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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?
Date: 23 Nov 2013 22:48:40 GMT
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On 2013-11-23, Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> On 11/23/13 12:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2013-11-23, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
>>> In article <vilain-57A863.23233322112013@news.individual.net>,
>>>   Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The OP was talking about simultaneous SHARED access.  AFAIK, you can't
>>>> just move ~/Music to a network drive and have two accounts access it.
>>>> They both need R/W access to the library file and this won't provide
>>>> that.
>>>
>>> Pardon my denseness, but won't home sharing work?
>>>
>>> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819>
>>
>> That's what I use here at home. I have a Mac mini server that sits in my
>> office closet, running DNS, mail, and other services, including iTunes
>> with Home Sharing enabled. Then I can listen to my music through Apple
>> TV, or any other computer on the network. Then I just log into the Mac
>> mini to make changes to the iTunes library.
>
> Is there a way to use smart playlists with sharing?  I couldn't find one 
> which is why I raised the issue in the first place.

With Home Sharing, all playlists on the shared system are available to
anyone who connects, automatically.

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