How do I create a centralized music server and share it with iTunes Library Sharing?
Here’s the idea: you have one computer with a huge hard disk, and you rip or copy all your music to that computer. You create playlists in iTunes on that computer, and you plug it into your network. Other computers on the same local network can run iTunes with nothing in their music libraries, accessing all the playlists on the main computer. If you know the basics of networking, think of that main computer as your server, and you’ll immediately understand the principle. Each other computer, each client, accesses the digital music from the server and plays it using the sharing technique I described in the previous topic. You can have several computers all streaming music from the same server—as long as your network has enough bandwidth—all at the same time. You can stream videos too, but if several people do so at the same time, it might overwhelm your bandwidth. You can also stream to a stereo or an Apple TV, as I discuss elsewhere in the book. Note: If you want to sync an iOS device,
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