2. digital
  3. 1254534562

Remote Control of Itunes

I have a Mac Mini with an external hard drive and run itunes. I know I can control itunes on the mini with my iphone or ipod touch using the "remote" app; however, I want to control itunes full screen from an external laptop. Anyone know if that is possible?

I'm not wanting to stream the music through the laptop, just use the laptop from my listening chair to control itunes on my mini as if I were standing in front of it. I could use either an apple or a PC laptop.

Thanks, Peter
peter_s
audiofankj
373 posts
 
Yes, this is possible. I run iTunes on an iMac 24" and control it via my Macbook Pro via screen share. Very simple to do.
mingles
792 posts
 
Some useful links:

Apple: About screen sharing

CNET: Tutorial: Screen Sharing in Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5): How it works and how it doesn't
rbstehno
1,406 posts
 
you can also just share multiple itunes from each itunes screen. just turn on sharing and look for other itunes and you will get icons for each itunes it finds. plus you can screen share. i import into my local itunes. then i screen share the itunes on my mac server, then from the servers itunes, i connect to my itunes that i just imported to, and copy the tracks to the server.

this allows copying itunes from 1 itunes library to another to sync up iphones/ipods, setup multiple zones to multiple airport express or apple tv's, etc...
More to discover