Sharing playlists and songs thru 2 users
hey there,
im now succesfully sharing my itunes library with my mum's itunes app, but once i have my Library available to my mum's copy of iTunes, how do i take songs from my Library and add to hers? It seems i can't do this (presumably to prevent music theft?) through iTunes and have to manually reveal the song's file and then go through the 'add to library' option under File.
is there an easier way?
thanks
im now succesfully sharing my itunes library with my mum's itunes app, but once i have my Library available to my mum's copy of iTunes, how do i take songs from my Library and add to hers? It seems i can't do this (presumably to prevent music theft?) through iTunes and have to manually reveal the song's file and then go through the 'add to library' option under File.
is there an easier way?
thanks
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Not sure what the legal info is on that but I've tried it on my computers and it has worked in the past...
Originally posted by spiers69
but it's not actually illegal. i can still do what im trying to, but i have to do it manually by revealing the file and then adding it, i'd rather just do it in one step and simply add it to her library.
ya i take that back. if her account is authorized to play your purchased music then its fine.
By the way, we are both storing our songs in the same location, and that is on an external HD. So i can add songs to her library, but to do so i have to first go back to my user account, reveal the song, and either remember where it is or place it somewhere in the Shared folder..... all of this can seem a bit much to simply get one song - especially when the song is legally owned by me.
i know this can be done, and it can't be that hard - after all i am using a Mac, and they're pretty user-friendly... can someone help?
1. Share your library
2. Go to your mum's computer and open up iTunes
3. Open up getTunes on your mum's computer
4. Select your share in iTunes on your mum's computer
5. Select a song you want on your share using your mum's computer
6. Go to getTunes and hit Add Selection
7. If you did the above 6 steps correctly it will show the song name in the list
8. Do steps 1-7 as many times as you want and whenever you want
9. Hit the Download All button in getTunes
10. Watch it add it to your mum's library
11. Done
If you need I can even send a link to a video of me doing it on my computer....
as for that app, GetTunes i still can't seem to get it to work. I follow your instructions, but when i select a song i my shared Library and then click 'Add Selection' in GetTunes it simply begings to play the song and in the bottom of the GetTunes window the following message is displayed:
"adding songs from itunes"
but nothing happens..... any ideas??
by the way, thanks for your time
Originally posted by spiers69
well i don't want to keep my entire library in sync with hers, because i don't want to have her music in my library, but i'd love for her to have a playlist that is synced with my library, and she can simple add desired songs to her library....
as for that app, GetTunes i still can't seem to get it to work. I follow your instructions, but when i select a song i my shared Library and then click 'Add Selection' in GetTunes it simply begings to play the song and in the bottom of the GetTunes window the following message is displayed:
"adding songs from itunes"
but nothing happens..... any ideas??
by the way, thanks for your time
Yes it will begin to play the song and add it to the list. Then after you do that you have to hit Download All button in GetTunes for it to copy it to the iTunes library.
how long does it usually take to appear in GetTunes???
thanks