How Do I Share picture library with several users on my imac

I would like to share the picture library between all users on my IMac. How is this possible?

iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users
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This is the part I'm referring to:
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Any user can drag a pic from the Shared Library to their own in the iPhoto Window.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
The library stays in the Pictures folder for this.

How do I share my iTunes Library with other "users" on my iMac?

I have a new iMac that I restored my iTunes Library onto however, the library only appears in the account of the user that performed the restore. How can I share this library with all the users on this new iMac?

I followed the instructions to the detail, I've also used other sites and they all result in the same message when I try to select my library by holding down option and opening itunes: "The iTunes library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have written permission for this file."
I do have it located on a second internal hard drive on my mac that is completely empty. And under permissions it says everyone can "read and write". Is there something i"m missing or is it not possible to have it located on an internal drive?

Sharing Itunes Library with several users on the same computer

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I'm trying to share the iTunes library on a SP2 system. I placed the Itunes folder on a partition and setted iTunes to use this folder in each user account but...
When one add musics to the library, thoses musics are not visible once switched to another user account.
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Note that Otto42's post is from March 2006. This is way before iTunes 7, which allows you to move the iTunes folder.
His steps will work but are much too involved and unneeded.
Rather than using TweakUI (and possibly messing up something), just move the entire iTunes folder to a shared directory and hold Shift when starting iTunes, then select Choose library and go to the iTunes folder.
All changes made by any user will be to all users.
Note that only one user at a time will be able to access iTunes.

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Hi there,
You may find the article below helpful.
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
-Griff W.

How to share Itunes library with multiple users on same laptop

I have a macbook pro and am the administrator. I have a profile for my daughter as well. How can I share my itunes library with her without manually loading all the songs on her profile which would take up more memory. Can someone please send me a step by step guide as I am struggling with this. Thanks. Jasu UK.

Move the iTunes library to a location accessible by all accounts on the computer, such as /Users/Shared/ on a Mac, which can be done from the Advanced section of the iTunes preferences. Next, open her copy of iTunes, turn off the option to automatically copy songs to the iTunes Music folder from the same section of the preferences, and drag the folder into the open iTunes window.
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How do I share my library with a family member and not get their music?

I have an itunes music library. My husband has it on an ipod. He would like to add music that I don't want. I would like him to open his own account to purchase his music but he would still like my music as well. How do we do this?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Once he has created his own account, he can share your library on his computer from yours using homesharing, he can then import anything from your library to his own.

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I just bought a new iphone and set up new icloud account. How do I share my itunes librbary with this device/account?

Guys, its not that easy. When you answer questions here, please imagine that some individuals may be new to apple, itunes, and its never just as easy as "select what you want. Explain how to get to the settings you are telling them to use, and step by step help... If they wanted a simple answer they wouldn't spend the time to get on here and ask.

How do I share my iTunes library with other users on my iMac computer?

I have a relatively new iMac. All users have iTunes but the iTunes library is empty on users other than me. How do I allow my library to be shared but retain privacy on other applications and files?

try if this support article helps.

How to share itunes library with multiple users, and keep organised

Hi,
I'm using iTunes (v12) on Windows 7 and am trying to set myself up so that multiple users on this PC are sharing the same library. I've followed the guidance mentioned on a couple of other threads, and put the library in the Users\Public\Music location, and on each user account have pointed iTunes to this location. This has worked OK, as both users can see all the music.
However, problems arise when User A deletes a couple of files (duplicates for example) - User B logs in, and the song is still listed in the library, but with an alert stating the original file cannot be located. They then have to go through the library and also delete these entries. Equally, if User B adds some music files (as opposed to iTunes downloads), they are not visible to User A until they "Add file to library..."
Are there any further steps that I can take to keep both users views of the library identical, without manual intervention by the second user whenever the first makes a change?
Cheers,
Matt

The way you've set it up each user has a distinct library, but is accessing a common set of media files and folders. To accomplish what you want, you need to have a complete iTunes library (database + media) in a common location - typically this would be C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes. See turingtest2's notes on Make a split library portable for the steps that may be needed to bring your library into a suitable structure. Based on your description, you'll need to select one user's library (C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl) to act as the shared "master" and move this to the Public folders.
Then, for each user, hold down SHIFT while starting iTunes - when you get this prompt:
click on Choose Library..., navigate to C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes, select the iTunes Library.itl file you'll find there, and click Open (you'll only need to do this once for each user account).
Note, though, that iTunes is inherently a single-user application - any attempts to run iTunes at the same time will cause errors (and, in the worst case, possible corruption). For this reason, its a good idea to disable fast user switching in Windows so that only one user can be logged in, and running iTunes, at the same time.

How do i share iPhoto library between two user accounts

I need to share my iphoto pictures between two accounts on the same computer

For iPhoto 09 (version 8.0.2) and later:
What you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Any user can drag a pic from the Shared Library to their own in the iPhoto Window.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc.
Quit iPhoto in both accounts. Move the Library to the Users / Shared Folder
(You can also use an external HD set to ignore permissions, a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.)
In each account in turn: Double click on the Library to open it. (You may be asked to repair the Library Permissions.) From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.

How do I share my music with another user account on my MAC?

I wish to share some of my music with another user on my MAC. I created a playlist of the music I wish to share. I enabled home sharing and selected share selected playlists. I went to the users account and could not find the shared playlist. Within iTunes, I went to music, add to library.

Hi there,
You may find the article below helpful.
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
-Griff W.

Happy Christmas - can't share my library with other users on my PC

So my daughter is fed up, i buy itunes on my user name in our Windows XP, but she has a different itunes library in her user area and she cannot see my library. I am the guy with the credit card but i cannot see how to export tunes to her library. I guess we can create a central one and share it but i dont know how to do it.
Any advice gratefully received.
Jim
dell Windows XP

Copy the .m4p files you buy from iTunes to another location on the computer she can access - like the Shared Documents folder. She can then add them to her iTunes.
You may want to look into Gift Cards, Allowances, and "Gift Song" options as well. For any of these options, don't create an iTunes Store account for your daughter until you have a gift card ready to use. From her XP signon, go to the store and start the "redeem" process. You'll be prompted to create an account, and when you enter through this "doorway", you'll have an option select "no credit card" for the account. That way she'll be limited to using gift cards, allowances, and gifted songs for purhcases.

Share iphoto library with 2 users

Just updated to Lion v10.7 and I'm also running the latest version of iPhoto v9.1.5.
I have 2 user accounts on the same mac min, with the iPhoto library located under users/shared folder.
Assuming you only open one instance of iPhoto, all seems fine. However you import your images and then close the application, then move over to the other user account, open iPhoto and again all seems fine.... but no
Portrait photos can be view and opened. Good...
Landscape photos can be seen as thumb nails, but you get ! when trying to view the image.
Why does this happen and can this be fixed?
Sorry if this has been posted in the past, but its been bugging me for some time!

Honestly, I don't know. Some folks need to do it once. Others occassionally. Some everytime and I've never figured out why.
Ultimate solution, move the library to a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and set to ignore permissions
Regards
TD

Moving iTunes Library with two users on the iMac

We have our iTunes library on my husband's login for our iMac. I am the most frequent user of this computer. We have home sharing turned on so that I can listen to the library while on my user account.
What is annoying is that all of our iPods are synced to the library on my husband's user account. So, I have to switch sides of the computer to plug and unplug our iPods.
Is there a way to move the library (with playlists intact etc) to my user account without creating two copies of the library?
Message was edited by: mfreckle

Log into yoru husband's account.
Drag the \Music\iTunes\ folder to \Shared\ folder.
Hold the Option and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and selec the _iTunes library_ file in \Shared\iTunes\ folder.
Everything should work fine.
Quit iTunes and log into your user account.
Hold the Option and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and selec the _iTunes library_ file in \Shared\iTunes\ folder.
Everything should work fine.
That's it.
You are both using the *same library*. Anytime you add/remove/change something, it will be the same when your husband uses it.
The iTunes library can only be open one time so make sure each user quits iTunes before leaving the computer.

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