There was a article on how to do this in Tidbits 1-3 months ago. Do a search on tidbits.com, they went into detail of how to set things up and what issues might arise for example each system will download podcasts.
Best regards, Jonathan On May 1, 2011, at 5:28 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Hi All, > > hopefully a quick note, thanks to Esther who has already been helping out > with this one... > > I wish to know the following, at present I keep my iTunes Library itself, on > a NAS (network attached storage device), this means that I can access both > the content stored in the iTunes Media folder as well as other more specific > iTunes Library Database elements from any of my Mac devices without problems, > albeit only at one time, as the iTunes Library XML file can only be open at > one given time on one machine. > > This has worked fine for me for a while now, but now I wish to change this > arrangement for various reasons and I'd like to know if the following setup > is possible. > > I'd like to have individual iTunes Libraries on each Mac, three in total, > with the Media Folder pointing to my NAS. now this would result in one > location for all content, but presumably here is where I'd run into an issue. > if I made a change on my iMac, this change would not automatically update the > XML database on my MacBook Air or my MacMini. thus the change on those two > devices would be invisible. > > or would it, by storing the content in terms of hte Media Folder in the same > location, and pointing the iTunes Library Database XML file to the same > storage location, would this in some way result in an auto updating effect on > each machine, or is there another way of achieving this? > > I'm aware of Home sharing, but this would require each machine to be turned > on to move / update the other. what I'd like in effect, is one library > database on each machine, with one single Media Folder that they all share > and look to. i.e. in the advanced options in Preferences. > > Then when I launch iTunes on any of the Mac's, the library would > automatically scan or check the Media Folder for any new content / changes > and update its respective XML database. or am I in XML denial? > > Ultimately I'd really not like to use Home Sharing as this is really not what > I'd like... > > if this is off the reasonable topic front, please e-mail me back at > for...@talknav.com > > many thanks. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
