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Better manage NFS-mounted and local iTunes libraries Network
This is something I threw together while at MacHack 2003. I have a PowerBook. Linux PC's are cheap. I have a lot of storage space in my Linux box, but only 30GB on my PowerBook. I keep all my Mp3s on my Linux PC and only a few gigs of them on my PowerBook, and share off my Linux server with NFS, Samba, or AFP.

However, if you try to play an MP3 from a non-existent remote NFS mount, the system will hang and be unstoppable!

The solution? This Perl script lets you more easily switch iTunes libraries -- so you can have multiple iTunes libraries to keep your remote MP3s out of your library when not at home (or wherever your remote mount is).

Addendum: The instructions on the project page have been revised and edited. If you still have trouble or uncertainty in setting up the program, contact me (my email is on the bottom of the project page).
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Better manage NFS-mounted and local iTunes libraries
Authored by: SimonDorfman.com on Jul 02, '03 12:42:55PM

There is also this shareware app: iTunes Library Manager
http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13554

I haven't tried it yet... (though I've been meaning to...)



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Better manage NFS-mounted and local iTunes libraries
Authored by: imagine on Jul 03, '03 02:05:10AM

some things...a LOT of things do not deserve to be shareware. Swapping your iTunes library around shouldn't be any more than Donate-ware at best.

Note: Perl is free ;)



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Better manage NFS-mounted and local iTunes libraries
Authored by: science on Aug 28, '03 08:42:41AM

Hmm I've been waiting for something like this for ages! I'm still not quite sure how it works though not really being a perl expert.



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