Can I have 2 itunes libraries on one mac

I have a Dell, my daughter has a mac. Can I move my itunes to her Mac but keep our music totally separate?
We don't like the same type of music.
Thanks!

Use a different Mac OS X user account or launch iTunes with the Option key held down as needed.
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I have two different iPods - one a nano, one a video - and I'm trying to create a way to install on the video iPod its own separate songs without having it import all the original nano's songs from its library. SO FRUSTRATING.
Do I really have to import all 400 songs from my nano's library onto the video, and then go from there importing new songs for the video iPod? And why, when I installed the video iPod's iTunes CD, was a new iTunes application not created in order to keep the two different iPods' independent of one another?
Any assistance would be immensely appreciated.

First of all there can only be one iTUnes with one library on a user account in windows. There is afew programs that will create 2 librarys but you most likly will not need this.
You can create 2 user accounts on windows for each iPOd, but thats usually for 2 people using one PC that want there own separate iTUnes and music.
If both iPods are yours you will most likly want to set one ipod (Most Likly the nano) to "Auto update selected playlist" and select which playlist you want on that nano. to do this connect the nano, rightclick it in iTUnes, hit options and set it. then the video iPOd since its bigger in size you can leave it set on its default of "Auto update all songs".
Another note just so you know, it is possiable to connect 2 ipods at the same time, but HIGHLY recommened NOT TO DO THIS because it can confuse iTUnes and the ipod service running in the background of windows and cause you and iTUnes major headaches

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Hi,
For a while now I've sync'd my iphone and ipad with my Macbook Air, but I'm now running out of disc space and want to start using my G5 for this. The problem I have is that there's a load of music on the Air that I either imported from CD or purchased that's not on the G5. To add to the issue, there are also a lot of duplicates between the 2 machines from CD's that I've imported onto both over the years.
So, how can I go about exporting the content from the Air into the G5 itunes library to ensure that I get all my music in one place with no duplication?
The photos are less of an issue as I've just copied them off iphoto on the Air and imported them into iphoto on the G5.
Lastly, when I do finally figure this out, will I have any issues when I connect the iphone and ipad to the G5 to sync?
Thanks in advance,
Dom.

I've been looking into this too. Tuneranger, Supersync, Powertunes and Syncopation are worth a look. I'm leaning towards Syncopation.
Not sure about the syncing issue. I'm sure someone will know.
http://www.acertant.com/web/tuneranger/default.htm
http://supersync.com/
http://www.sonzea.com/syncopation/
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powertunes/
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Two libraries on one mac (mini) visible using remote app, how?

Hi all,
I would like to have multiple libraries on one mac so i can access them via my remote app on my ipad
Reason;
I have 700+ albums in different musical areas. I can only see the album art when i am in the library of the remote app. The different playlists dont show artwork but just the songs.
If i can make different libraries i have a better overview of all the art work
Does anyone know how to make both libraries on the same mac, visible on my remote app?
thanks in advance
Frits

I don't think the issue is one of Apache (not even sure it's one of named virtual hosts since you want both sites to serve the same content). The issue is one of having multiple .local names point to the same machine.
I don't know this can be done without your own DNS server running in the network.

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Is it possible to have multiple Libraries on one computer? I know I can open iTunes accounts for each of them but they're not at that stage yet but will - at some point - require different games, apps and whatnot.
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You can likely set up different user accounts on the computer and have a library in each account. I use a Mac so I can't be more specific on user accounts on Windows.
Alternatively you can set up different libraries inside a single user account. I'ts a bit cumbersome switching between them though. You can create and switch betwween libraries by holding down the shift key while starting iTunes, then guide it to the library you wish to use.
Another possibility would be to sync just playlists, not everything. While there are ways to share items between libraries using other methods, this one has the advantage that all the things are in one library and each person makes their selection.
iOS: Syncing with iTunes - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
As for AppleID and accounts, you might consider setting up sooner rather than later. The main problem with Apple purchases is you cannot transfer them between accounts. If you give a child a song for a birthday and purchase it on your account, it is forever tied to your account. If in 10 years your child wants to take with them to college you'll have to give them access to your whole account or always be authorizing their devices which you may not wish to do.

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I want to have multiple iTunes libraries on one machine (with two different hard drives, internal fore mp3s and external for AAC files). One library is composed of mp3s for an iPod, I want the other library to have AAC audio files for burning CDs. I would rather the libraries not be mixed.
I have read the article (#301748) for migrating an iTunes library and am preparing to migrate one of the libraries on to a external hard drive.
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It's one thing to want two music libraries on one machine and another to want two music libraries on one user account. For the latter, here's what I've done.
I created folders in my iTunes folder called, say, Main Library Folder and Second Library Folder. (These could be anywhere you find convenient.) I dragged my regular iTunes Library file into the Main Library Folder. Then I opened iTunes and created my second music library. When I finished that, I closed iTunes and dragged the just-created iTunes Library file into the Second Library Folder.
If I want to use my main iTunes library, before opening iTunes I drag an alias (Cmmd-Option-drag) of the iTunes Library file from the Main Library Folder into the iTunes folder. Then, when I open iTunes, iTunes reads my main library file. And of course, it works the same way for the second library.
Of course, you could just shuffle the actual library files into position in the iTunes folder from their holding areas, but I strongly preferred to get myself into the habit of relying on aliases, so I could leave the actual library file alone in their respective folders. You most definitely would not want to accidentally overwrite one of your iTunes Library files.
I'm sure one of the shareware products would do a more elegant job, but this just shows you that it's not a difficult process.
The alternative is to set up separate user accounts to access different libraries on the same machine. This has real benefits and, to me, should be the first option one considers. It's easier on the brain, as it sticks to iTunes' one-user-one-library model, and there's absolutely no risk of getting libraries confused. Fast User Switching on the Mac makes going back and forth between accounts easy. But if you really want to avoid using different accounts, and it's only you that has to keep things straight, the approach of jumping back and forth between different libraries in the same user account should be OK.

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Thanks for the reply. When I created the 2 libraries years ago I would hold down the options key and had 2 library names to choose from. Now it just shows a lot of files when I do that, With over 7,000 songs I think I will just look for the few songs from the original library I used to use that still interest me, if they don't show up in my default current library. Thought there would be any easy was to integrate all my music files into one library. I am definitely not going to spend days manually doing this, but thanks again.

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