[alexhdez77]

Hi Guys,
Just got my new iMac DC and also have an iBook G4. Just wondered if anybody knew of anyways to sort of synchronize iTunes so when i added music to my iTunes on my iMac, it would also copy across to my iBook. A synchronization of the iTunes Library folder would be ideal on either computer.

Just saves me having to get two sets of music and transferring them across everytime i get a new song manually. Same with iPhoto also.

Thanks in advance
Chris

P.S Sorry for posting in the wrong section first time

[cms]

Retrospect will handle this for you very nicely indeed. Like you, I have my entire music library on both my G5 and my MacBook Pro. I add new music (import and download) only to my G5, and have Retrospect run a weekly script to update my MacBook Pro music library with any new files added on the G5. It runs on the network, so as long as my MacBook Pro is on and awake, it just does it without me having to do anything. Best of all, if you tell Retrospect that the source is the entire iTunes music folder and the target the same folder on your laptop, it copies across all your playlists, playcounts, and other prefs too.

One thing you should be aware of: If you have a big music library (mine is more than 40 GB) you should run the first sync on a hardwired network connection, otherwise it'll take all day over the wireless link. Thereafter, updating doesn't take too long. On average, I add about 30-40 tracks a week to my G5; it's all done and dusted on a Saturday morning over the wireless link in about 4 minutes flat.

[alexhdez77]

Hey

I got Retrospect this morning and didnt have much time to try it out completely. I can see you are able to make scripts etc, but im unsure of how this is going to solve my problem as it seems that the program only seems to make backups. Do you set your script to backup your iTunes folder on your G5 to your MacBook Pro?

I was hoping that i could do something like synchronize the folders so new files found in both folders were added to each other, i.e files on iBook are added to iMac and other way round.

Maybe Retrospect can do this but i just cant seem to figure it out. Is there any chance you could email me your script or something? Or PM me an MSN address i could talk to you about it on there?

In the meantime, ill try and figure it out

Many Thanks for your help

Chris

[cms]

Originally Posted by superchoward

Hey

I got Retrospect this morning and didnt have much time to try it out completely. I can see you are able to make scripts etc, but im unsure of how this is going to solve my problem as it seems that the program only seems to make backups. Do you set your script to backup your iTunes folder on your G5 to your MacBook Pro?

I was hoping that i could do something like synchronize the folders so new files found in both folders were added to each other, i.e files on iBook are added to iMac and other way round.

Maybe Retrospect can do this but i just cant seem to figure it out. Is there any chance you could email me your script or something? Or PM me an MSN address i could talk to you about it on there?

In the meantime, ill try and figure it out

Many Thanks for your help

Chris

Happy to help. Check your PM and get back to me.