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From: Rowbotth on 17 Feb 2010 17:26 In article <hlh7t4$g5d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > Sebastian Tombs wrote: > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> Set up the desktop to NFS-mount the Macbook library when present. > >> Then change the desktop library path to point to the NFS library. > >> > >> Then, when the Macbook is on LAN, both see the same library. > >> When the Macbook is away, the desktop can't find its library. > > > > What is an NFS, and why do I want to mount the MacBook to this (aside > > from making it work, I mean?) > > Networked File System. Don't feel bad if you hadn't heard of it. > Sometimes we geeks have talked to computers so long we forget > how to talk to people. But if you haven't heard of it, you might > need a little help to set it up. It's not hard, but it is involved > enough that I can't help this week. > > But it would allow you to have the library on the laptop accessible > from the desktop as if it were local. The only difference would be > a slowdown so slight that you probably would not notice. > > So you could go into iTunes preferences and change the library path > to point to the one on the laptop. Then both would sync to the same > library. > > > I am not, per se, on a LAN. I do have a wireless modem which I use when > > I am in my own home. Is that close enough to a LAN? > > I suspect that you mean a WiFi antenna or Airport card. You probably > have a LAN and don't know it. If so, NFS will work. > > > And is it out of line for me to ask how not finding the library is going > > to solve my problem? > > It won't. I was just pointing out that if you do this, iTunes on the > desktop will not work when the laptop is not there. Well, I finally went out and got Pogue's book on MacOS Snow Leopard so that might give me a pointer or two? Thanks for the help so far. I'll await further developments. HR
From: Wes Groleau on 17 Feb 2010 23:31 Rowbotth wrote: > Well, I finally went out and got Pogue's book on MacOS Snow Leopard so > that might give me a pointer or two? > > Thanks for the help so far. I'll await further developments. When I said that I can't help this week, I didn't mean that you have to wait for me. The book will help--at the very least, give you lots of ideas. And many people on this group can help as well as or better than I can. -- Wes Groleau Structure and Organization http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1401
From: Tom Harrington on 18 Feb 2010 11:47 In article <hlifqf$vpa$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > Rowbotth wrote: > > Well, I finally went out and got Pogue's book on MacOS Snow Leopard so > > that might give me a pointer or two? > > > > Thanks for the help so far. I'll await further developments. > > When I said that I can't help this week, I didn't mean that you > have to wait for me. The book will help--at the very least, > give you lots of ideas. And many people on this group can > help as well as or better than I can. For what it's worth, NFS seemed like a much less convenient solution than Mac OS X's built-in file sharing. I've shared iTunes libraries that way, and it's a lot easier to set up than NFS. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Simon1952 on 19 Feb 2010 10:51
In article <tph-992240.09473418022010(a)localhost>, Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > In article <hlifqf$vpa$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > Rowbotth wrote: > > > Well, I finally went out and got Pogue's book on MacOS Snow Leopard so > > > that might give me a pointer or two? > > > > > > Thanks for the help so far. I'll await further developments. > > > > When I said that I can't help this week, I didn't mean that you > > have to wait for me. The book will help--at the very least, > > give you lots of ideas. And many people on this group can > > help as well as or better than I can. > > For what it's worth, NFS seemed like a much less convenient solution > than Mac OS X's built-in file sharing. I've shared iTunes libraries > that way, and it's a lot easier to set up than NFS. Well, it sounds like it is worth quite a bit. I need to delve into Pogue's book and figure out this file sharing and then why and how for my problem, it appears. Thanx. |