failurbydesign Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Is there a way to l.ink both OS's to read and add music to the same iTunes music folder? Example, if there is a separate hard drive for music, when in OS X if i add music to the folder through itunes (copies) then boot into vista and open itunes (which is linked to the same music drive) will it pick up the new music that i had OS X copy into that drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 i did a symlink for my Music folder on both vista and leopard to the folder where i have my music. if that does not make sense ask away i will try to answer ya. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I dont get it? Ill search and get back to you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 ok i just puyt in my new hd for my music, i downloaded/installed that extension called symboliclinker and if you dont mind helping me out that would be great! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhell Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 symlink = symbolic link = unix speak for shortcut (win) or alias (mac). Win shortcut: C:\Users\you\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music -------\ => The real music folder Mac alias: /Users/you/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music ----------/ This way you do not have to change the prefs of either iTunes. If you do, then whenever the folder you told it to use is not available, it will fall back to the default and cause confusion on your side and chaos if you then add to the library... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 i dont understand at all! i need to know what to do step by step on the windows or mac side in order to understand ill try this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17272 Scratch that i dont get that either ill try this http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...070424081346722 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 in mac terminal -> use ln command with -s switch to create a symlink to your music folder. so the result will be that your homedirectory/Music will point to separateHD/musicfolder. Since vista also supports symlinks use the mklink command with the /D switch to do the same. now setup itunes on both vista and mac to your respective userhome/Music. the first time you start itunes after this, it will take a minute or so to refresh the library but will retain almost all your settings. try it out for yourself. works alright on my setup. but i havent setup the option to let itunes move around my files. i manually manage them. for a tutorial on how to do the same if you have itunes setup to arrange your music folder search on google. almost all the tutorials are for this situation. hope that helps. btw, i have all my music on an hfs+ drive and use macdrive on vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1131240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 thanks but i dont know how to do what you say! Im not familiar with symlink or how to use it or how it works! In a case like this i need a program to do it for me...other than that im {censored}ed since i have no idea what to do! U have been very helpful and i appreciate that, but i alone cant make this work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1132114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 ok. then tell me what your set up is. i can guide u through the process. n do you have manage music manually enabled or have itunes do that for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1134009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 Ok my setup for both os x and vista x64 are the same, music in located in default locations, all set to organize and copy music to directory. Now both os x and vista are on TWO different hard drive and i have an extra HD i would like to use for music. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1136595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ok. sorry for the delay! here goes the small tut: 1) we will do all the file management from vista. your best option would be the new HD formatted as FAT 32 coz that is readable as well as writable by both windows and osx natively. you have two other options, but both will cost you some money. the first one is to have the new HD formatted as HFS+ in which case you will need the macdrive software installed in vista. the second option is to have the new HD formatted as NTFS, then you will need NTFS for Mac from paragon installed in your osx. there maybe other free alternatives (like macFUSE) but its your call. so the file management. move your music folder (which should be in your User folder) to the new HD. please note, there would be a folder named iTunes inside this folder. 2) open up cmd in vista to get a command prompt. there, type in "mkdir /D path_to_Music_under_your_User_folder path_to_new_Music_folder" This should create a shortcut kinda thing in your User folder where the original Music folder used to be. 3) after this is done, fire up itunes and disable the music organization by iTunes. and check that all the files are still showing up in the Library. our work in vista is done. 4) boot into osx and since you have another copy of all your music here, in the ~/Music, you can safely delete this folder and issue this command in terminal. "ln -s path_to_Music_folder_on_new_HD ~/Music" 5) Now fire up itunes and disable the music organization here too. everythin should be fine now. you will even have your computer authorized and all. Now this may even work even if you leave the manage music option enabled. but i havent tested it. so dunno thats all! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1141737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
failurbydesign Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 thanks ill try it out! i can still keep the "copy music" option checked right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1141824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehaa Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Now this may even work even if you leave the manage music option enabled. but i havent tested it. so dunno Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161767-share-itunes-library-osx-and-vista-on-seperate-hd/#findComment-1142241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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