iTunes Icon

Sharing your iTunes library across computers

If your computer is connected to other computers over a local network, you can share items in your library and playlists with up to five of those computers (in the same subnet).

To share your library with other computers:

  1. Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Sharing, and select "Share my library on my local network."
  2. Select the items you want to share.
  3. Type a name for your shared items in the "Shared name" field.
  4. To require users to enter a password before they can see your shared items, select "Require password" and enter a password.

The name you enter appears in the iTunes window (below Shared) on other local computers (in the same subnet) set up to look for shared libraries. For others to see your shared items, your computer must be on and iTunes must be open.

You can share movies; MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, and AAC files; and radio station links; you can't share Audible spoken programs or QuickTime sound files.

Sharing is intended for personal use only.

Related Topics

Looking for shared libraries

Turning off sharing

Feedback IconWas this page helpful? Send feedback.