Q: Itunes, Synology NAS, setup

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gizbug

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Q: Itunes, Synology NAS, setup

Can I get a good guide on how to use my synology 716+ NAS, to store all my music files, and when I open itunes on my iMac, MacBook air, or windows laptop, or even when I use AppleTV, I can access this music (so its not stored locally on my computers)?

Also, I've attempted this in the past, but with itunes on my iMac, on reboot, it would never mount my share, so it always defaulted to default itunes library location (locally) and messes stuff up.

I also see synology has an Itunes Server package, would that be a solution?

Thanks

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Sep 16, 2016 6:07 AM

I have this question too

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jcloud

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No problem, here how you hidden the drives.

Go to the desktop of the Mac if you haven’t yet
Launch the Finder Preferences from the “Finder” menu, or hit Command+,
Under the ‘General’ tab, check or uncheck items you either want shown or hidden, respectively
The one you want to uncheck is connected servers.

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Limnos Sep 20, 2016 5:38 PM in response to gizbug
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Sep 20, 2016 5:38 PM in response to gizbug

This is where you need to decide if you are going to keep the entire library on one drive, or have it split with media on one drive and support files on another. The methods for doing all this are very different which is where earlier recommendations diverge.
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jcloud Sep 20, 2016 9:19 PM in response to gizbug
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Sep 20, 2016 9:19 PM in response to gizbug

leave the iTunes Folder and leave the itl, xml file on your mac. ONLY move the iTunes Media folder. You can just copy and paste
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Limnos Sep 21, 2016 5:35 AM in response to jcloud
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Sep 21, 2016 5:35 AM in response to jcloud

jcloud wrote:

leave the iTunes Folder and leave the itl, xml file on your mac. ONLY move the iTunes Media folder. You can just copy and paste

This is only a partial set of instructions. Doing just this alone will break your library. iTunes will complain it can't find the media tracks.

"Copy and paste" is a Windows-ish way of doing it. Dragging from one place to another is how you would do it on a Mac.
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jcloud Sep 22, 2016 12:01 PM in response to gizbug
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Sep 22, 2016 12:01 PM in response to gizbug

You up and running?
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gizbug Sep 22, 2016 4:12 PM in response to jcloud
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Sep 22, 2016 4:12 PM in response to jcloud

Up and running, thanks for the help.
Now I just have to figure out, how to prevent every time I open folders on my NAS on my iMac (ie. backup, photos, etc) that the icons don't keep occurring on my desktop (mounting?).
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gizbug Sep 23, 2016 6:41 AM in response to jcloud
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Sep 23, 2016 6:41 AM in response to jcloud

Awesome, thanks again!
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jcloud Sep 23, 2016 10:55 AM in response to gizbug
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Sep 23, 2016 10:55 AM in response to gizbug

No problem
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jcloud

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Sep 22, 2016 6:15 PM in response to gizbug

No problem, here how you hidden the drives.

Go to the desktop of the Mac if you haven’t yet
Launch the Finder Preferences from the “Finder” menu, or hit Command+,
Under the ‘General’ tab, check or uncheck items you either want shown or hidden, respectively
The one you want to uncheck is connected servers.

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