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Create an easy to use shortcut to your shared iTunes4 music Apps
If you are like me, you've fallen in love with streaming mp3s from your home Mac to a laptop Mac at work. If so, here's a quickie way to bookmark your machine at home on your laptop to automatically launch iTunes and connect to your home Mac.

First find /Applications -> Applescript -> Script Menu.menu and double-click it to put the Script Menu in your menubar. Now launch the AppleScript editor and create this script:
tell application "iTunes"
    open location "daap://Your_home_mac's_IP_address"
end tell
Once you create the above script, save it as a compiled script and put it in ~/Library/Scripts and you can launch it from the script menu! As a reminder, don't forget to:
  • Enable sharing on iTunes in Preferences
  • Leave iTunes launched and running on your home Mac
  • Forward port 3689 through your firewall
[robg adds: The built-in streaming/sharing of music in iTunes4 makes it easy to turn your machine into your own personal radio station, and this hint makes it easy to keep your radio station a click away...]
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Security Holes?
Authored by: dmackler on May 05, '03 05:19:06PM

Does this not open the possibility of security holes?

As it stands, I do not know of anyone outside of Apple who may have done a security audit, or know of potential vulnerabilities to leaving this port open.

Did Apple choose to promote this as a LAN's feature because of the potential for copyright abuse? Security, especially relative to windoze machines, may also have played a part in their decision.

At any rate, I am really reluctant to open up my home Mac until I have some confidence that it is safe.

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David



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Create an easy to use shortcut to your shared iTunes4 music
Authored by: Nogaej on May 05, '03 05:29:21PM

I have also found an easy way to accomplish this. Simply type
in your "daap://your address here" into Safari address line and
then drag the address icon to the desktop. Simple click on it
connects to your shared music. You can rename it whatever you
want and change the icon to what ever you want. You can also
email this to your friends. You can also drop it on your buddies
in your iChat buddy list.



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Create an easy to use shortcut to your shared iTunes4 music
Authored by: Nogaej on May 05, '03 05:37:56PM

Oh, and naturally you can stick it in your dock.



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What about iTunes on OS 9??
Authored by: erikv on May 07, '03 12:11:58PM

I have a 20th Annviersary Mac and would like to share/stream
the music on my TiBook to the TAM (much better sound with the
Bose speakers). Is it possible to tap into the sharing ability of
iTunes 4 with iTunes 2 on OS 9 or some other application??

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erikv@mac.com



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