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Another stupid iTunes question

How is it possible that there are fewer songs in my iTunes library when I access it from another computer? It's just a few, but still, it's got a boy wondering. (Library is on a Mac Mini with music on a connected external drive.) I sometimes access it using the shared library feature on iTunes from my MacBook. The number of artists and albums, however, matches. Hmmmmmm. Any thoughts?
hodu
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indianears
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I'm only gussing, its the dreaded DRM ( Digital Rights Management) that allows paid downloads to be used ONLY by the library / device they were downloaded into.

Your home ripped albums should always show up, on both computers
hodu OP
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Oopsie. Shoulda mentioned that these are all songs from my own music collection -- from my CDs. Nothing purchased from iTunes among the bunch.
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srwooten
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Duplicates?
indianears
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Could it be that your iTunes library is located in more than 1 folder, at 2 different locations on your HDD ?

Maybe only 1 of your computers has been given paths to the diofferently located folders ?
hodu OP
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Fixed it. Created a new library on the server (holding down control key while starting iTunes), added music to that library, and now all is well. Thanks.
hodu OP
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Oops. Should have said "option" sted "control" key in above. (Not enough coffee yet.)
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