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3 years, 5 months ago

What's the best way to sync up my music across three separate computers (all macs), a 30gb iPod and an iPhone?

I have problems accidentally doubling files, losing files, and taking too much time syncing up my iPhone every time I want to add a new album.
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drmatt | 3 years, 5 months ago
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We have two Mac and numerous iPods.

I have found, on our main Mac, it's much easier to "Add to Library..." on my wife's account. I also put the music files in a shared folder. So... here's my process:

On my account, I load up/buy music. I then log in to my wife's account. Fire up iTunes and then File->Add to Library. This imports everything without messing up her ratings, etc (which are held in an account-by-account XML file).

You can "Add to Library..." any other Macs that can access that shared folder.

The other option is to share your main music library. The problem I've found is that you have to leave iTunes activated to share your library. I don't want to have to keep iTunes running all the time.

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djtruuf | 3 years, 5 months ago
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All you have to do is once you plug up the device to your computer, click the sync manually tab.That will allow you to sync as many devices as you like without the issue of losing all your files when you auto sync to a computer even your own.
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