Once the netTunes server has been started, you launch netTunes on the remote Mac, choose “client” mode, and then connect to the server: You can also view currently connected clients, and disconnect them if desired. (If you don’t, netTunes will automatically choose a port for you.) You can have the server’s screen go blank when idle have the server disconnect clients and quit iTunes after 30 minutes of stopped playback and choose whether or not you want the server to be allowed to sleep if no clients are connected. But there are also a few advanced settings: If you need to use a specific port for firewall reasons, you can set it here. This may sound a bit confusing, but once you get started, you’ll surely find it to be the easiest way to remotely control iTunes.įor most people, the only item to worry about is the Start/Stop Server button. When you click a button in the iTunes window on the remote Mac, you’re actually clicking that button on the main (“server”) Mac. NetTunes overcomes this limitation by making the main Mac’s actual iTunes window visible on the remote Mac, via a technology much like VNC (Virtual Network Computing). The problem with most of the “remote control” utilities for AirTunes/iTunes is that even though they give you control of the most common iTunes functions, they simply aren’t iTunes-you don’t get the familiar and intuitive iTunes interface.
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Although we gave netTunes aĢ004 Eddy Award, we haven’t actually reviewed it, so I figured it was due some Mac Gems face time. But in that article I also mentioned that if you’ve got two Macs connected on a local network, wired or wireless, an even better solution is Shirt Pocket’s $20 netTunes 2.2 ( ). Earlier this week, IĬovered webRemote, which can control iTunes remotely via a Web browser-effectively providing music control from any wireless device (PDA, mobile phone, PSP, Sidekick, or laptop) that lets you surf the Web. If you’ve got an AirPort Express Base Station that you use to send music to a remote stereo or speaker system, the biggest drawback is the lack of a way to control playback.
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