Thinking of using Home Sharing. Not sure if I can or should.
Hi. A few weeks back iTunes started asking me if I wanted to enable Home Sharing. I was curious but since I was unsure I haven't done it yet. Here's my deal, we have 2 Macs in the house and my stepdaughter synchs her iPod on our MacBook and she's fine with that. No one else does. On my PowerMac G4, however, I have profiles enabled and 3 of us synching our iPods on that. I've copied most of my library into my wife's and almost all of mine into my son's. So, if I'm not mistaken, if the size of my library is 10GB, we're using 30GB between us which seems very inefficient. My G4 has an 80GB HDD and I have a seperate, internal 250GB HDD. I'm not sure if this is what Home Sharing does but what I would, ideally, LIKE to do is locate my library on the 250GB drive, which I believe is possible, then enable home sharing so that me, my wife and my son all use the same library. If this is not what home sharing is for or not possible I apologize. I've done some searching and I don't see this particular issue addressed. Thanks.
h8uthemost wrote:
Hey guys,
I'm interested in Arch Linux. So I want to throw it on a disc and give it a shot. If I like it, and it's lightweight and fast enough(I'm currently using Lubuntu, and I'm wanting to see if Arch is even lighter/faster), then I'll install it. But I was just reading the Wiki, and under the Pre-Installation part this is mentioned:
Arch Linux is optimized for i686 and x86_64 processors and therefore will not run on any lower or incompatible generations of x86 CPUs (i386, i486 or i586). A Pentium Pro, Pentium II or AMD Athlon (K7) processor or higher is required.
I have a seven year old computer, and I really don't know much about processors. So I'm not sure if I can run Arch. It looks like I have an AMD Athlon XP 2700+ processor. So going by this, am I able to use Arch? I've always download and used the i386 version of distros. And according to the wiki Arch is incompatible with this. So I'm guessing I can't run it, but I thought I would ask just to be sure.
Thanks for any help.
That processor is newer than the Athlon K7 series. It is i686, and thus installling a i686 OS like Arch Linux will/should give you a faster computing experience.
Similar Messages
-
Is there anyway to sync videos shot from an iPad to an iTunes library using home sharing instantly?
Hey everyone. So at work we are trying to figure out another way to shoot speeches and have them available for the customer to review instantly. We were thinking about using Home Sharing to do this, to sync these videos to an iTunes library. However, it seems to only work the other way around, from iTunes to the iPad. The problem is is that when you take videos or pictures with your iPad they go immediately to your camera roll. Is there any way to sync videos you have taken with the iPad to iTunes using Home Sharing? Thanks!
Not sure about the Home Sharing method.
Importing Personal Photos and videos from your iOS device to your computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
Cheers, Tom -
I have 3 users on one computer with 3 unique user accounts. Each of us have separate and unique ITunes accounts. How do we share our music libraries using Home Sharing? Everything that I can find talks about sharing between networked computers, but this is all on the same computer. I just want to share between ITunes accounts. Thanks!
Hi b noir, I also have two users on one pc with two different iTunes libraries. But I also want to put them onto an external hard drive so that I can free up some memory on the pc. So I figure I need to consolidate the two users iTunes libraries first before moving to hard drive? But not quite sure how to do that on the iTunes 11? Thanking you in advance!!
-
If we use home sharing for a new ipad, can we cet to itunes with the ipad while we are away from home?
No.
Homesharing is for local area network over wifi only. -
Do u have to have a computer/pc to use home sharing? I have apple tv not sure if it's 2nd or 3rd generation or even if it's first generation. My laptop is broken and in the shop, can I run my apple tv off my iPad?
If you have home sharing turned on in the settings of your apple tv and your iPad you can AirPlay from your iPad to the apple tv. When you play a video there is a tv icon on the right side of the play/pause/fwd/rwd icons. Click that and choose your apple tv. Your apple tv and iPad must be on the same network.
-
Trying to transfer iTunes library from old windows 7 pc to new windows 8.1. Used home sharing, but not what I wanted, I want everything on the new so I can discard the old pc - so now all I have is my music library on new pc thru the cloud none of my Audible audiobooks came over - My question is do I need to delete iTunes off my new pc before I load it in from a external hard drive?
You might need to make sure neither is going to sleep (System Prefs > Energy Saver)
Also check your settings under System Prefs > Security. My sisters new laptop kept logging off due to some setting there.
HTH -
I'm trying to use "Home Sharing" feature in iTunes to import files from another user on the same iMac. We have 5 users and one user is unable to import files from other users. We get the error "You do not have enough access privileges to perform this operation." All users are logged in using the same Apple ID and everyone else can import files. What gives?
Had the same thing happen to me a few weeks back when I switched computers and migrated. Here's what worked on my iMac, so maybe it'll work on your iPad, too. Go to User(your home folder)/Music. Select/highlight your "Music" folder. Then do Command-I ("Get Info" from the File menu), click on the padlock icon in the lower right of the new window. Enter your user password. Click on your username just above the now-open padlock. Select "Read & Write" if it's on "Read Only," "Write Only," or "No Access." Now having your user account with "Read & Write" privileges (it may have been this way already; still do this next step), click on the gear on the bottom-center of that window. Click on "Apply to all enclosed items." When the pop-up says "Are you sure?" (or the equivalent), say "yes." This will grant access privileges to your user account for all the music files inside your music folder--all your iTunes stuff included). Then you should be good to go.
-
When I use Home Sharing, I can see the library I want to copy under Shared, but I can't get it save on the computer under the regular library. I go to edit and "select all" but there is no import button that is in the right hand corner. Also, it will not let me click and drag the music. How do I get it from one computer to the other?
Since both computers are connected via the network, you could simply copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from one computer to another via the network.
If both computers are running Windows, use the Easy File Transfer Utility built into Windows to move iTunes and all other user media/data. -
I can't use home sharing because it says Bonjour is not enabled. So I went to administrative tools and started it. Restarted my computer and home sharing still isn't working
I have also tried repairing Bonjour in adminstrative tools and still a no go! Frustrated!!! Looking for another idea
-
How do I share just one movie (not my entire library) from my itunes library with an authorized computer using home sharing?
many thanks.
That should be possible.
From his library connect to your library via Home Sharing.
Select the name of the shared library in the source pane of your itunes, and click on the wee disclosure triangle to the left of the name of the library. Does "Films" appear beneath the name of the library?
Here's a screenshot of what I mean.
Select "Films". In the right-hand pane you should see the item you want to transfer. Just select that item, and click "Import".
Use the same basic technique to get one or a few songs from your library transferred to his library. (The only difference is that you would have "Music" selected instead of "Films".
If you don't want him to have access to other items in your library, you could just switch Home Sharing off on his library after you've done the transfers. -
Can I use the same plan that I have for my iphone 4s with my new ipad? or do I have to buy a new data plan for my new ipad? I would love to use my new ipad away from home but not sure how to use it? I am on Telus mobility with my iphone 4s.
See the answer on the same question you asked a few minutes ago.
-
I'm using home sharing But not all albums or artists show up as they do on my computer in itunes
I'm using home sharing with iTunes but not all artists or albums show up as they appear on the computer I'm looking at
Sure, but if I have International League Pass shouldn't there be a way to tap into that? I mean, if I can watch it on my computer, why can't I conveniently watch it on the television sitting right next to it via Apple TV. Seems odd...
-
When using home sharing sometimes getting a message computer not authorized.
When using home sharing, sometimes getting a message that it's not an authorized computer.
You need to authorise the computer you sync with your wife's Apple ID. Then you can copy the app from her itunes to your own by using home sharing
Understanding home sharing
Setting up Home Sharing
You can then sync it to your iPod -
Art work not matching when using home sharing on ipad
it seems as of recently the video art work is not matching when i use home sharing on my ipad 2. i seemed to notice this about a week ago, up till then the art work matched. the art work is correct on my apple tv 2. it seems to be an ipad issue. i have tried resetting the ipad but all that does is shuffle the art work around again.
any idea as to how to fix this? many thanks in advance.I figured out my own problem. Thanks dmule you're a genius. All I had to do was turn off home sharing on my iPad and then turn it back on. Now all the video art work matches their proper movies.
-
Hi,
this is my first time on the support board, so hopefully I'm doing this correctly. We have 3 desktop computers in our family, which are wired in with ethernet cables. We also use the cables with our laptops (we have various connections throughout the house) I have an iphone, and an ipad, my boys have ipod touches. I purchased an airport router to use when I'm using my ipad, etc. The boys and I would like to be able to share apps that we have purchased. I'm wondering if there is a way to use home sharing in our situation.
thanks!Have a look here...
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l
Maybe you are looking for
-
Which memory modules to use for upgrade 8 core Mac Pro
I am planning to upgrade the memory in my new 8 core Mac Pro, I use it for graphics and video editing (FCS2), I am wondering what would be the advantages and differences between getting the 8GB upgrade in 2-pair of 4GB module or 4-pair of 2GB module,
-
How to write code for outbound proxy
hi all, i /people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/14/abap-proxies-in-xiclient-proxy ied the link for outbound code i got it but i want to get data for multiple values. what changes i need to do in that. Moderator message : Duplicate post locked. E
-
Why my Apple ID not verifying
-
HT4623 Not able to download ios6. Keep getting a message saying an error occurred.
Have been trying for several weeks now to download ios6 on my 5.1.1 3rd gen iPad and keep getting an error message saying an error occurred unable to download. The error message I keep getting does not have a reference number. Please help.
-
Im getting a tktds2x0_32.dll error
When I try to run the VI in Labview for a Tektronix scope I get a tktds2x0_32.dll error I have updated my IVI engine to 1.8 but this is not fixing my problem do you have any suggestions on why this is.