There's been tons of talk about how the Mac Mini is perfect for a networked media center, but my friend Carlo points to one seemingly-simple functionality that he can't seem to hack:
I can't find a way to have multiple computers fully share a single iTunes library. I first ran into this when Alex got her new PC, and I wanted both of our computers to be able to access the same library. I'm not talking the shared music function, I mean full access — being able to create playlists and sync iPods — from a single library.
I think this is possible, given that the library never changes. But if new songs are added, the changes will only be reflected on the computer on which they were made — I think (ie if I add a song from my computer to the library via iTunes, the change won't be reflected on Alex's computer). So the ideal situation would be to have all our music in one place, preferably the Mac mini or an external drive attached to it, then have the three instances of iTunes (the mini, my PowerBook and Alex's PC) all use the files from that one location, and for changes made to the library on any computer show up across all three.
Any ideas? Post it in Carlo's comments section. Link
