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Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?

From	Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?
Date	2013-11-24 22:23 +0000
Message-ID	<slrnl94v41.jv5.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink)
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In article <vilain-E9ACD7.10035324112013@news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> > >>  I am contemplating the idea of putting my iTunes library on a 
> > >>  networked RAID array so it can be easily accessed from two 
> > >>  locations. The problem is accessing it from two locations at once.  
> > >>  On the surface this doesn't seem to be possible but I may be 
> > >>  missing something.
> > >
> > > You're not missing something, it's not possible. Two iTunes processes 
> > > can't share the same library directly.
> > >
> > > Only way is to make sure that iTunes A is shut down before you launch 
> > > iTunes B, or use Home sharing on iTunes A (and forget about thr RAID) 
> > > which means that the library can be accessed by iTunes B, but only 
> > > edited and maintained by iTunes A.
> >
> > I'm not sure why you think the RAID can't be part of the solution. I 
> > host my iTunes library with Home Sharing from a Drobo RAID, and it 
> > works quite well.
>
>  How do you solve the simultaneous editing thing?

You don't, because you can't. :)

>  AFAIK, whomever modifies a music file (or any file that's on network 
>  drive) gets it first. Dropbox, at least, manages to fork the file so 
>  that there are two of them with different names.  But that's not UNIX's 
>  usual behavior in this case.

"UNIX" has nothing to do with it. The Library file will be locked and the 
other iTunes client can't open it, so it can't edit the files either way.

BUt that's not what was being discussed above. We talked about Home 
Sharing, a feature in iTunes where iTunes A shares the library on the 
network and iTUnes B can listen to, and copy files from, the library, but 
not edit it remotely.


--
Sandman[.net]

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iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-22 11:07 -0500
  Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-22 11:25 -0500
    Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-22 10:02 -0800
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-22 14:03 -0500
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-23 00:51 -0500
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 01:01 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-22 23:26 -0800
              Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 05:13 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-23 12:58 -0500
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-24 15:13 +1300
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-22 23:23 -0800
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 05:13 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-23 16:38 -0500
              Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 17:04 -0500
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-11-23 10:22 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-23 17:43 +0000
              Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-23 11:42 -0800
                Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-23 19:50 +0000
              Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-23 16:40 -0500
                Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-23 22:48 +0000
                Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-23 18:57 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-23 11:41 -0800
              Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 14:49 -0500
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-23 17:40 +0000
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-11-24 17:19 +1300
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-23 13:08 -0500
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2013-11-23 16:47 -0500
            Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-23 14:59 -0800
    Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:09 -0500
  Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-23 16:32 -0500
    Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2013-11-23 17:09 -0500
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 17:12 -0500
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2013-11-23 21:45 -0500
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-23 22:03 -0500
  Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-24 14:54 +0000
    Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-24 16:44 +0000
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-24 10:03 -0800
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-24 18:22 +0000
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-24 13:53 -0500
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-24 22:23 +0000
          Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-24 18:10 -0500
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-24 22:20 +0000
    Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-24 13:53 -0500
      Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-24 22:18 +0000
        Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-24 17:27 -0500

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