Jan 16, 2020 On a Mac, the easiest way to transfer an iTunes library to a new computer is to use the Migration Assistant tool. This can be used when you're setting up a new computer, or after it's already done. Migration Assistant attempts to recreate your old computer on the new one by moving data, settings, and other files.

You have one iTunes library at home but you want to share it among different devices. Your iTunes library may be stored on a PC or Mac at home, or it may be housed on a network drive.
Fortunately, you can still easily share your entire iTunes library with all your Apple devices without physically transferring a single media file. Normally it can be fairly difficult to reliably share media between several devices in your house but with iTunes Home Sharing, it’s easy.
Jun 11, 2013 Launch iTunes on your Mac or PC. Now in the top navigation, click on iTunes and then Preferences. In the Preferences window, now click on the Sharing tab. This is where you can choose what you'd like to share. That's all there is to it. Others will now be able to see your library when it iTunes.
Jan 23, 2010 Yes it works fine. I have an external drive that references 'Itunes Library'. My Zune Library, Microsoft media read form this. I then use Ituens in OSX to also read this library. I have no issues. Having said that, I only ADD music to my library using Itunes.

Q: I have an iTunes library stored on a NAS. I bought a new computer and turned on home sharing, but the “sharing” doesn’t show up in iTunes on the new computer, and I can’t locate the library via my home’s wireless network. How can my new computer access the library without copying everything over to the new machine? I want just one library but I want to access the music from all my computers.

– Rob

A: It’s important to keep in mind that iTunes Home Sharing is designed to work between the iTunes applications running on two or more computers, and does not provide any way to access the iTunes library on a NAS device directly. Therefore, to share the iTunes library from your NAS device, you will need to have at least one computer running to “host” the shared iTunes library, regardless of where the actual media files and library database are stored—iTunes basically needs to access your files from the NAS device in much the same way as if they were on a local hard drive, and then makes them available from there via its own Home Sharing protocol.

So in this scenario you first need to enable Home Sharing in iTunes on whatever computer you’re already using for your iTunes library. You can then enable Home Sharing on any additional computers that you want to access the content from your main iTunes library. As long as the primary computer is online and iTunes is running on it, the secondary computers can then access your media content.

Note that Home Sharing is only designed to provide you with the ability to play or copy your content from other computers—it will not allow you to actually manage your library from anywhere other than your primary computer. Essentially, each computer still retains its own iTunes library database, and you can use Home Sharing to playback or copy content between these multiple libraries. This is particularly important regarding synchronizing iPods and iOS devices, since they will still be associated with the primary computer that stores your actual iTunes library database, and you will need to synchronize them with that computer.

If you’re looking to actually manage your iTunes library from your other computers in terms of features such as creating playlists and modifying track information you will basically need to ensure that your actual iTunes library database is on the NAS device and then configure each computer to use the common library database. This will effectively give you full access to your iTunes library from any of your computers, but it’s important to note that the iTunes database is not designed for multi-user access, so you will only be able to have iTunes open on one computer at a time without risking database corruption and other problems. You can find more information about moving your iTunes library database in our article on Transferring your iTunes Library.

If your primary concern is sharing your music, you may find that Apple’s iTunes Match service provides a possible compromise. With iTunes Match you can effectively stored your music library on Apple’s servers, and any of your computers that are configured for the same iTunes Match account will be able to not only play back content from iCloud, but can also manage that content and create and edit playlists, with all changes synchronized between all of your iTunes libraries via iCloud. In this case, you would probably still want to keep your main library on your NAS device, but your other computers would simply access your content from iCloud over the Internet rather than using Home Sharing.

Before you set up Home Sharing

Update all of your Apple devices to the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS. On your PC, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows.
Connect all of your devices to the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.
Make sure that all of your devices are signed in with the same Apple ID and authorized to play purchases using that Apple ID.

Apps and features might vary by country or region. Learn more about what's available in your country or region.

Set up Home Sharing

Before you can use Home Sharing, you need to set it up on your Mac or PC.

How to set up Home Sharing on your Mac

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences.
Click Sharing.
Click Media Sharing.
Select Home Sharing and sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID for every computer or device on your Home Sharing network.
Click Turn On Home Sharing.

How to set up Home Sharing on your PC

Open iTunes for Windows.
If you're not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID for every computer or device on your Home Sharing network.
From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn on Home Sharing.

You can use Home Sharing with up to five computers that are connected to your home Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.

Use Home Sharing

On your Mac or PC, you can use Home Sharing to see shared libraries from other computers that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and signed in with the same Apple ID.

To see a shared library from a computer on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV, you need to be signed in with the same Apple ID as the computer and connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

On your Mac

You can use Home Sharing to access your media library across computers that are on the same Wi-Fi network. And you can stream music, movies, and TV shows from one authorized computer to another. Just make sure that your computers are powered on, awake, and have the Music app or iTunes for Windows open.

To access your media library:

Open the Music app.
If you're not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID for every computer or device on your Home Sharing network.
In the sidebar, click Library.
Click the media library.

To go back to your music library, click Eject in the sidebar.

On your PC

You can use Home Sharing to stream music, movies, and TV shows from one authorized computer to another. Just make sure that your computers are powered on, awake, and have the Music app or iTunes for Windows open.

To see all of your shared libraries, click Music in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Copy Itunes Library

To use Home Sharing to access your computer's media library on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, sign in to Home Sharing on your device:

To see a music library, go to Settings > Music. To see a video library, go to Settings > TV > iTunes Videos.
Under Home Sharing, tap Sign In.
Sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID for every computer or device on your Home Sharing network.

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Share Itunes Library Between Macs