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Disconnect Other Users from Your Shared Library
To disconnect other users from your shared library, follow these steps:
In iTunes, choose Edit | Preferences or press CTRL-COMMA or CTRL-Y to display
the iTunes dialog box.
Click the Sharing tab to display it.
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Figure 13-2
On the Sharing tab,
choose whether to look
for shared libraries and
whether to share part
or all of your library.
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To see how many users are connected to your shared library, look at the Status
readout toward the bottom of the Sharing tab.
Clear the Share My Library On My Local Network check box.
Click the OK button. If any other user is connected to your shared library,
iTunes displays a message box that indicates so and asks whether you are
sure you want to turn off sharing.
Click the Yes button or the No button, as appropriate. If you click the Yes button,
anyone playing an item from the library will be cut off abruptly without
notice.
Access and Play Another Local iTunes User??™s Shared Library
To access another person??™s shared library, you must first set your computer to look for
shared libraries. You may already have done so when you turned on sharing on your
own computer. If not, do so first.
Set Your Computer to Look for Shared Libraries
First, set your computer to look for shared libraries:
In iTunes, choose Edit | Preferences or press CTRL-COMMA or CTRL-Y to display
the iTunes dialog box.


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