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Authored by: mclbruce on Mar 26, '02 12:32:14AM

There's no need for aliases to accomplish this. Check out the following:

Itunes: Itunes Menu: Preferences: Advanced: Music Folder Location: Change

You can pick any folder you want to store your iTunes music.



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the long way around
Authored by: ihafro on Mar 26, '02 06:16:56PM

BINGO!!!!!!!!! I've been using this method for months now. Six users and 4.5GB of MP3 later, I haven't had any problem with all users sharing the same files. Encoding new ones isn't a problem either. Simply use iTunes Preferences dialog to select the "Shared" folder and delete the existing folders. One note though, each user will need to be logged in and the iTunes preferences set. Otherwise they won't all point to the same folder.

Now, if only I could get iTunes to start using less than 36% of my CPU.......
Mozilla runs so slow when I listen to tunes.....



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Huh? That can't be all there is to it; it doesn't work for me
Authored by: osxpounder on Nov 19, '03 12:29:03PM

I have installed Panther on the same box, but different hard drive, and want my new iTunes to use the same music folder as the Jaguar system's iTunes uses. Changing the Preferences setting as you describe here has no effect, even after restarting iTunes.

Nor does it help to copy the library and xml files from the old iTunes folder to the new. So far, I can't get my iTunes music on the other HD to show up in the newer iTunes in Panther.

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the long way around
Authored by: stevehops on Mar 15, '04 02:58:16PM

Yes, and No. Two users on a single machen can use the same folder, but the Libraries remain separate. So, for example if my wife adds CDs to the folder they don't get added to my library unless I go look for them and tell iTunes to add them.



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the long way around
Authored by: astrobruce on Nov 11, '05 04:17:34PM

I (try) to use this method, but it doesn't work.

I have my music library in my shared folder. I select this folder "oursongs" as the location of the library in Advanced in both user's iTunes.

However, when I open the second user's (my wife) iTune, the library is empty.

I use file/open in my second user iTunes, and it imports everything. OK, but it's a once-only thing. anything newly imported by the first user (me) does not appear in the second user's library unless I go through the above process again.

what am I missing?



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