iPhone Question?
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From: Sebastian Tombs on 12 Feb 2010 20:56 I hope it belongs here as it mostly pertains to iTunes..If it really belongs under comp.sys.mac.misc, sorry, guys. I happen to have two Macs - a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro. Mostly I use the MacPro to synch my iPhone to iTunes, but when on the road I use the MacBook Pro. I am wondering if it is possible to synch one iPhone to two copies of iTunes with less heartache. What I get is that when I synch to the main Mac, they both have the same data. However, if the next synch is to the MacBook, I notice that I have to choose between using the settings on the MacBook, or to merge the two devices. Obviously, merge is the lesser of two evils. But what I'd like very much to see is an option to synch from the iPhone. And the same for when I synch back to the MacPro after I get home. It does not look to me like iTunes does this. Is there a work around or is there something upcoming or should I talk to Apple or what? I trust I am not the only person doing this. What do others do? (I'd hate to not synch from the iPhone to the MacBook, as if something happens to the iPhone I am hooped.) Any help? Any answers? Thanks, MG.
From: Steve W. Jackson on 13 Feb 2010 12:43 In article <Simon52-C0537D.18561312022010(a)news.newsgroupdirect.com>, Sebastian Tombs <Simon52(a)canada.com> wrote: > I hope it belongs here as it mostly pertains to iTunes..If it really > belongs under comp.sys.mac.misc, sorry, guys. > > I happen to have two Macs - a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro. Mostly I use > the MacPro to synch my iPhone to iTunes, but when on the road I use the > MacBook Pro. > > I am wondering if it is possible to synch one iPhone to two copies of > iTunes with less heartache. What I get is that when I synch to the main > Mac, they both have the same data. However, if the next synch is to the > MacBook, I notice that I have to choose between using the settings on > the MacBook, or to merge the two devices. Obviously, merge is the > lesser of two evils. > > But what I'd like very much to see is an option to synch from the > iPhone. And the same for when I synch back to the MacPro after I get > home. > > It does not look to me like iTunes does this. Is there a work around or > is there something upcoming or should I talk to Apple or what? > > I trust I am not the only person doing this. What do others do? > > (I'd hate to not synch from the iPhone to the MacBook, as if something > happens to the iPhone I am hooped.) > > Any help? Any answers? > > Thanks, > > MG. Not positive, but I think you might want to look into available tools for keeping the same iTunes library on both your Macs. That should, if I understand right, then mean that your iPhone syncs to the same either way. Or I could be wrong if the tie between iPhone and iTunes is also machine-specific. -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama
From: Wes Groleau on 14 Feb 2010 22:54 Sebastian Tombs wrote: > I happen to have two Macs - a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro. Mostly I use > the MacPro to synch my iPhone to iTunes, but when on the road I use the > MacBook Pro. > > I am wondering if it is possible to synch one iPhone to two copies of > iTunes with less heartache. What I get is that when I synch to the main 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. If someone else needs to use the library when you are away, say so and there are solutions to that as well. -- Wes Groleau Pat's Polemics http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett
From: Sebastian Tombs on 16 Feb 2010 14:02 In article <hlaghn$6ru$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > Sebastian Tombs wrote: > > I happen to have two Macs - a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro. Mostly I use > > the MacPro to synch my iPhone to iTunes, but when on the road I use the > > MacBook Pro. > > > > I am wondering if it is possible to synch one iPhone to two copies of > > iTunes with less heartache. What I get is that when I synch to the main > > 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. > > If someone else needs to use the library when you are away, > say so and there are solutions to that as well. Uh, I am a little lost here with this. What is an NFS, and why do I want to mount the MacBook to this (aside from making it work, I mean?) 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? And is it out of line for me to ask how not finding the library is going to solve my problem? Not to denigrate the help. Thanks. I think I need to study a little to figure out why it works or how it works. MG.
From: Wes Groleau on 17 Feb 2010 12:09
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. -- Wes Groleau I mean, like, ya know, right? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=100 |