Shared Music Folder

I live in a dorm and do not have a "Shared Music" folder. Everyone else on my hall has this folder and is able to listen to each other's music. I installed the latest update for iTunes, and have also switched my preferences to allow for shared music, but I am still having no luck. Any insights would be appreciated.

You shoud try resetting permissions using BatChmod. This is a utility essential for those with multiple logins on the same Mac.
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So my wife was using our Powerbook to sync all of her information. Given that the powerbook is not intel based, she could not upgrade to iTunes 10, and could not update her iPhone with the latest software.
We have opted to have her switch from the powerbook to my dell. That being said we would like to have one shared "music" folder so that both accounts share the same iTunes library. The only thing of concern to me is that I don't want our phones to sync the same app data. For example, we each have the same app, but with different user settings. If we both sync off the same shared music folder will we lose our individual app settings and receive the same "app file" so that we lose our unique app settings and data?
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Given that the powerbook is not intel based, she could not upgrade to iTunes 10, and could not update her iPhone with the latest software.
iTunes 10 does not require an Intel Mac.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
+Mac computer with an Intel, *PowerPC G5 or G4 processor*.+
For example, we each have the same app, but with different user settings. If we both sync off the same shared music folder will we lose our individual app settings and receive the same "app file" so that we lose our unique app settings and data?
No. 3rd party app settings and data created and stored by an app is not stored with or synced with the copy of the app in your iTunes library. 3rd party app settings and data created and stored by a 3rd party app is included with your iPhone's backup. iTunes creates and maintains a separate backup for each device.

Sharing music folder between user accounts?

I would like to have my music library available for my wife on a different user account on my iMac under Lion.
The music library is on an external drive on my LAN
When I try to select it as the source of music in my wife's account, there are no errors, but nothing happens, the music is not added to her iTunes, it just stays in the welcome screen, where to find music, etc.
I read a tutorial on moving the library to a shared folder, but I am hoping I do not have to do that. The drive is available to her library, just that nothing happens after I select it.
I imagine I am not seeing something obvious?
THansk,
Henry

check for file permissions witin your shared iTunes folder and make sure your wife's account have both read AND write privileges and that the privileges are applied not only to the folder but all the files and sub directories within that folder.

Multiple logins sharing music folder, but not Library

I recently bought a new iMac for me and my wife. Our last one we shared the login, but now we each want our seperate logins, but we listen to the same music. We both buy our own CD's, but we always used to listen to them on the old iMac, and had the files transferred to both of our iPods. But under seperate logins, there are issues.
The problem happens when one person imports a CD, the other persons Library doesn't get updated, even if you are sharing the folder where the music goes.
This is also a problem becuase if a user imports a cd, another user can't put an image on the album art for that album.
Is there a way to choose where the Library file goes, or choose which one I want iTunes to use, rather than iTunes telling me what it wants to choose (by forcing one in my home folder).
I believe this may fix the problem, because Apple's solution of doing a quick logout really won't work for me. Neither me, nor my wife, want to log out of our own account to import music, then to have to go back to our own account and drag and drop files into the library to have them update.
I seem to be having this same problem with iPhoto, but that will go on another forum.
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Thanks for the advice. That is actually something I have done as a work around. Though it is inconvenient for me to have to login to her space and import in her iTunes, it is easier for me to navigate around and do the harder stuff. Works so far.
I really hope some person involved in the development of iTunes can address this and let you choose where all the files go, not just the music files.

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After upgrading to iTunes 5 i was no longer able to see others in my network who have music to share. I went to another computer on the network with an older version and Shared Music was showing that I was connected. I made sure that my options were set to Search for Shared Music. So, something should show up, but nothing is displayed under the Shared Music file in the sidebar.

Itunes 5.0 will see shares from older versions I'll state that anything older than 4.5 might be a problem though. At this time there is a known bug with sharing and Itunes 5.0 that Apple as yet to address. Just wait for Itunes 5.1 to fix a lot of bugs.

Tagged Attributes in Shared Music Folder

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If I change the location of the shared folder, will my iTunes remember the file attributes? Tags and all?
If I allow iTunes to manage this folder (I do) when others add the folder to their iTunes on their PC's will they see all of the changes I am making from my iTunes? Tags and all?
Thank You!

If you have a "main user library" and a second "shared folder library" then you have two independent libraries. You'll need to use some method such as drag and drop to copy the music to the second library. They aren't interlinked unless you set up sharing differently and basically have one library shared by two people, or use Home Sharing (I'm not sure if that applies to two libraries on the same machine).
Edit: I see you have provided more information in another topic than you have here. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1952153
Music added to a shared folder will not automatically appear in a second library. It doesn't scan the folder for newly added music. The second user will need to go to the new files and add those to their libary.
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If you have a folder on the hard drive called anything you want (Shared Files for example) and leave it in the root directory, anyone should be able to access it. If one of the user accounts doesn't have administrator access, writing to that folder may be an issue.
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HT1449 move shared iTunes music folder to a new computer and set up

Hello;
I am trying to set up 2 new iTunes accounts on our new computer...
In our old we each had an iTunes accounts with our own libraries but the music files were in a shared music folder.
I copied the shared music folder from our old computer on to an external drive and then copied it to Users/shared/itunes music
I then pointed both new Itunes to that location for the music but when I open itunes in both it does not show anything..
I also copied the old iTunes folder to each new account
Why are the 2 new iTunes acct not seeing the music?
I do not care so much about playlists etc..just wanted the music transferred over in the shared file..(music combined Itunes purchases plus ripped CD..)
Thanks
mac

You are encountering one of the major disadvantages with having library files in one place and media in another. You do not get iTunes to see moved media by changing media storage location in preferences. That only changes the location for anything added from that point on, it does not get iTunes to actively search the new location. This problem is really amplified by you moving media to a new drive.
If it were just one user you could use iTunes to do the moving by using consolidate/organize your media to the new location and the library doing that would work, but the other one wouldn't.
Try this. Play a track. iTunes will ask you to find the file it should use. Find it in its new home. iTunes should ask if you want it to find others and see if it can. This only works if you have iTunes set to automatically organize your library.

Sharing Music Library with multiple accts on a computer

I've tried following the instructions to share a single music library between 2 users accounts on the same comupter. While I've moved the music library to the Shared Document folder, only one user can see the library.
Is there something else I can try/check?
Thanks!

Hi, jstock.
It sounds like you're following the instructions in this article in the Apple Knowledge Base.
Make sure you follow the steps in the last section To listen to another account's music files which brings the files from the Shared Music folder into the other account's iTunes Library.

Sharing music between 2 accounts on one computer

I have 2 accounts on my Windows XP Pro machine, both of which can see and utilise iTunes (though unfortunately, not at the same time - though this is another problem entirely). Both of these users iTunes accounts have been set so that they utilise the same 'shared' music folder. To do this, I have switched both users iTunes Music Folder Location to be:-
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\iTunes Music
I do not seem to be able to add music that already exist as mp3's to this folder using one account and then have them visible on the other users iTunes account. To do this I have to import the mp3's again for this User.
However, importing music from Audio cd's do not seem to suffer the same problem.
This surely can't be right. Has anyone got a workaround for this?
Additional info - I do not use the facility to copy imported tracks into the iTunes Music Folder - purely for space saving reasons, and do not want to use this functionality.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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If you copied these files to her iTunes directory, you certainly should have seen music in her library when opening iTunes. I suspect that even if you copied these files, when you launched iTunes it was using a different copy of these. Where did you put them? By default, they would be in her ..\My Music\iTunes folder. You can put them anywhere you want, but you have to tell iTunes which one to open. Try this:
1- Re-copy your files to a known folder that is accessible from her account.
2- Log into her account, press and hold the Shift key while you start iTunes.
3- At the "Choose Library or Create Library" prompt, select "Choose Library".
4- Navigate to where you put the "iTunes Library.itl" file from step #1.
This forces her iTunes to use the specific iTunes Library.itl file and should now display the same library that you see in your own iTunes.

ITunes does not show Shared Music and cannot listen to Radio

Hi, I would really appreciate some help on this issue - thanks!
In itunes, the 'Shared Music' folder on the left side panel simply does not exist no matter how many times I check/uncheck the 'Look for Shared Music' in configurations. In addition, I cannot connect to any radio stations listed.
I have no trouble accessing the itunes music store and other online features, so I do not think it is my internet. That said, I fear it maybe my norton internet security software thats causing these problems. Just to be safe, I have given total permission/access to anything itunes related: Itunes.exe, itunes music helper.exe, quicktimeplayer.exe, QTinfoapplication.exe and QTtask.exe. Also, I have (to no success), installed Bonjour services from apple and also Rendezvous Proxy. So yeah.. I am pretty much out of ideas.
I live in a college environment, so I'd really like to check out other people's music. My friends on both PCs and Macs do get this problem at all. In addition, before the itunes 4.7 upgrade, I was able to access most people's shared music. However, with additional upgrades, i noticed that my shared music list would dwindle from say 50 to 20 then 10, etc until it reached nill! Pretty scary, so your help is totally appreciated.
Thanks for reading!

ok b noir I don't have much time but, idt it worked. But, let me explain. Some of the files I didn't see in the registry like the ipod manager. I deleted some of the ipod services and all of the other files I saw that had the word iPod. But, not all of them. There were also many files that were iTunes files. IDK if you wanted me to delete those too.
I did the whole thing restarted it and then opened iTunes and iPod updater. I hoped and hoped that it would work. When I plugged it in. THere were some "Pop" sounds. You know the sounds that usually come up when you add new hardware. But, nothin' came up as a bubble from the taskbar. Just a couple seconds later a message appeared. And this is it: "Windows has finished installing new devices. The Software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer before the new settings take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?" and that's it. The iPod isn't recognized by iPod Updater or iTunes that I have opened.
So if you could tell me what I may have done wrong. Thanx and goodbye.
P.S. This was updated but I tried it again and I couldn't find the ones I needed like iPodmanager and all those. I have the thing that allows me to see hidden files but, I couldn't find them. So I deleted everything that had the name "iPod" and a few files that were iTunes files. I restarted it after downloading iTunes and iPod updater. I plugged it in, nothing. This little thing at the bottom popped up about the new software. That usually happens when it doesn't work. And it said that if I didn't restart it, it wouldn't work properly like it usually says. So I restarted it and when I got back I plugged it in again and the folder with the iPod stuff popped up, which also means that it didn't work. THen I thought about the format because it may have that same problem. So i formatted it in FAT 32 and it formatted. I also put it in disk mode before I formatted it. nothing happened and it still wasn't recognized. Please help.
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How can I combine itunes libraries for a shared music setup?

I wanted multiple users on my computer to share the same itunes music folder and library. I put an itunes folder (with an itunes music folder and library data file inside the itunes folder) into the computer's shared folder. I set each users preferences to use the new shared music folder and copy their music to the new folder.I also used the option key on startup of itunes to point each user's itunes to the new shared library.
I'm stumped on how to do one final thing: Is there a way for me to combine everyone's existing library data into the new shared library? In other words, I want all the folders that each user already created to be combined into the new library that everyone sees.

I tried that first, but then you are just replacing one library data file with another, you're not combining them. But I just figured it out myself so my apologies for posting prematurely -- There is an 'add to library' choice under the file menu. You navigate to your original itunes music folder, choose it, and the library information associated with those songs was added to the new shared itunes music folder that my itunes app is now set up to use. Fortunately, I hadn't trashed the original music folder yet.

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Hi again zwj,
Simply change the permissions of the iTunes Library file. To achieve this do the following:
1. Quit iTunes.
2. Navigate to where your iTunes folder is (in the Shared folder) and click once on the iTunes Library file to select it.
3. From the menubar select File->Get Info
4. In the Get Info window that comes up click on the lock at the bottom of the window and enter your password to unlock it.
5. In the Sharing & Permissions section of the Get Info window click on the disclosure triangle to reveal the options if they are not already displayed.
6. Select "everyone" and change the permissions/privileges to Read & Write.
That should do it.
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Adding Entire Music Folder is Not Adding All My Music in the Folder

Ok. In my shared music folder on my computer it has every song i own in it. it is all in the same format and everything. when i go to add my shared music folder (using the add folder thing on itunes) it will not load all of my songs that are in the folder. i have 2500 something songs and only 2048 songs will load. there was two songs i noticed right away that werent there so i went and used the add file thing on itunes and that DID load them. but there are about 500 songs that arent loading and i dont know which ones they are because there is no pattern to the songs not loading. some are my really new songs that i have just gotten and some are songs that have been on my computer for a few years.
if anyone knows how i can add all my songs to my itunes library from my shared music folder, and have ALL of them show, please tell me what the problem might be and help me fix it.
thank you!

Luke, here is something you might try. I noticed you said that all your music was in your shared music folder (that you imported from). I have over twice as many music files as you do and I have not had this problem. If you want to save yourself some trouble from searching for all the missing files do the following.
1) Go into iTunes- Edit- Preferences- Advanced- General
If it is not already select, check the box that says "Keep iTunes Music folder organized."
2) Go to My Music - iTunes- iTunes Library and delete all song files.
3) Add all the music you want to be in your library from your Shared music to this folder you have now deleted all files from.
4) In iTunes go to File- Import- Folder and import the iTunes Library folder.
5) Go to iTunes- Edit- Preferences- Advanced- General make sure the box that says "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library." is checked.
This "should" fix your problem. However, as a warning you stand a good chance of losing all your playlists and song ratings, etc (the song files will be fine though).

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