I have both Windows and Mac laptop computers with hard drives that are too small to fit my music collection or backup iPhones. I would like to purchase a hard drive that I can connect to my wi-fi router which can include parts of my iTunes library not on my laptop, and could be a place for me to backup my phone. For example I was thinking about the Seagate Central 3 TB Shared Storage Ethernet External Hard Drive. Does anyone know of a way to do what I want with this or any other product? Thanks.
IPhone – have an iTunes library on a hard drive connected only to the wi-fi router
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Best Answer
Yes, you can store your iTunes library on shared drive. Its not really any different than an external drive attached via USB or the like.
Apple KB: iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
If you are looking to run home sharing, or stream to an AppleTV or the like you still need a computer to handle that.