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Can you share mp3 files with other accounts on one mac?
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Naperville, IL
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Can another account on your osx computer utilize (make playlists, burn, ipod use etc) mp3's from another account? Ie: can adminstrator use another users music directory and vice versa?
Mike
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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If you wanted to use another user's music folder you would have to add yourself to a group that has read permissions to that folder. Alternatively, you could just use a public folder not in the Users folder.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally posted by MikeD:
Can another account on your osx computer utilize (make playlists, burn, ipod use etc) mp3's from another account? Ie: can adminstrator use another users music directory and vice versa?
Mike
Put the iTunes music folder into /Users/Shared/Music/ then make a shortcut to that folder in /User/MyUserName/Music/ and it works fine.
I do that with iPhoto and it works great.
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or put in in the /Users/Shared folder (and again, make sure it is readable by all relevant users)
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Originally posted by nbnz:
Put the iTunes music folder into /Users/Shared/Music/ then make a shortcut to that folder in /User/MyUserName/Music/ and it works fine.
I do that with iPhoto and it works great.
If i do that and open iTunes, it'll automatically have those mp3's in the list of songs (library) or will it copy all the songs into it's own itunes Music folder again? I just don't want to be taking up double the space.
Mike
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2009 MacMini 2.0 C2D 4GB (3,1) - Needs update!
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally posted by MikeD:
If i do that and open iTunes, it'll automatically have those mp3's in the list of songs (library) or will it copy all the songs into it's own itunes Music folder again? I just don't want to be taking up double the space.
Mike
Make sure each iTunes user's preferences point to the same music folder and you won't have to worry about that.
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Originally posted by MikeD:
If i do that and open iTunes, it'll automatically have those mp3's in the list of songs (library) or will it copy all the songs into it's own itunes Music folder again? I just don't want to be taking up double the space.
Mike
Keep that option unchecked.
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Originally posted by Nonsuch:
Make sure each iTunes user's preferences point to the same music folder and you won't have to worry about that.
This is a simple, but flawed solution. It doesn't combine the two 'Library' files if user A adds a song to there Library it won't appear in user B's iTunes, even though it's in the 'music' folder.
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Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
This is a simple, but flawed solution. It doesn't combine the two 'Library' files if user A adds a song to there Library it won't appear in user B's iTunes, even though it's in the 'music' folder.
If you want to share libraries completely, just make aliases to the ITunes Music Library file for each user and replace their original file (in their own Music folder) with the alias to the shared library file. Works great.
The only problem is that if one user adds a song, another user can't change the ID3 tags.
kman
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