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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1744035" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central time tonight (1:00 a.m. GMT Monday) for the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXpy5k0bzI&ab_channel=SylvesterRoque" target="_blank"> weekly Mac-Forums Video Chat</a>. We'll have the forum roundup and a tip or two.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">If you're an Apple TV user I'll show you one way to keep iTunes Home Sharing going when you log out of a user account. You don't need a server or network drive to make this work.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Finished show is up <a href="https://youtu.be/8usVUnwEyNI" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Welcome to our newest member: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">hysp</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">If you are having trouble sharing contacts, calendars, etc with a spouse or another user make sure that you and the person you wish to share information with are logged in<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-apps-and-games/337646-contact-changes-shared-and-wife.html" target="_blank"> under the same Apple ID then choose which information you want to share</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/schweb-s-lounge/338716-texas-couple-suing-apple-facetime-safety-issues.html#post1743366" target="_blank">Texas couple suing Apple over FaceTime Safety Issues</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">If you are sending email messages to a group of people who don't want their addresses known to everyone else in the group, try putting the group name in Mail's BCC field instead of the To field. <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/338791-mail-contacts.html" target="_blank">See here</a>. Remember that to send emails to a group of people you need to create the group in Contacts first. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">If you use a disk image to protect a series of files you may be able to avoid having to manually adjust the size of the disk image each time you create it. Consider <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/338718-disk-image-folder-size.html#post1743370" target="_blank">creating a sparsebundle file instead of a regular disk image</a>. Sparsebundle files are essentially disk images but they can expand and contract as needed. My post in this thread contains a link to directions for creating sparse bundles. The directions are for an older version of the OS but should still work. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"><a href="https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/macos-sierra-siri-widgets/" target="_blank">Add Siri searches to the MacOS notification center</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01/07/hack-proof-your-life-5-key-steps-to-boost-your-safety-online.html" target="_blank">Basic security steps </a> Even non techie types will find these tips useful.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html" target="_blank">Unhide your user library folder</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">If you are using an Apple TV to stream content from your iTunes library you may find that there may be some times when you want to continue streaming but need to log out of the the account you are using to share your library. Here's a possible solution to that problem: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">1. If you don't already have a second user account on your Mac create one. I've used both administrator and standard account for this but haven't tried it from a Guest account yet but that might work as well. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">2. Log into the account that you will use to share the iTunes library. If you nave never used iTunes in that account before complete the iTunes setup. Make sure that you go into the iTunes preferences and point iTunes to0 wherever you have your media content stored. (iTunes>Preferences>Advanced.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">3. Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes (iTunes>File>Home Sharing</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #333333">That's it on the Mac side. Leave your Mac logged in to that account and use Fast User Switching to get to other accounts. Even if log out of other accounts and go back to the login screen sharing works as long as you remain logged into the account being used to share your iTunes library. Don't forget to check your Apple TV settings <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw11TqQbGJM" target="_blank">See here for example</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1744035, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Roboto]Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central time tonight (1:00 a.m. GMT Monday) for the[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXpy5k0bzI&ab_channel=SylvesterRoque'] weekly Mac-Forums Video Chat[/URL]. We'll have the forum roundup and a tip or two. If you're an Apple TV user I'll show you one way to keep iTunes Home Sharing going when you log out of a user account. You don't need a server or network drive to make this work. Finished show is up [URL='https://youtu.be/8usVUnwEyNI']here[/URL] [B]Show Notes[/B] Welcome to our newest member: [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Roboto][COLOR=#333333]hysp If you are having trouble sharing contacts, calendars, etc with a spouse or another user make sure that you and the person you wish to share information with are logged in[URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-apps-and-games/337646-contact-changes-shared-and-wife.html'] under the same Apple ID then choose which information you want to share[/URL]. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/schweb-s-lounge/338716-texas-couple-suing-apple-facetime-safety-issues.html#post1743366']Texas couple suing Apple over FaceTime Safety Issues[/URL] If you are sending email messages to a group of people who don't want their addresses known to everyone else in the group, try putting the group name in Mail's BCC field instead of the To field. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/338791-mail-contacts.html']See here[/URL]. Remember that to send emails to a group of people you need to create the group in Contacts first. If you use a disk image to protect a series of files you may be able to avoid having to manually adjust the size of the disk image each time you create it. Consider [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/338718-disk-image-folder-size.html#post1743370']creating a sparsebundle file instead of a regular disk image[/URL]. Sparsebundle files are essentially disk images but they can expand and contract as needed. My post in this thread contains a link to directions for creating sparse bundles. The directions are for an older version of the OS but should still work. [URL='https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/macos-sierra-siri-widgets/']Add Siri searches to the MacOS notification center[/URL]. [URL='http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01/07/hack-proof-your-life-5-key-steps-to-boost-your-safety-online.html']Basic security steps [/URL] Even non techie types will find these tips useful. [URL='http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html']Unhide your user library folder[/URL] If you are using an Apple TV to stream content from your iTunes library you may find that there may be some times when you want to continue streaming but need to log out of the the account you are using to share your library. Here's a possible solution to that problem: 1. If you don't already have a second user account on your Mac create one. I've used both administrator and standard account for this but haven't tried it from a Guest account yet but that might work as well. 2. Log into the account that you will use to share the iTunes library. If you nave never used iTunes in that account before complete the iTunes setup. Make sure that you go into the iTunes preferences and point iTunes to0 wherever you have your media content stored. (iTunes>Preferences>Advanced. 3. Turn on Home Sharing in iTunes (iTunes>File>Home Sharing That's it on the Mac side. Leave your Mac logged in to that account and use Fast User Switching to get to other accounts. Even if log out of other accounts and go back to the login screen sharing works as long as you remain logged into the account being used to share your iTunes library. Don't forget to check your Apple TV settings [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw11TqQbGJM']See here for example[/URL][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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