NAS -> itunes -> iphone

Sniipe

I've my collection of tunes all on a NAS. I've a Mac book air with limited space. Is it possible to add my collection of music into itunes to be sync'd without transferring them onto the laptop?

Also, do I use playlists to decide what goes on the phone? Because the NAS music is greater in size the what the iphone can hold.

Thanks (itunes n00b)

whiterebel

Sniipe wrote: »

I've my collection of tunes all on a NAS. I've a Mac book air with limited space. Is it possible to add my collection of music into itunes to be sync'd without transferring them onto the laptop?

Also, do I use playlists to decide what goes on the phone? Because the NAS music is greater in size the what the iphone can hold.

Thanks (itunes n00b)

The best place to start i you're new to iTunes:

Apple Support

Deep Thought

Sniipe wrote: »

I've my collection of tunes all on a NAS. I've a Mac book air with limited space. Is it possible to add my collection of music into itunes to be sync'd without transferring them onto the laptop?

Also, do I use playlists to decide what goes on the phone? Because the NAS music is greater in size the what the iphone can hold.

Thanks (itunes n00b)

You should be able to, make sure that iTunes library is on the NAS and that iTunes is pointing to the NAS and is managing the library.

With the phone connected, select it and and the 1st page is "summary", scroll down to "options" and select the "Sync only selected songs and videos"

Creamy Goodness

Deep Thought wrote: »

You should be able to, make sure that iTunes library is on the NAS and that iTunes is pointing to the NAS and is managing the library.

With the phone connected, select it and and the 1st page is "summary", scroll down to "options" and select the "Sync only selected songs and videos"

yup this is the way i do it, make sure itunes is pointing to your music on the NAS box and then sync ticked songs only or whatever way you like to sync.

Sniipe

I managed to get itunes to read the files on my NAS and even transferred a few to the iphone.

But now I've added new songs to the NAS and I don't see them appear in my itunes Library. Is there a way to refresh for new content or do I have to re-import everything every time?

I also have an ITunes Server on the NAS...but I don't think I can use it to pull music from it onto the iphone.

Deep Thought

did you use the iTunes "Add to Library" ?

If so, the music should be added by itunes to the NAS library ( that you have itunes pointing to) and so should be visible on itunes,