iTunes: How to share your music

  • Last Modified: January 26, 2009
  • Article: HT2688
  • Old Article: 93355

Summary

If your computer is connected to a local network, you can share your music with up to five other computers on that network.

Products Affected

iTunes

To share your music:

  1. Open iTunes.
  2. Choose iTunes > Preferences (Mac) or choose Edit > Preferences (Windows). 
  3. Click the Sharing tab.
  4. Select the “Share my library on my local network” checkbox.
  5. If desired, select the “Require password” checkbox and enter a password.
  6. Click OK.


Notes

    1. iTunes must be open on your computer in order for other people to see your shared library and playlists.
    2. Sharing is intended for personal use only, and is possible only with computers in the same network subnet.

 

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