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iTunes: two computer the same library?

Hi to all,

actually I use a MAC to rip my music and organize it.

Now I hae bought a mini-pc that I have attached to my hifi ampli and I want to use the netbook as the source for my "liquid" music.

The problem is:

- how to move the library from the MAC to the external hard disk of the netbook?

I have tried, but the iTunese loaded on the netbook don't see the folder that I have loaded on the external hard drive.

I have changed the preference of iTunes, and I have set the music folder of the netbook on the external hard drive, but nothing, it don't see the music saved on the hard disk that I have "cloned" from the mac itunes folder :-(

How to solve?


Thanks very much!

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #1 –
Did you copy everything in the folder named “iTunes”, or just the “iTunes Media/Music” folder? You need to copy everything, particularly including any files called “iTunes Library”.

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #2 –
I have copied all all all.

But nothing, iTunes don't see anything.

I'm evaulating to switch to Foobar if I can't resolve.

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Antigen on
I have copied all all all.

But nothing, iTunes don't see anything.

I'm evaulating to switch to Foobar if I can't resolve.


You can try to hook a network cable between the two, share the "~/Music/iTunes Media/Music" dir from the Mac and build a new iTunes library on the PC from scratch, by importing everything from there.

By the way: which filesystem is on the external HD? 
... I live by long distance.

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #4 –
I use FAT32 because is the only filesystem that allow interoperability from mac and windows.

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #5 –
Hold down Shift while launching iTunes - this will give you the option to select an iTunes library to open.

As stated, you need to copy the entire iTunes folder over to the external hard drive.  You should then be able to select the "iTunes Library.itl" file from there when iTunes asks you which library you want to open.

Note that I've never tried this from another hard drive, just other libraries from the local drive...but give it a shot and see what happens.
"Not sure what the question is, but the answer is probably no."

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: mixminus1 on
Hold down Shift while launching iTunes - this will give you the option to select an iTunes library to open.

Obviously! Apple doesn't put a lot of weight on discoverability in their UI designs, do they?
 

iTunes: two computer the same library?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Antigen on
I use FAT32 because is the only filesystem that allow interoperability from mac and windows.


I recommend exFAT as it allows you to store files over 4 GB and is supported by both Windows (starting with XP) and OS X (10.6). As an alternative, you could use NTFS with Tuxera NTFS on OS X.

Also, if one of your computers is always on for example, you could use home sharing.