{"id":2118,"date":"2005-09-17T13:04:26","date_gmt":"2005-09-17T13:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:48:24","slug":"synctunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/17\/synctunes\/","title":{"rendered":"syncTunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the endless problem and backdraw of using iTunes: it mingles up your file folders and contents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>when I drag a song into iTunes 2 times, there will be a copy of the song in it. Even when they are byte-identical. youaredoomed when importing the same folder twice. I think this is fixed in the latest version.<\/li>\n<li>when I remove a song from itunes and FORGET to press that &#8220;delete it&#8221; button there will be corpses of unused songs in my iTunes library-graveyard.<\/li>\n<li>when I have two, three, four computers (I have 5) then you can install iTunes only on one. All your playlists, ratings, songs will NOT be synchronised.<\/li>\n<li>when two users on the same computer both use iTunes, their libraries are not synchronisable. DOOM when your wife wants to listen to the same music as you &#8211; you have to keep each mp3 twice (creepy). NO I want to use the &#8220;let itunes manage my library&#8221; function and I don&#8217;t want folders somewehre else.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>so, the problem is to get the library in iTunes synchronised with the iTunes library on disk (iTunes claims to &#8220;manage your library&#8221; but I don&#8217;t see this &#8220;find corpses&#8221; button). Then I want to synchronise (not replicate, there is a differnce) two or more iTunes installations. I also want to use the same library and metadata on the same computer by different users. Again, both may open iTunes at the same time. As apple doesn&#8217;t care, a few solutions are available by others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.versiontracker.com\/dyn\/moreinfo\/win\/35090\">syncOtunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>symlink your library files between users (creepy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dougscripts.com\/itunes\/itinfo\/sharedlib.php\">Howto share Libraries &#8211; tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifthensoft.com\/sharealike.hqx\">sharealike &#8211; tool to share between accounts on the same osx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the endless problem and backdraw of using iTunes: it mingles up your file folders and contents. when I drag a song into iTunes 2 times, there will be a copy of the song in it. Even when they are byte-identical. youaredoomed when importing the same folder twice. 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