Setting Up
a media server
with ever-growing
in collections of music, movies, photos and other media files taking up space on
our computer's
there are little many of us looking to move those collections
to an external location like a media server in order to save space on our
disks
and have our entire collections accessible to all users at all times
to achieve this you could buy a new NAS network attached storage
or a dedicated unit like a Drobo but
why not consider refurbishing your old computer
as your brand new media server for instance
if you're lucky enough to have a old desktop computer tower
with up to four Sat a hard disks plus extra RAM
if needed and turned into a powerhouse server
indeed with a little help from disk utility
you could turn those extra hard disks into a raid system
using level 1 raid mirroring to ensure maximum reliability
even though this will mean your two extra drives
identical in terms of make model and capacity
and will become one effective system with half the discs total capacity
available
because of the data mirroring
now we're getting down to the exciting part configuring your Mac
as an iTunes server with this method you'll be able to share your iTunes
media
with not only the other Macs on your network but the IOS devices as well
so long as they're all connected to the same router
one transfer your music
the simplest way to transfer your iTunes library to your new media server
is to use Migration Assistant in applications
utilities and both computers need to be on the same network
connected to the same router run Migration Assistant has normal
but drill down to your music folder and transfer only that
set up your server remember
both computers need to be on the same network
if you're going to leave your iTunes server running all the time
go to System Preferences Energy Saver
and make sure the computer sleep slider is set to never
and checked the check boxes on wake for network access
and start up automatically after a power failure the check box
put hard disks to sleep when possible should remain empty
and set the display sleep slider to any sensible value to suit
3 get your so
for running
in tunes go to File Home Sharing
turn on Home Sharing the main iTunes pane
will then turn into a login window which then you need to enter your Apple ID and
password
before clicking on turn on Home Sharing
you'll need to enable Home Sharing on all the mac's on your network
that are running iTunes 9 or later entering the same Apple ID and password
on each
setting up a file server
it's not only music you can share across your network having the files you and
other family members need to access regularly
in a central location can help to avoid confusion
remember however to back them up regularly
either with Time Machine or with a disk cloning utility
one prepare your server go to System Preferences
energy saver on your server and followed the second step
of the iTunes server tutorial
we'd also suggest using System Preferences network
to set a static IP address by changing the ipv4 configuration
to be using a DHCP with manual address
to do this you'll need to find out about your router IP address settings
which is outside the scope of this tutorial
if you're not sure how to do this you can watch this videos
where you can learn something about networking
enable file sharing
every Mac you want to share files from including your new server
go to System Preferences sharing and check the boxes next to file sharing
and screen sharing
3 accessing your server to access your server
open a Finder window and look for the name up your server in the sidebar
click on it and you'll be given the choice either to connect as a user
or share screen click your choice then enter an admin username
and password this should be an admin user
registered on the server not on your Mac
once you're in you can navigate the servers contents
as your own Mac
you can watch a similar procedure in this video setting up a network attached
storage
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