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camination
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 Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: Big FrontRow Problem with new MacMini |
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So I just got the new Mac Mini 1.66
I've spent the last 2 hours learning and setting up my mac mini and my imac so that it can "see" each others files.
Everything's working fine until I start my frontrow program on the Mac Mini.
the MacMini iTunes no longer "sees" my shared music folders from my iMac.
Can anyone help or offer any suggestions?
Thanks!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:54 am Post subject: Re: Big FrontRow Problem with new MacMini |
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| camination wrote: | | I've spent the last 2 hours learning and setting up my mac mini and my imac so that it can "see" each others files. |
Don't you just need to have iTunes running on both machines?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Big FrontRow Problem with new MacMini |
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| blazer wrote: | | camination wrote: | | I've spent the last 2 hours learning and setting up my mac mini and my imac so that it can "see" each others files. |
Don't you just need to have iTunes running on both machines? |
I thought essentially that Front Row would start iTunes in the background for playing music. I mean Front Row is only a control interface. When I use Front Row and exit the program, I usually have iTunes up and running, even if I didn't open it before Front Row.
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camination
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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you actually have to do a lot to share files
1) You need to click on Personal File Sharing, Windows Sharing, itunes Sharing and something else under the Preferences>Sharing Option
2) Set up your Port Forwarding on your Router
3) Then click on sharing in iTunes
I'm an old PC user . . . am i making this more complicated than how it really is?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| camination wrote: | you actually have to do a lot to share files
1) You need to click on Personal File Sharing, Windows Sharing, itunes Sharing and something else under the Preferences>Sharing Option
2) Set up your Port Forwarding on your Router
3) Then click on sharing in iTunes
I'm an old PC user . . . am i making this more complicated than how it really is? |
Starting from iTunes 6.0.4, computers on a same router can easily share music by enabling
iTunes > Preferences > Sharing > Share my music
My computers (iBook, powerbook) are working just fine. |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: the update |
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do you have the new update that makes it work on the older Front Row machines?
if not here is the download:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/frontrow121.html
any mac with front row shipped after the launch of the intel minis should have this updat installed already.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Another problem I have found is the shared music won't be found if the other computer is asleeep.
Shane
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| ShaneHale wrote: | Another problem I have found is the shared music won't be found if the other computer is asleeep.
Shane |
Well it is not really a problem, I mean you can't communicate with others when you are sleeping. Plus there are applications to control other Macs other LAN, internet, etc. So there must be a way to remotely turn on your computer that has the music on it.
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