Homesharing between desktop and five different bootable hard drives
My desktop is running tiger. I have an external running Tiger, one running Leopard and three running SL (don't ask why). My iTunes library is on the desktop. Just wanted confirmation that home sharing won't work for me because if I boot an external hard drive off of the desktop, that means the iTunes library on the desktop isn't available. Am I correct in assuming this?
Hello cmc313,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes 10 for Mac: Consolidate your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph990
You can consolidate all the files in your library in the iTunes folder so that, for example, it’s easier to move your library to a new computer.
Best of luck,
Mario
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