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# in kJams, go to preferences->advanced, and click the "Change..." button to set the library location to the new place (pick "kJams Music" from wherever you placed it in the previous step).
# in kJams, go to preferences->advanced, and click the "Change..." button to set the library location to the new place (pick "kJams Music" from wherever you placed it in the previous step).
==Music Plus All Library Settings==
==Music Plus All Library Settings==
Advantage: You can take your drive to a different machine and plug it in, and the kJams on THAT machine will now be up to date with all your playlists, singers, venues, rotation, songs and related meta info.
'''Advantage:''' You can take your drive to a different machine and plug it in, and the kJams on THAT machine will now be up to date with all your playlists, singers, venues, rotation, songs and related meta info.<br>
Disadvantage: You can not run kJams with the volume offline.
'''Disadvantage:''' You can not run kJams with the volume offline.


# In the Finder, go to ~/Music/kJams/
# In the Finder, go to ~/Music/kJams/

Revision as of 06:12, 19 July 2006

Just The Music

  1. In the Finder, go to ~/Music/kJams/, inside that you'll find "kJams Music" folder
  2. Drag that folder wherever you want. If you copy it to an external volume, it will be copied, so be sure to delete the original after you make the copy.
  3. in kJams, go to preferences->advanced, and click the "Change..." button to set the library location to the new place (pick "kJams Music" from wherever you placed it in the previous step).

Music Plus All Library Settings

Advantage: You can take your drive to a different machine and plug it in, and the kJams on THAT machine will now be up to date with all your playlists, singers, venues, rotation, songs and related meta info.
Disadvantage: You can not run kJams with the volume offline.

  1. In the Finder, go to ~/Music/kJams/
  2. Drag that entire folder (the one called "kJams") to your external volume. Delete the original afterwards.
  3. On that other volume, select the newly copied "kJams" folder and make an alias.
  4. Drag that alias into your ~/Music/ folder
  5. Now, on all the machines you plan to use this library with, plug in the drive then launch kJams. Go to preferences->advanced, and click the "Change..." button to set the library location to the new place (pick "kJams Music" from inside the "kJams" folder, from where you placed it in step 2)