Novice has trouble sharing his ITunes library on different devices

I know this is a dumb question, but I have tried everything and cannot seem to work it out. I have two desktop Macs, a MacBook Pro, a couple of IPads and two IPhones that I would like to be able to share my ITunes music on. How do I synch them?

See These Support Articles for Home Sharing
Understanding
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
How to
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688
Troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972

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  • How do I share my itunes library with different devices

    I am trying to share my main computers itunes library so it can be accessed by multiple people on their own iphones. It will show up on my own iphone, but my roommates iphones it will not show up. Id like to be able to play music on my iphone from my computers itunes library, as well as someone else being to play songs at the same time from my computers itunes library.

    okay thanks for the help. its just i dont need to be giving my password away to everybody. it just ***** having to do all the logging on myself to all their devices, which really isnt a huge problem. I just thought once it is shared, anybody can access it because i didnt set and initial password. wierd there isnt a guest feature

  • I am having trouble sharing my itunes library with my apple TV.

    I can see my computer in the list on the apple TV however when i click on it I get an error message saying that it cannot connect to my library. I have a new mac book pro, new time capsule and a new apple TV 2. I had the apple TV working perfectly with my old windows PC and netgear router but since buying the mac book and the time capsule I have been unable to get it to work.
    I have tried powering everything down and powering back up
    I have turned all of the sharing off and set it all back up again
    I have updated the apple TV software and reset the factory settings
    I have updated the time capsule firmware
    etc.
    any help would be great - very frustrating
    Brad

    I have a friend who had this issue. She tried on
    Multiple computers finally she had enough and went to the Genius Bar and they gave her a new phone they said 1 pin in the dock connector was broken

  • My husband and I use the same computer. He has his Itunes library that updates his ipod. I have my ITunes library that updates my ipod. How can we share songs between us?

    My husband and I use the same home computer. He has his ITunes library that links to his Ipod. I have my ITunes library that links to my Ipod. How can we share songs between our libraries? (Windows - Vista)

    No. Its not possible.
    Alternatively, create another user account in your computer. Install iTunes in that account with the library you wish to sync.

  • HT3819 I bought a new computer and am having trouble getting my iTunes library onto it. any helpful suggestions

    I just bought a new computer and I am having trouble getting my iTunes library to transfer from the old computer to my new one. I turned the home sharing feature on but it still isn't working. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to what I may be missing?

    See this migrate iTunes library post.
    tt2

  • HELP-Cant sync ipod tocuh with itunes and has deleted all my itunes library

    Hello,
    My ipod touch wont sync with my itunes and it is supposed to do so every time i connect it, also it has deleted my entire itunes library, how can i sync it and how can i restore my library???
    THNX U ALL,
    Yamileth

    It can not do that all by itself.
    When you plugged it in, iTunes said 'Oh goody! You got a new phone! Would you like to make it just like your old phone?'...
    You explicitly said 'Yes'.
    You can't undo that.
    No backup of the current state of the new phone was made. It was wiped and the last backup of your old phone was restored to it.
    Anything you had on the new phone is gone.

  • HT1351 We had 2 computers: his itunes library on one, and mine on the other. We got rid of both of those and got a new computer.  I put music on the new computer.  My ipod songs are not on itunes.  Will I erase them if I sync?  How do I add new music?

    We had 2 computers: his itunes library on one, and mine on the other. We got rid of both of those and got a new computer.  I put new music on the new computer.  My ipod songs are not on itunes on the new computer.  Will I erase them if I sync?  How do I add new music?

    See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
    B-rock

  • What is causing this?  The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged) 4".  This happens everytime I start iTunes lateley.  Help!!!

    Everytime I open iTunes lately...I get all my music thrown out of the library and this annoying message come up...The file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged) 4”.  Is this how an apple works?  It doesn't?  Why all of a sudden is it doing this?  Please help.  Thank you.
    David

    Did you happen to bring this iTunes library over from a windows machine? You might read this kb article to see if it helps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

  • HT1451 all of my music has disappeared from my itunes library, where has it gone ?

    All of my music has gone from my itunes library. Can anyone please tell me where it may have gone to ? Thanx

    See this post.
    tt2

  • Video purchase has disappeared from my iTunes library and from the store.

    I have recently discovered that a video which I had purchased from the iTunes store about 2 years ago (Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time") has disappeared from my iTunes library. I did not delete it, and I have not had any computer issues which required backup. The purchase is still listed in my iTunes account, but other than that it is as if the whole download never happened. It appears that the store no longer sells the video, and when I "reported" the problem on the account page it was if I was talking to myself ! To keep things simple I took the position that I wanted to repurchase the video, but the Apple representative offered me a credit. When I refused that as a solution, saying I wanted him to tell me how I could repurchase the specific video, one which I owned, he backed off and ultimately said that he was going to submit the matter for investigation, and that I should get back in touch with Apple after a few weeks. (This has brought all my conspiracy thinking tendencies to the surface !) Has anyone else had a similiar experience with a purchased item disappearing for no apparent reason ?

    Today i went to add a bunch of movies to my wife's iPad. I realized she had not seen The Book of Eli so i went to add it but it was missing. Same story as above. I have not moved the file, or deleted it. It is just missing from my USB HDD where all my movies are. iTunes store no longer sales the movie.
    I can see them stop selling movies... but how did it just get removed from my USB HDD????

  • Why has this occurred The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged)".

    My itunes library suddenly that the file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged)”. I use an external hard drive for my Itunes.

    The library file appears to have been corrupted.  You say you use your external drive but is the whole library on it or only your media?  No matter, you will have to rebuild the library file:
    iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451

  • My PC has broken but my itunes library is on there.....can I access it from my ipad without having to turn my PC on as it's completely dead :(

    My PC has broken but my itunes library is on there.....can I access it from my ipad without having to turn my PC on as it's completely dead :(

    Hi,
    Do you have iTunes Match? If so, you will still be able to access your music.
    If you don't subscribe to match, no.
    Jim

  • HT1451 Music has completely disappeared from ITunes library! Please Help!!

    Music has completely disappeared from ITunes library! Please Help!!
    Hours and Hours of renaming, adding cover photos and so on have been for nothing. Itunes cannot find the files since they're not in the library at all!
    I still have the music on my computer but don't want to add it as it is, as I have spent a lot of time "fixing" it! PLEASE HELP!

    Did you use spotlight to search? (I'm assuming you have a Mac as given above despite this thread being in the Windows forum). How long have you used iTunes on this computer? Is there a backup to your library, perhaps an only copy of it on a machine you've "retired". Is the media present in the media folder? (Yes, you've answered that earlier.) If so then the media files should have absorbed all the tag changes that you made and reimporting the media into a new library might not be a complete disaster, though playlists, playcounts, ratings etc. would be irretrievably lost.
    tt2

  • Who is Sharing my iTunes Library?

    I was wondering if there's a way to find out who is sharing my iTunes library on a local network.

    You can make your copy of iTunes ignore other shared libraries on your network by unticking the checkbox next to Shared Libraries under the Edit > Preferences... > General tab.
    Of more concern might be the network secutity implications if your machine is sharing a network with unknown others.
    tt2

  • HT4914 Can I use iTunes match to share my iTunes library across different users on the same computer?

    I'm a teacher and I use my MBP in school and, while I've not had any issues with students looking through my computer, I'd like to use a seperate 'school' user just in case.  I need to have access to my iTunes library and I tried moving it to a shared folder but, possibly because of the size of my library, itdoesn't seem to work.  Is there a way I can use iTunes match to enable my 'school' user to access my library in the same way I can with my iPhone?

    Hey darkmavis86,
    Great question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
    I believe you would benefit from the following article:
    iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
    However, if you do decide to use iTunes Match the answer to your question is "Yes". iTunes Match can be used to "sync" your iTunes library across multiple devices / computers / users.
    Thanks,
    Matt M.

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