Kiosk Mode

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Kiosk Mode

Does anyone have any suggestions on how you can creat a kiosk mode for iTunes other than unplugging the keyboard? I have a massive library of music and would like to be able have guests browse through and play music when I have parties. I do not want them to be able to edit or delete anything either by mistake or on purpose.

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jan 31, 2007 1:30 PM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Jan 31, 2007 2:11 PM in response to Jared Stutts

Someone else may have a better idea, but one possibility would be to set up another account in Mac OS X and use the Fast User Switching feature in Mac OS X with the Music Sharing feature in iTunes to share your songs from your primary user's iTunes account to the iTunes in your "guests" account. Then switch to your "guests" account, run iTunes, and your friends could play anything that was shared - playlists, albums, songs, etc. - but not change anything.

Hope this helps.

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Jared Stutts Author

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Feb 2, 2007 1:28 PM in response to varjak paw

This is a good work around for small libraries but my library has over 45,000 songs (yes all legal) so it would take a very long time to load.

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