Guide: Keeping Your Server’s Music in Sync with Your Main Mac/PC

Posted by Kevin Hanson | Posted in Apple, Linux, Technology | Posted on 21-12-2009-05-2008

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If you have read some of my recent posts about setting up a Thin Client or Sheevaplug to act as home server, capable of distributing music across the house with Squeezebox Server, acting as a NAS, or running cool apps like Tonido (here are my first impressions!), then perhaps you have wondered about the best way to get your personal music collection on that server. Or once it is on the server, what happens if you want to add more? How do you keep music on the server in sync with your laptop? I hope this article will give you a great solution to that answer! I’m very happy with how it has been working for me. All you need is RSYNC, SSH, and CRON! Read the rest of this entry »