Sharing is one way of managing both purchases and content between members of a related group of people. Each member must have their own Apple ID. You can choose what music you wish to share with the family from your own account. See this article -
OS X Yosemite: Share purchases with your family
In particular the section titled Hide a purchase from other family members
The music library on your son's iPad is separate from yours, but under Family Sharing you agree to pay for all purchases made through the iTunes store. If you wish to control what is purchased you can set up the Ask to Buy option for any family member under adult age in your location. See this article for details -
Request and make purchases with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
Gift cards may not be used for billing of purchases under family sharing, with the exception that a family member may use gift cards to purchase their own content. See this article for information about Family Sharing billing policies -
Family purchases and payments - Apple Support
The shared family photo album is available to all family members.
Family Sharing - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Brett L

Two iPhones, One MBP - Best way to share?

So, my husband just got an iPhone. I will get one soon, but not for a few months. I have a MBP, where the iTunes library lives. When he got an iPod we simply sync'd it with my library... multiple iPods, no prob.
Well, now with the iPhone, he will want to sync Cal, Address Books, iTunes, etc. Should we set up a separate account on the MBP? If we do, he cannot access my iTunes library. Or should we add it to my iTunes, just like the iPods. If we register his iPhone in my iTunes account, can I add another iPhone later, will he still get his own bill? Will my iTunes purchases still be billed to my account?
In short - what is the best way to share a iTunes library with multiple users?

playdafunkimuzic wrote:i want to be able to send files back and forth to each computer. and/or have a folder on each computer that can be accessed from either box
A 192.168.0.1
B 192.168.0.2
A /etc/exports
/home/user/shared 192.168.0.2(rw,subtree_check,sync)
#/home/user/shared 192.168.0.2(rw,subtree_check,sync,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)
B /etc/exports
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I got over a 100 photos in just 1 of my photo folders.
I really don't want to have to email these photos individually...
There's gotta be an easier way to share an entire photo folder...

Awesome, thx for clarifying it
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I would like to know the best way to scan music into a pdf format which I can then sync with ipad

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