Home Sharing vs Shared Libraries

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Home Sharing vs Shared Libraries

What's the difference between the new Home Sharing feature in iTunes and the older Shared Libraries feature?

Why does iTunes still have Shared Libraries listed under the Sharing tab in Preferences... if Home Sharing is better?

iMac (17-inch, Late 2006), 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 3GS (16GB), Apple TV (2nd generation)

Posted on Oct 12, 2010 12:30 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 12, 2010 7:21 PM in response to Reuben Feffer

Home sharing only works with computers on the same network, like within your house. When both machines are authorized with your iTunes account info, you can actually grab, drag and drop content from one library to the other. The other sharing, I believe, will work on a broader range (like your neighbor across the street) but only allows the person sharing to listen to your library.

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Answer 2

Chris CA

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Oct 12, 2010 10:25 PM in response to Reuben Feffer

Home sharing allows you to download the shared libraries.
Sharing does not. It only allows you to listen to the shared library.

Both work only on your local subnetwork.

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