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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2004Sync iTunes between two macs
How can I sync iTunes between two macs. That is, I want to synchronize between two macs - music library - playlists TIA. -- Sally  SignatureSally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly") sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org http://theWorld.com/~sshears > How can I sync iTunes between two macs. > > That is, I want to synchronize between two macs > - music library > - playlists Following up my own post... There must be some way to do this that's easier than by hand. How to keep iTumes Library up to date? - It would be easy to sync the ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music where all the music is located. Carbon Copy Cloner, Synchronize Pro X, psync, etc. - How to get the iTunes "Library" to reflect the new music? - To deal with this, I have been manually comparing the folder structure in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music and draging new music onto the Library icon in iTunes. This adds it to the Library (and I've told iTunes to "copy files.. when adding to library"). Playlists: - How to synchronize playlists? -- Sally SignatureSally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly") sshears@theWorld.com -or- Sally@Shears.org http://theWorld.com/~sshears >Following up my own post... There must be some way to do this that's >easier than by hand. There is a reason that it's not easy, and the reason has nothing to do with programming. Apple deliberately and intentionally made it difficult to synchronize an iPod between different Macs. Why? Because the RIAA told them to, as a condition of licensing music for iTunes. If it were easy to dfo, then I could just take your entire music library simply by plugging your iPod directly into my computer. SignatureArt, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more: http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html > > How can I sync iTunes between two macs. > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > -- Sally This was Apple's decision as a copyright protection method. . There are, however, many third party apps which allow you to transfer music from your iPod to another computer's library. I use iPodiTunes to sync my desktop with my PB. It makes it a cinch to clone both the library and the playlists. It wasn't cheap, but I use it often enough that it is worth the expense. There are other programs - XPod is one. There is also at least one free program whose name I can't recall. Check out the options at versiontracker.com. Cathy Signature"there's a dance or two in the old dame yet." - mehitabel C.Stevenson, M.D. cats1921@sonic.netinvalid > This was Apple's decision as a copyright protection method. . There > are, however, many third party apps which allow you to transfer music [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is worth the expense. There are other programs - XPod is one. There is > also at least one free program whose name I can't recall. Interesting, but I don't recall the OP mentioning an iPod. She has two macs that she wants to sync. I use Retropect's duplicate function for that. But there are a variety of ways to sync a directory on one mac with a directory on another. Transmit X is an FTP program that has the ability to synchronize. The options are many. You'd just need to mirror the /Users/me/Music directory. Signature-=Elden=- http://www.eldenf.com |
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