iTunes Sharing between Mac & Windows

[Danny133]

Does anybody know how to share an itunes library with a windows machine that was created on a mac and stored on an external HD formatted to EXFAT.

i want to be able to add media to either library and it copy it to the main folder on the external HD.

I also want to be able to sync iphones/ipads with either mac or windows device as they are using the same itunes media library etc.

Google didnt give me much that i found useful!

 

[Tom]

You can't.

 

[Carlv8415]

Rule of thumb is Mac is Mac and Windows is Windows when it comes to sharing between the 2 your going to have a bad day.

 

[Jack!]

Can I ask why you need to be able to do such from both operating systems? As I have suggestion of sorts but doesn't really suit your current situation given that it sounds like you have Windows installed via Boot Camp.

 

[Danny133]

No windows is installed on a seperate laptop ..

What's the alternative?

 

[Rubicon_]

Not going to happen.

 

[Danny133]

What's the alternative?

 

[jam.]

I'm thinking aloud here - but would iTunes Match work?

 

[Jack!]

It's not an alternative in terms of having iTunes on both Mac and Windows sharing a library, but if you used a program like Synergy, to control both the Windows and Mac machines with the same peripherals (keyboard, mouse etc) then you could utilise the iTunes library stored on one machine on both machines, plus Synergy allows drag and drop between the different operating systems, so you can download things on say Windows, and then drop them into your Mac iTunes library.

This would require both machines on though, and doesn't solve your problem as such, but if you wanted to have access to your iTunes library on both operating systems, and have it as up to date as possible on both (not having to add everything to two libraries) then this is probably the nearest solution that comes to mind.

 

[Danny133]

It's not an alternative in terms of having iTunes on both Mac and Windows sharing a library, but if you used a program like Synergy, to control both the Windows and Mac machines with the same peripherals (keyboard, mouse etc) then you could utilise the iTunes library stored on one machine on both machines, plus Synergy allows drag and drop between the different operating systems, so you can download things on say Windows, and then drop them into your Mac iTunes library.

This would require both machines on though, and doesn't solve your problem as such, but if you wanted to have access to your iTunes library on both operating systems, and have it as up to date as possible on both (not having to add everything to two libraries) then this is probably the nearest solution that comes to mind.

Both machines are not on side by side or using the same screen?

 

[Tom]

I'm thinking aloud here - but would iTunes Match work?

Kinda but sync would be long winded