Trying to access iTunes from two computers

Hussman

Hussman

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Hi,

This is really bugging me now, I'm sure it's an easy solution but I can't work it out.

I have 2 macs (a mac mini server, and an iMac).

I have iTunes on both machines.

The location of all my music is on the Mac Mini Server. In a file, located on the desktop, called Albums.

I have tried to get each Mac to look for the same iTunes library by going to the iTunes preferences, clicking advanced and changing the iTunes folder location to point to the ALBUMS folder on my Mac Mini Server desktop.

I am not trying to access this file from both computers at the same time.

If I start up the iTunes on iMac I can access the songs with no problem.

If I then close iTunes on the iMac, and open iTunes on the Mac Mini Server I am unable to play the songs. It says they are not in the expected location. If I then go back into prefs, advanced, and change the library location to the ALBUMS folder on the desktop all works fine.

However, each time I close iTunes (on either machine) if I have opened iTunes on the other Mac iTunes seems to change the expected library location to desktop/albums/itunes media.

Once it does this iTunes can no longer find my music files until I manually go back into prefs and change the location of the library again. (i.e. remove the reference to itunes media)

Hope this makes sense...it's doing my head in.

Can anyone tell me how to set it so that I can use iTunes on either machine (not simultaneously) so that it does not change the expected location of the iTunes library? Also, how do I rip CDs into the one Albums folder on the Mac Mini Server, using either Mac)?

Many thanks in advance.

Hussman
 
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As above, change the folder on your iTunes folder on you iMac to point to the folder on the mac mini, the easiest thing to do is ensure that you have the same username (short) and password on both machines to stop permissions issues or move the albums folder to your home older but that will give everyone access to the folder.
 
Thanks, tried this but still keep getting an error as iTunes seems to randomly add the path "/itunes media" to whatever I set as the location of the library.

Very frustrating. Any other ideas....

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

:)
 
Are you running any sync software or syncing an iphone? that may change the location back to what it was.. also try deleting the folder location in itunes on the mac mini then dragging the folder from the desktop to the location field, that will automatically enter in correctly the location.
 
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