iTunes Library Question.

[nezza]

On a related point, I use dropbox to sync my Traktor library on my iMac and Macbook - so I can beat grid / comment, sort etc on any device and it's all synced up - sweet!

[ThinAir]

your music folders are on the external HDD.
where are your iTunes library folders and files? One on MB and one on iMac?

when both computers use the same library, you wouldn´t have to bother around with inconsistent libraries.

create a new UNIVERSAL library on your external HDD.

-hold "alt" when opening iTunes
-create new library on external HDD
-move your music folders into the new path on your external HDD (iTunes > iTunes Media > Music)
- import the music folder in your new iTunes library. (takes a while for processing, but now it should not be necessary to copy all the tracks, because you organized it with iTunes)
-close iTunes
-Now only use this universal library on your external HDD

When you switch the computers and hooked up the HDD, open iTunes with "alt" key pressed and select the universal library on your external HDD. (make sure this paths is set on your DJ software as well.)

When this works for you, you can delete the old iTunes libraries on MB and iMac.




About iTunesMatch: It always f***s my tags and playlists. It´s ok, but is not as reliable as promised.

Nice one... loving this and its saving me a ton of time!

[Patch]

You don't even need to do the Alt+Open trick. Just set th library as the the one on teh extrenal drive as the itunes library on both machines.

All you have to do is swap the USB cable between machines, and open iTunes as normal.