Shared photos music movies, Incorrect labeling??

Have an ATV 2, Mac G5 synced and PC shared. ON the ATV in the My Music or Photos or Movies selections the text on the top of those say "My Music". "My Photos", "My Movies", this is from the G5......no problem there.
The PC which is shared, under Shared Music or Photos or Movies the Music says "Name of computers Music"..which is correct. Shared Photos also says "Name of computers Music"...it should say "Name of computers Photos" and under Shared Movies it says "Name of computers Music"...it should say"Name of computers Movies".
Has anyone else noticed this? It doesn't seem like a setup issue. Looks like a software writing issue.
Anyone??
Thanks,
Andrew

We have an imac and a macbook pro laptop. Is there any way to store the main photo library centrally so that we can edit and organize pictures and videos from both machines and have the changes/updates seamless appear on the other?
iPhoto Libraries must be located on a drive that is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored for it to work properly and be used by more than one user. It should not be accessed wirelessly as that can lead to library database corruption due to dropouts occurring when writhing to the library's database file. The following is from this Apple document: iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Apple Support.
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss. If you use both iPhoto and Aperture with the same library, using a Mac OS X Extended formatted volume is recommended. For more information, see Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library.
As you know iPhoto has been discontinued and is being replaced by a new application called "Photos". It will have integration with the iCloud Drive and offer library sharing of some kind between Macs. We'll have to wait for it's release sometime this Spring before we know more.

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Greetings,
Me and my girlfriend currently have a PC which is working as a server and it is hosting movies, photos, music and documents to our two apple notebooks and Popcorn Hour. I want to replace the PC and buy an iMac.
Current inventory and configuration:
1 PC (running as file server, web server and ftp server)
1 MacBook pro (leopard)
1 Macbook (leopard)
1 Airport extreme
1 Popcorn Hour (media streamer for the TV)
2 MobileMe accounts
All files are on the PC server which are shared with Windows file sharing
What we want to do:
- Replace the PC with an iMac
- Access shared iPhoto library from all mac computers
- Access shared iTunes library from all mac computers
- Access movies from Popcorn hour (avail network protocols is smb, nfs)
- Run a web/ftp/file server on the iMac
- Internet and LAN remote control of the iMac from the notebooks
Can I achieve this is I replace my PC? Do I need to buy anything else like another MobileMe account, Time Capsule etc?
I understand there is allot of questions in this single thread but I appreciate any help or feedback you can give me
Regards
Henrik

Hello 88BreckGirl,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. Now you can have up to 10 devices and computer associated with one Apple ID. The following article explains about what the authorizations are associated with.
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
Now if you want to enable iTunes Match, then the following article will assist with that setup process.
iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4914
To subscribe to iTunes Match
Open the latest version of iTunes on your computer. You cannot subscribe to iTunes Match from an iOS device.
Choose Store > Turn On iTunes Match.
From the main screen, click the subscribe button.
If you already have an existing Apple ID that you use for iTunes Store purchases, sign in with that Apple ID, and click Subscribe. Review this article if you want to use the same Apple ID for iTunes Store purchases and iCloud. Otherwise, click Create Account to create an Apple ID.
You may be asked to validate your billing information at this point.
After you have added a valid payment method, click "Subscribe" to continue.
Note: You may use store credit to pay for your iTunes Match subscription; however, you must have a valid payment method on file at the time of sign up.
Once you agree to the iTunes Match Terms and Conditions, iTunes will automatically scan your iTunes library for matches.
A status indicator will allow you to track progress. You may also manually pause and resume iTunes at any time by clicking the Stop or Start button.
Once iTunes has completed scanning, matching, and uploading any unmatched songs, click Done.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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On how many devices can I share purchased downloads like ebooks, music, movies, apps etc?

With one Apple ID, up to ten > iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID

File system management when sharing photos/music with other users in Mac OS

I'm a new convert from the Windows world. I'm trying to setup multiple accounts for each user within my household. However, I'd like us to all share the same set of folders for photos within iPhoto and music in iTunes. Is it best to just used the "shared" folder instead of keeping them in the standard home directory and trying to share those folders with other users? What is the best approach to this. I would imagine most people do this for managing their music if not photos as well. Just trying to learn best practice on the file system management before I copy over gigs of files from my old PC.
Thanks much,
champlir

champlir
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. This might help with iPhoto.
There are two ways to share, depending on 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.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

Shared Photo & Music Libraries for Multiple Users on Same Machine

I've setup multiple users on a single machine and I'm trying to have a common shared folder for photos (w/ Adobe PSE) and music (w/ iTunes). First, on photos:
-Tried setting up a folder on /users/shared/pictures. How can I "share" the main folder and have permissions carry down to all subfolders and files?
-I've given the other user permission, but when logged on, Finder window only displays icon, not preview of image? In cover flow mode, image shows up, though?
-Is this the best approach or is /me/public the better way or /me/pictures (shared) a better way?
And then on music:
-recommendations on best approach to have a single library with multiple users and multiple iTunes accounts.
Thanks in advance

The iTunes sharing is for sharing music between computers on a network.
To share music on a single PC, read this article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93195

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I just got a new imac and did the migration assistant last night. Now, how do I go about keeping the iphoto, itunes and other programs matching each other on the two computers. Also, I haven't yet synced my ipods to the new computer--can I do that without causing problems? Thanks.

Keeping iPhoto and iTunes libraries absolutely in sync is no easy task. You can make an exact duplicate of your iTunes library as it is now on your new computer by doing the following:
1) Get yourself a regular FireWire cable -- you probably already have one if you used the Migration Assistant. Connect the two computers together with this cable.
2) While booting your old computer, hold down the 'T' key. When a FireWire logo appears on screen, release the T key. You should now see your old computer's hard drive on the desktop.
3) Find your Music folder on your old computer's hard drive. It's located in /Users/<<your name here>>/
4) Copy the Music folder from your old computer to the home directory on your new computer (the folder with your name on it). When Finder asks you if you want to overwrite the existing folder, say yes.
This will put your complete iTunes library from your old computer onto your new computer, complete with things like playlists (both smart and regular), statistics about your music, ratings, and soforth.
If you copy your Music folder in the way described above, when you connect your iPod to your new computer, it will sync up just perfectly. It will never even know it's connected to a different computer.
Hopefully this will at least get you started.

Ok, I have deleted EVERYTHING off my 16gb ipad. Photos, music, apps. All I have are the standard apps. It says I have used 11gb and only have 1.6 left. When I first bought it I had up to 4 movies and lots of apps, no problems. What's going on please!?

Ok, I have deleted EVERYTHING off my 16gb ipad. Photos, music, apps. All I have are the standard apps. It says I have used 11gb and only have 1.6 left. When I first bought it I had up to 4 movies and lots of apps, no problems. What's going on please!?

How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
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Sharing photos and music on different devices

Hi
Please, please can someone help it's going to have to be step by step as although I've been using computers for last 20yrs its been windows and the only exposure I've had to apple is with my I phone which I struggle to follow some of the features. Me and my hubby are having lots of problems. We set up an I-tunes account some yrs ago then had I-phones then bought a galaxy nexus tablet and just now bought Packard bell laptop (which is nothing like my old laptop). We have both got separate apple id accounts which are also different to the iTunes account. W have been into the settings on both I-cloud and our I-phones and I-tunes to try and see how we can still have our separate apple id accounts with our own contacts etc but we want to share and view ach others photos we take on both our own phones and those we save to the laptop from external devices - we want to see all our photos from all devices and both apple id accounts. This is the same for iTunes. I'm really struggling, I've spent 2 days looking on here and all the replies to people are so technical or don't really help me.
Please can anyone advise???
Many Thanks
Dawn

If you want all users to be able to access the same music, but with different libraries, NikkiG's advice is spot on. However, I thought I'd throw in my 2¢ since I just set this up for a friend.
If you want all your users to have exactly the same library, and not just access to a shared library, do the following:
-move the entire "iTunes" folder (~/Music/iTunes) into the Shared folder or to separate drive.
-in each user's account, remove the iTunes folders (or just move them to a new location until you're positive this method works for you)
-pop open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and here's where it gets a little dicey; type the following into the command line:
ln -s /Users/Shared/iTunes/ ~/Music/iTunes/
What this does is create a symbolic link (think alias, but more technical and powerful) between the iTunes folder in the Shared folder, and each user's iTunes folder. This way, each user is directly accessing the iTunes library, and not just through the shared area in iTunes itself. This allows them to add/remove music and playlists to the same library.
HOWEVER, this method will mess up if you have multiple users logged in and using iTunes at the same time.

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I have a video saved in 'my shared photos' but have deleted it from camera roll. However, when I select the video, although it plays, the button that brings up the 'message/mail/icloud/' options etc is not appearing so I cannot send the video to myself? I have been able to email myself oher videos form the same folder but for a few particular videos there is no option to move them even though they play on the screen

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Both options are explained on pages 72-73 of the Users guide. http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

TS2972 I can get my music, movies and tv shows to play through my apple tv, but I cannot see my photo stream on my apple tv. What can I do to get my photos to show up on the TV?

I can get my music, movies and tv shows to play through my apple tv, but I cannot see my photo stream on my apple tv. What can I do to get my photos to show up on the TV?
I have a mac and wireless internet.

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If you've already done this and still no photos on AppleTV, check to see that your photo file names (previously imported into iPhoto) have valid suffixes (such as photo.jpg). Without that valid suffix, iPhoto on your Mac will show the photo just fine (courtesy of the hidden Type Code embedded in the photo file), but AppleTV will not.
Good luck and let me know if either of these worked.

I want to import photos onto my ipad3. it shows up as a device in itunes but there isn't a photo category listed. it shows music, movies, books and purchased. am i doing something wrong. thanks

i want to import photos onto my ipad3. it shows up as a device in itunes but there isn't a photo category listed. it shows music, movies, books and purchased.
how come photos doesn't appear?
i went to itunes help and followed instruction from "add photos to ipod, iphone or ipad"
i'm confused! please help
thanks

thank you. that worked but i do have another question. i was able to import photos as you instructed but i had to import the whole album. how do i import only one or a few photos?
thanks again

How do i move photos,music and apps from my old G5 to my new macbook pro?

How do I move photos,music and apps from my old G5 to my new Macbook Pro? I've downloaded my files to an external drive and apprear to have uploaded them to my new Macbook but they still do not show up in my music/poto libraries. Anybody know what to do? Thanks

See this excellent Link by Pondini on...
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Wondering how people are backing up their photos, home movies, and music.
I personally am starting to run out of hard drive space on my external HD and wondering is just buying hard drives the best way to archive? Currently I have Media Files (photos, home movies, and music) and various documents backed up from my iMac to these three methods:
A: An external drive. My main backup of stuff.
B: I have another External HD which I only use for family photos.
C: About every two months I archive data to DVD's (two copies each) and that goes into the big box in the closet.
D: FTP Started to use FTP for stuff, since I have 100 gigs of online space. But this is really inefficient as my DSL speeds aren't that great. So I have abandoned this option.
Is there any other method you use that I haven't thought of? Something that would last me the next 4-5 years. I know HD DVD is coming, and HD's are getting cheaper daily. But at this rate I will be buying and transfering everytime a new media format comes out.
Cheers.

P.S. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732

I created a iMovie with photos, music and titles; shared it with the media browser and burned it on a DVD RDL. The disc will play on my MacBook Pro, but it will not play on my Samsung Blu-ray Disc Player or a smaller portable DVD player. Why?

I created an iMovie with photos, music and titles; shared it with the media browser and burned it on a DV+RDL. The disc will play on my MacBook Pro, but it will not play on my Samsung Blu-ray Disc Player or a smaller portable DVD player. Why?

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Old Computer dead: all music/mov/photos on ipod, need to transfer

My old computer is dead, I just want to transfer the gigabytes of music/movies/photos currently on my ipod over to my new computer. I thought it would be a user friendly breeze, but it looks likes it much harder than i expected and I need help
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