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Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?
Date 2013-11-22 13:09 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <221120131309349302%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
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In article <l6o0hi$rn1$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Robert Peirce
<bob@peirce-family.com> 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.
> 
> I forgot.  I want to use smart playlists in both locations.  Sharing 
> alone won't work.  I currently have my library attached to my mini. 
> When I have it running on the mini and try to open it directly from my 
> MacBook Pro it is locked, although I can access it using sharing.

putting an itunes library on a shared drive works fine. keep the itunes
library file local per machine (they won't be in sync) and the music
and videos on the server. itunes doesn't care where the media is, only
that it's where it thinks it is.

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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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