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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1372468" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>This was your original idea:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's these goals from your original post I've been trying to help you with but you've gone off at a tangent now wanting to have two iTunes instances connecting to the NAS drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When you say rabble I'm guessing you mean the index/settings files. In which case, as per my previous post you didn't need to add the folder to the library. I should have been one or the other so I have no idea where you're at now.</p><p></p><p>But it's still fixable. Ignore the Mac for now. Let's get the PC iTunes library with media on the NAS sorted first. </p><p></p><p>Can you see the media files in iTunes on the PC?</p><p>If yes, where are they located? On the NAS? If so we're in business.</p><p>If not then use these instructions to re-locate the library to the NAS - <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364" target="_blank">iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder</a></p><p></p><p>Once the iTunes library is working OK on the PC you can move onto the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Locate the media and index/settings on your Mac - you need to delete these files (make any backups as you deem necessary). So that your iTunes library on your Mac is empty.</p><p></p><p>Now go to the PC and enable Home Sharing - more info here (<a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620" target="_blank">iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer</a>)</p><p></p><p>You can now connect your Mac to the 'master' iTunes library via Home Sharing. You can now selectively copy whatever content you want from the 'master' library to your Mac for travelling/iPhone sync purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1372468, member: 38928"] This was your original idea: It's these goals from your original post I've been trying to help you with but you've gone off at a tangent now wanting to have two iTunes instances connecting to the NAS drive. When you say rabble I'm guessing you mean the index/settings files. In which case, as per my previous post you didn't need to add the folder to the library. I should have been one or the other so I have no idea where you're at now. But it's still fixable. Ignore the Mac for now. Let's get the PC iTunes library with media on the NAS sorted first. Can you see the media files in iTunes on the PC? If yes, where are they located? On the NAS? If so we're in business. If not then use these instructions to re-locate the library to the NAS - [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364]iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder[/url] Once the iTunes library is working OK on the PC you can move onto the Mac. Locate the media and index/settings on your Mac - you need to delete these files (make any backups as you deem necessary). So that your iTunes library on your Mac is empty. Now go to the PC and enable Home Sharing - more info here ([url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620]iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer[/url]) You can now connect your Mac to the 'master' iTunes library via Home Sharing. You can now selectively copy whatever content you want from the 'master' library to your Mac for travelling/iPhone sync purposes. [/QUOTE]
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