2 devices sharing 1 library

I have my iPod touch 3 for some time and in March I bought an iPhone 4. Originally I added a separate library for the phone, both sharing the same iTunes account. I use the shift key when booting iTunes to switch between libraries. Now, I'd like to use just one library and manually manage the content for each device. The reason I'd like to delete the iPhone library and use just one is that having two libraries seems to defeat the convenience of the new Wi-Fi sync feature in iTunes. I need to have my PC on and iTunes open to the device specific library in order to sync. I've also discovered I have to disable the Wi-Fi on the device I'm not syncing. If I don't, iTunes either crashes or sends error message saying it can't find the device or that it's seeing 2 devices and doesn't know what to do. At that point, I might as well just connect my USB and sync the "old" way. Any suggestions on how to use just one library so I can delete the other one? Or perhaps suggestions on Wi-Fi syncing? Thanks in advance!!

Hi Rictus,
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.
Lori

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