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Others will have to chime in on iTunes and sharing your library - as far as I know you cannot cache your playlists....but you can have your library accessible to 5 devices so you could have two copies.

OSX, like any previous OS in Apples history, is designed to work on Apple hardware ONLY. No clones, (Actually, power computing and one other company made clones a long time ago but never again)

Running windows on mac hardware works very well.

Hope that helps a little....not much, Im afraid.

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert
To: macbook@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:37 AM
Subject: [MacBook] Bunch of N00B questions

Ok. So, I might be new to the MBP, but not new to the whole networking idea, except it's under Windoze. That being said I have a few questions regarding networking and file sharing in a home network environment with the Mac OS X.

(1) I would like to centralize mu iTunes library so my wife and I can share the same set of files, but I'm wondering if iTunes will then look for the MP3s on that file share all the time, even when the MBP is not connected to the home network. If it would look for the file share, is there a way to setup iTunes (or another software package) to cache the playlists locally on the MBP.

(2) Can another computer running Mac OS X (either Leopard or Snow Leopard) be setup as a TimeCapsule, much in the same way you can purchase either the 1 or 2TB TimeCapsule. I don't need to purchase the TimeCapsule as I have more WiFi access points than I really need.

(3) I have a "homegrown" desktop that is currently running Windoze, how hard would it be for me to put a copy of OS X on it with the hardware that is currently installed in it? Micro$oft has a hardware compatibility list for their OS, does something like that exist in the Apple realm and how hard is it to get drivers for the hardware that is out there currently.

I ultimately would like to convert that desktop to OS X and use it as a file server to store pictures, music, video and eBooks as well as use TimeMachine to backup our MBPs.

Thanks for all the help!!

Rob

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Will it even run on your MacBook? Does your processor meet the requirements?

"Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor"

Go to the Apple menu in the upper left of your screen, click on "About This Mac". About half way down the window you will see "Processor". ( Sorry about all the details, I find a lot of folks hazy about some things).

Your MacBook must have the numeral "2" AND the word "DUO" after "Intel Core" (or one of the other processors, of course, but not likely) in order to run Lion. My four-year-old MacBook will not run Lion.

Kate

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> Currently own a 4 year old Macbook.
> Do I need the new Lion?
> If so, what are the major benefits?
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Thanks Dave.
Guess I'll skip the upgrade.
Stan

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:44 PM, studiodave <studiodave@sistudio.net> wrote:

> I was just forced to move to Lion and have many programs that will not run
> in it. They are PPC code only.
> Check all your programs to see if they are compatible with Lion first.
> Don't upgrade just to upgrade. If all your apps work in Lion and you want
> some feature that is only in Lion then and only then upgrade but make a
> backup/clone of your working drive first. If you find something you missed
> you can then go back to the way it was before you broke it.
> I have found many things I like about Lion and just as many that I hate
> about it.
> Lion thinks we are all idiots and should not ever know how to do anything
> for ourselves.
>
> $2,500 for a new iMac and $1,500 for new software upgrades just to get
> back to what I could already do before the G5 blew up.
> Good thing is I may save the G5 after all, just a power supply at $200 for
> a new one I get it back.
>
> Dave
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> On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Stanley Katz wrote:
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> > Thanks Terry, I appreciate your input.
> > Stan
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Terry Pogue <tpogue@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > >
> > > I'm not in love with Lion. I have it in two computers. I still have
> Snow
> > > Leopard on one computer which I still like the most. The lack of scroll
> > > bars in Lion still gives me fits. You can set the prefs so they
> display...a
> > > little but I have trouble with my eyes and find them hard to see. For
> me
> > > Hand Brake doesn't work well running Lion. If you like way the Mail
> > > displays on iPads you can have that on Lion. I have mine set for the
> > > "classic"way though. The Gestures was kind of fun to play with and I
> bought
> > > a Magic Track Pad so I could play with that on my big desktop computer
> but
> > > soon pulled out my mouse when the gimmicky part gestures wore off. I
> have
> > > not used Gestures on my laptop with Lion.
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:21 AM, "StanleyK" <sgkatz@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Currently own a 4 year old Macbook.
> > > > Do I need the new Lion?
> > > > If so, what are the major benefits?
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