12-29-2006, 03:29 PM
[quote SteveJobs] ... I'm just a little hesitant since they build in all the 'authorize computer' stuff.
The 'authorize computer' part of iTunes Music Store-purchased songs applies to on which machine the songs are played, not where they are stored.
In most cases it's the same, but if they're stored on a hard disk 2 feet away from your Mac in an external case ... so what?
Your bigger concern with re-locating the iTunes Music folder is retaining the "shared" aspect of the songs with regard to file permissions since as I'm sure you're aware, the standard Shared folder doesn't behave like a normal folder.
Although I don't use a separate HD for iTunes, my wife and I --- separate admin accounts --- share one iTunes Library via ACLs. For each of us, opening iTunes provides identical usage, right down to playlists and either user can update iTunes for the other. ACLs are the only way this can happen.
Anyway, it maybe could save your bacon when moving everything to another (non-Shared) folder elsewhere. This page says it doesn't work for iTunes, but it does:
http://ad.hominem.org/log/2005/07/acl.php
Thank you, thank you, thank you Trenton Davies
The 'authorize computer' part of iTunes Music Store-purchased songs applies to on which machine the songs are played, not where they are stored.
In most cases it's the same, but if they're stored on a hard disk 2 feet away from your Mac in an external case ... so what?
Your bigger concern with re-locating the iTunes Music folder is retaining the "shared" aspect of the songs with regard to file permissions since as I'm sure you're aware, the standard Shared folder doesn't behave like a normal folder.
Although I don't use a separate HD for iTunes, my wife and I --- separate admin accounts --- share one iTunes Library via ACLs. For each of us, opening iTunes provides identical usage, right down to playlists and either user can update iTunes for the other. ACLs are the only way this can happen.
Anyway, it maybe could save your bacon when moving everything to another (non-Shared) folder elsewhere. This page says it doesn't work for iTunes, but it does:
http://ad.hominem.org/log/2005/07/acl.php
Thank you, thank you, thank you Trenton Davies