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Re: iTunes -- single library; multiple access?

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On 2013-11-23, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <bfc7q6Fpl7tU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> 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.
>
> You're doing something different from what the OP is doing. You're 
> sharing your library among a bunch of different machines.
>
> The OP is trying to share a music library between two separate users 
> across a network.  That's not the same use-case.

My wife is not the same user as me, and she uses Home Sharing to
access the same library across the network.

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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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