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[c9]

Every time Apple has a huge launch event, I watch the live updates with glee, but I never buy anything from Apple. It's ridicuous. Maybe I'll win the lottery. Or even start working for a profitable company. Naah, that's crazy.

Comments

[primary-suspect.livejournal.com]

Looks like the new iTunes should let you do it.

"Now you can move content from iTunes among multiple computers if they are authorized on the same account!"

Although the word "move" might not be the same as "sync".

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what I want is a single music respository, but:

a) multiple PCs allowed to play from it
b) multiple iPods able to sync with it
c) those iPods able to sync with it from different PCs

Not sure how likely that is.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Well, if I understand correctly, c) is satisfied by iTunes 7. The first two could be handled by putting your music on a NAS and accessing it via DAV, Samba, or even old-school NFS.

[c9.livejournal.com]

I should not have said single repository. What I really meant is a synchronized repository. I've tried that with iTunes and it gets fucked up. I haven't tried very hard yet, but the experience was annoying enough that I didn't bother going any further.

I installed iTunes 7 last night, but mostly just played with the cover art and CD rack view. :)

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Hm, what would happen if the iTunes DB file wasn't on the share, but the music was?

[c9.livejournal.com]

Actually, I may have tried that. I wish I had done this recently so I could remember what I did. Trying this shit takes like 6 hours of copying, so it's really not appealing to try this again. I guess I should set up a test lab at work.