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Have you ever wanted to set up your own home media server? Doug and Kirk discuss the pros and cons of doing this, and explain how to set up a Mac mini as a media server.

Show notes:

Discovering new music:

• Apple’s Mac mini


• OS X Server


• I wish there was an iTunes Server


• WD My Passport 4 TB portable hard drive


• Carbon Copy Cloner


• Change Screen Resolution on Headless OS X Server


• Sonos


• Plex


• The Merchant of Venice, by the Royal Shakespeare Company


• Apple improves iCloud Music Library matching, ditches copy-protected matched files for Apple Music users


• VNC Viewer


• The best way to watch media on the new Apple TV: iTunes Home Sharing vs. Plex

Our next tracks:

• Doug: Jeff Beck, Loud Hailer


• Kirk: Emerson String Quartet – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

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