iTunes/iPhoto: Sharing

bluScreen · #1 October 29th, 2007, 11:27 AM

Anything wrong with sharing one iPhoto library and iTunes music folder located in a separate drive, accessed by multiple user profiles on one machine?

So far so good on my test environment. But I just wanted to know if anyone has run into an obstacle.

eric2006 · #2 October 29th, 2007, 06:10 PM

You could run into permissions issues, but you can just tick "ignore ownership on this volume" in the Get Info command. You should only access the libraries one at a time.

mwilkie40 · #3 July 2nd, 2008, 04:30 PM

Is there an ideal way to move your iTunes/iPhoto libraries so they can be shared by multiple users on one machine? I haven't had any experience with this and don't want to mess it up. If I need to create a separate volume, please let me know how to do so as well in your reply. Thanks.

Satcomer · #4 July 3rd, 2008, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mwilkie40

Is there an ideal way to move your iTunes/iPhoto libraries so they can be shared by multiple users on one machine? I haven't had any experience with this and don't want to mess it up. If I need to create a separate volume, please let me know how to do so as well in your reply. Thanks.

I am not sure about iPhoto but the itunes sharing (on the same machine) is easy. Just move your iTunes music folder (/Users/YourUserName/Music/) to the /Users/Shared folder. Then put the iTunes Music folder in the /Users/Shared/ folder. After that open iTunes and the go to the iTunes preferences and Advanced, General tab point itunes to the changed location of the iTunes music folder. Easy.