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Ok, I am technologically retarded. I have an android powered phone that I want to put music from my iTunes library on. I don't want to use up all of my memory on it, so I bought a microSD card and inserted it.
Naturally, my android phone won't show up in iTunes, so I can't just drag and drop to it. Some of my iTunes music shows up in my windows media player, but nowhere near all of it. How do I either get my android phone access to iTunes, or get all of my iTunes library to show up (export?) to Windows Media Player?
Remember, I don't speak the lingo, so take it easy on me.
 
This is exactly why I avoid apple with a passion. They try to own even the music you already had before you installed their vampire leach of a program.
 
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1229970?hl=en

Use that. Install it on your iTunes PC/Mac and it will automatically upload the directories (your iTunes directories) to Google Play ongoing. Then you listen to your stuff through the Google Music app or download directly onto the phone. All my music was DRM-free so if yours isn't, you might need to do an extra step or something to get DRM-free versions from Apple.
 
Another question. We have a desktop, but it doesn't always get turned on since we got the iPad, phones, and a wireless router. However, sometimes we need to access files or photos or whatever on our desktop, which often means turning it on just to look up a file. I know we can download to a cloud type service, but I'm wondering if there's an app we can install on the iPad/phones/computer to grant us access to the hard drive without turning on our desktop.
 
bigb said:
Another question. We have a desktop, but it doesn't always get turned on since we got the iPad, phones, and a wireless router. However, sometimes we need to access files or photos or whatever on our desktop, which often means turning it on just to look up a file. I know we can download to a cloud type service, but I'm wondering if there's an app we can install on the iPad/phones/computer to grant us access to the hard drive without turning on our desktop.
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No. Not that I know of. If the computer is off, the HD is off and not spinning which means it cannot be accessed. Cloud usage might be your answer. Personally, I stay away from cloud usage when it comes to important/ personal files.
 
I really recommend a home file server if you're going to do that. You can probably use your existing hardware with Wake-On-Lan functionality:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

Or get an old POS computer that has an energy efficient setup plugged in down in the basement:

https://www.howtogeek.com/190835/how-to-turn-an-old-pc-into-a-home-file-server/

And there's always the civilized option, a brand spankin new SoHo NAS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

that come in all price ranges:

https://www.cnet.com/topics/storage/best-hard-drives-and-storage/network-attached-storage/

$150-$1000 is typical, but if you look on google you can find a cheap one for what appears to be $56.

You'll always worry about storage for your private files. A NAS setup, although very much overkill for your stuff, usually has a couple ports for hard drives. The good ones(read; expensive) will also send you warnings if one or more of the NAS drives are beginning to fail. Given that there's a couple of ports, perhaps two hard drives of about the same size; the first your main drive that you use. The second is mirrored from the first via a windows batch file(or NAS utilities) every week or so.

But no matter what you choose, by the time you're done you'll have a greater understanding of computers, network setup, and how complicated(or not) redundant HDD's can be.
 
ElRoach0 said:
I really recommend a home file server if you're going to do that. You can probably use your existing hardware with Wake-On-Lan functionality:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

Or get an old POS computer that has an energy efficient setup plugged in down in the basement:

https://www.howtogeek.com/190835/how-to-turn-an-old-pc-into-a-home-file-server/

And there's always the civilized option, a brand spankin new SoHo NAS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

that come in all price ranges:

https://www.cnet.com/topics/storage/best-hard-drives-and-storage/network-attached-storage/

$150-$1000 is typical, but if you look on google you can find a cheap one for what appears to be $56.

You'll always worry about storage for your private files. A NAS setup, although very much overkill for your stuff, usually has a couple ports for hard drives. The good ones(read; expensive) will also send you warnings if one or more of the NAS drives are beginning to fail. Given that there's a couple of ports, perhaps two hard drives of about the same size; the first your main drive that you use. The second is mirrored from the first via a windows batch file(or NAS utilities) every week or so.

But no matter what you choose, by the time you're done you'll have a greater understanding of computers, network setup, and how complicated(or not) redundant HDD's can be.
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Did you miss the part where I said I don't speak the lingo? You might as well be speaking Japanese.

But seriously, thanks for the input. I'll ask for a translator later.
 
Bigb, there is such an app. It's called Tonido, and I use it on daily basis. Sorry if someone else already responded, didn't check.
 
Siro said:
Bigb, there is such an app. It's called Tonido, and I use it on daily basis. Sorry if someone else already responded, didn't check.
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Trolling? How does this app help the user when his computer is off?
 
VINYLONE said:
Trolling? How does this app help the user when his computer is off?
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Oh, I misunderstood. A computer must be on to be accessed, of course. I didn't even know people turned their desktops off. I haven't turned mine off since I built it more than a year ago.
 
Siro said:
Bigb, there is such an app. It's called Tonido, and I use it on daily basis. Sorry if someone else already responded, didn't check.
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Thank you. Based on my limited knowledge, I'm assuming this can be used anywhere? Like I can be at my parents house and pull up pictures from my hard drive?
 
Siro said:
Oh, I misunderstood. A computer must be on to be accessed, of course. I didn't even know people turned their desktops off. I haven't turned mine off since I built it more than a year ago.
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Most of our computer use is simply internet crap (jazzfanz, facebook, etc.), so we turn it off at night when we go to bed and don't always turn it on. But maybe we'll just start leaving it on.
 
bigb said:
Most of our computer use is simply internet crap (jazzfanz, facebook, etc.), so we turn it off at night when we go to bed and don't always turn it on. But maybe we'll just start leaving it on.
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No matter what you do, there's going to be a certain amount of investment put in. Start with reading up on the Wake on Lan feature most computers already have. It's still time intensive, but likely still cheaper than the time and financial investment learning about and implementing a NAS.

Is there an easy way? Not that I know of. But I did find this site:

https://lifehacker.com/348197/access-your-computer-anytime-and-save-energy-with-wake-on-lan

That seems a little more user friendly.
 
So, my oldest daughter plays competition level soccer. I wanted to watch the Women's World Cup Final with her, but we were busy doing other crap. We don't have a DVR, so we didn't record it. Do any of you know where I could find a (free) replay? I binged it and couldn't come up with anything without signing up for a website. I don't really want to pay $20 to watch a soccer game that I know the outcome of.
 
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