Getting a new mac and want to use both with iTunes
I looked around the forums and the main site a bit and didn't see anything specific on how to do this, but I am currently using iTunes with my macbook and I have all of my iTunes content on an external hard drive. When my new mac arrives I first want to be able to use it as the primary device for iTunes (still want to keep content on the external drive) and need help on how to set it up (preferably w/o losing any content especially my iPhone backup) and if possible I want to be able to stream iTunes content to the macbook with the same account.
Thanks in advance!
The_J wrote:
I'm not exactly sure if my library database documents are on the external or not. I do know that I just have my entire itunes library on the external. Any way I could check to be sure?
your entire iTunes folder, not just the iTunes music (or media) folder, should be on the external. the iTunes folder contains, among others, the *iTunes library file* - which will be the database both your Macs need to access. click here for information.
And if not, how do I go about moving the documents to the external
just drag & drop them over. next, on one Mac after the other, launch iTunes with the option key pressed. you will see this window
click on +choose library+ and navigate to the +iTunes library file+ (which should be located on the external HD inside the iTunes folder).
As far as using the macbook with iTunes I guess I'm looking for a way to share the music with it after I have setup the new mac to be the main iTunes machine. I know there's the option of Home Sharing in iTunes so is that all I need to do?
home sharing should work okay. click here for information.
for another option, click here.
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