Some final questions in my continuing saga:
1. My main PC (laptop) has iTunes 11 on it. It is a fresh new laptop and a fresh install of iTunes. I have sharing turned on as well as iTunes match. This PC accesses the music files locally (stored on an NAS) and when I travel, I use the "cloud" to access my music (different library file to do so) which of course is on iTunes match. It is logged into my iTunes account which also has the iTunes match subscription. I back my iPhone 5 to it.
2. My wife has a laptop. I would like to install iTunes 11 on it, enable sharing, and have her access iTunes match. It will be a "dummy computer" that only access iTunes match and home sharing. My wife has her own iTunes account. To do this, will I still log it in under my iTunes ID and then enable iTunes match on it? Or, can I log in to iTunes under her name and does it make a difference? Is it best for me to back up her iPhone to my laptop as well since that is the "main" laptop?
3. My son has a laptop. Same questions and statements as #2 above. Where do I back-up his phone? He currently backs up his iPhone to the desktop in the basement. I will enable him to back up to the cloud, however if I have to do a local back-up, what computer should I use? He also has music stored locally on his phone and I am unsure if I am going to enable match on his phone, if not, how will he get music on his phone? I don't want his laptop to access the NAS with music on it so what should I do? Maybe I will need to allow him access to the cloud?
4. I have a desktop in the basement. It used to be the "main" computer. It had all of our back-ups and everything on it until I got my laptop. I assume I could set it up like #2 above?
5. I want to enable iTunes match in my wife's iPhone. I know how to do that, but I imagine I will have to log it into the iTunes/App store under my ID so that I can turn on iTunes match? Will that affect her back-ups at all like I was referring to above? I want to make sure if I plug it into my laptop to back-up, it wont merge our phones somehow.
Are there any questions that I missed or flaws in my approach?
1. My main PC (laptop) has iTunes 11 on it. It is a fresh new laptop and a fresh install of iTunes. I have sharing turned on as well as iTunes match. This PC accesses the music files locally (stored on an NAS) and when I travel, I use the "cloud" to access my music (different library file to do so) which of course is on iTunes match. It is logged into my iTunes account which also has the iTunes match subscription. I back my iPhone 5 to it.
2. My wife has a laptop. I would like to install iTunes 11 on it, enable sharing, and have her access iTunes match. It will be a "dummy computer" that only access iTunes match and home sharing. My wife has her own iTunes account. To do this, will I still log it in under my iTunes ID and then enable iTunes match on it? Or, can I log in to iTunes under her name and does it make a difference? Is it best for me to back up her iPhone to my laptop as well since that is the "main" laptop?
3. My son has a laptop. Same questions and statements as #2 above. Where do I back-up his phone? He currently backs up his iPhone to the desktop in the basement. I will enable him to back up to the cloud, however if I have to do a local back-up, what computer should I use? He also has music stored locally on his phone and I am unsure if I am going to enable match on his phone, if not, how will he get music on his phone? I don't want his laptop to access the NAS with music on it so what should I do? Maybe I will need to allow him access to the cloud?
4. I have a desktop in the basement. It used to be the "main" computer. It had all of our back-ups and everything on it until I got my laptop. I assume I could set it up like #2 above?
5. I want to enable iTunes match in my wife's iPhone. I know how to do that, but I imagine I will have to log it into the iTunes/App store under my ID so that I can turn on iTunes match? Will that affect her back-ups at all like I was referring to above? I want to make sure if I plug it into my laptop to back-up, it wont merge our phones somehow.
Are there any questions that I missed or flaws in my approach?