ITunes library sharing

I have an iMac, my wife has a MacBook Pro. What is the best way for her to be able to access my iTunes library? Do I push everything to the Cloud? Or should I be trying to figure out home "sharing" more?.
Shde can access everything that was bought on iTunes already, but there are other files, homemade on iMovie for example, that she can not. Obviously I could transfer via firewire or even memory stick, but I am trying to figure a way where the file is only on one machine but usable by both.
I guess my starter question is:
A) Cloud or B) Sharing
once we get that answered, my question will be "How?"
Thanks

well, isn't that lovely? I use computers at multiple locations, and it would only make sense that I would like to be ablle to add to my pod wherever I am without destroying that which I have already created. hmmmmmm...wonder what apple has to say about this. might the reply be, "precisely"?

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Rented movies cannot be shared between computers. They can only exist on a single device at a time, and can only be moved from a computer to a player such as an iPod, iPhone or Apple TV. You cannot move a rental from one computer to another.
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Itunes library sharing on single Mac Pro with 2 users.

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michaelfromsherwood park wrote:
The primary user on the Mac Pro (me), has the iTunes Library located in the Public Directory.
while logged in to the other user account, launch iTunes while holding the option (⌥) key, click on choose library when prompted, and select the iTunes folder in the shared folder.
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You can probably block the iTunes/Bonjour applications or a couple of ports in Windows Firewall.
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Is the entire library on the NAS or just the media folder? For background see Make a split library portable. Note that a shared iTunes library can only be opened by one computer at a time. A shared media folder can be accessed by multiple libraries, however this requires management to make sure that updates are reflected across all libraries.
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[iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203]

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What you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
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Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
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Quit iPhoto in both accounts. Move the Library to the Users / Shared Folder
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vicky729 wrote:
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I have my entire iTunes library shared between Mac OS X 10.5.2 and XP (aka. Media Center 2005).
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