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ratbastid · 04-09-2007, 05:11 PM

As some of you might know, I've recently switched up to a Macbook Pro. It's very nice, I'm totally in love. And, as is always the case when switching things, there are some gotchas.

I have a network share full of mp3s. It is, as we doctors say, very very large. Large enough that I really wouldn't want to copy it all to my laptop. Sadly, that's exactly what iTunes really wants to do when I "Import" or "Add to library" any of those files. It copies any such file into "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/".

Any thoughts on how I can make iTunes treat a remote fileserver as the repository for its library files?

On a related note, how do I tell the Mac to mount a network share at login or boot time?

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ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	iTunes with files living on a network share? As some of you might know, I've recently switched up to a Macbook Pro. It's very nice, I'm totally in love. And, as is always the case when switching things, there are some gotchas. I have a network share full of mp3s. It is, as we doctors say, very very large. Large enough that I really wouldn't want to copy it all to my laptop. Sadly, that's exactly what iTunes really wants to do when I "Import" or "Add to library" any of those files. It copies any such file into "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/". Any thoughts on how I can make iTunes treat a remote fileserver as the repository for its library files? On a related note, how do I tell the Mac to mount a network share at login or boot time?