If you want to have access from home and away, you need to embrace cloud storage/streaming options. Yes, they would all have to be on the same network for this to work. They will also be playable across all devices that also link to that iTunes. If you don't want to segregate home movies from DVD movies, just tag them all as movies and they will ALL be available in a single menu. Then use AppleTV "offline" to access your iTunes library and you'll have easy access to the movies and the home movies. After you do this, go back and check that box again so that music rips (if you do that) will resume being stored on the internal drive.
if that iMac internal drive is only 500GB, you can uncheck an option in iTunes (Preferences, Advanced, uncheck "copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library") to leave them on the external but be able to drop them in iTunes to index them. When you have them all tagged as you want them, drag them into iTunes. Get all of your media on the hard drive (internal or external), tag it if it is not already with something like Metaz: I tag movies as movies and home movies as TV shows so that I can organize the latter by "seasons" (years) to make it easier to find specific home movies. OP looks like you have an older iMac, so I presume you still have iTunes on that one. If the other features of Plex might interest you, then it might be worth trying it. Plex Pass for a lot of the features costs a monthly fee if the life time option isn't purchased.įinal suggestion, if you are looking for just a solution for personal photos and videos, iCloud Photos might be a better option for Plex. Need a server (might be able to use cloud storage with a server). Off-line viewing in network, or locally stored on devices. One time payment for life time Plex-pass membership.Ĭustomization on how things are organized and stored.
Multiple format videos, music, and photos. Plex has a lot more customization to really make it your own.Ĭross platform, Plex is on everything, iOS, tvOS, MacOS, Windows, Android, Roku, Firestick, etc. It is made for movies, tv shows, music, photos, home movies, music videos, video games, etc. Plex on the other hand is more than just photos/home movies. Must keep a back up of your content, if your iCloud loses content and you don't have a back up, Apple won't help you. It requires iCloud storage which depending on the amount, it could be expensive over time. Click to expand.Yes, you just keep the photos and videos in the photos app on your Mac, and have them uploaded to iCloud Photos.
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