2 ipods. 2 Users. 1 itunes

I have an iPhone and my sister has and iPod, but we only have 1 iTunes because we only have 1 computer. We both have different music but it's all in the same library and we've been seperating it by playlists. However, it's getting annoying because we can't organize our music the way we want to. Is there a way that iTunes can recognize that there's 2 different people with 2 different libraries?

Jan,
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
JJ
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1. I have set iTunes to automatically synch all my music from iTunes to the iPod . I would like to actually exclude some albums from the device is there a more automated way to do this other than to set it to manual and then pull in all the tracks? I see an "only synch checked" option but it seems that applies to the songs already in the iPod. it would make sense to maybe have an "exclude from synchig" column for songs in iTunes, i would think. DO any of you have ways of resolving this?
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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a) Sharing a single iTunes library
b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
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Sharing a Library and/or User Account
If you want to share the one library, you can set either or all of the iPods so that they only get updated with only certain playlists (you can update from more than one if you wish): Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Windows
Choosing the update option "Sync Music - Selected playlists" allows you to create a playlist specifically for the iPod and drag the tracks you want into it. If you tire of the list and want to change it, you just add or remove the songs you don't want. The ones you take out out remain in the library to be used some other time if you choose. You can read more about playlists at these links:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
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Multiple Libraries
It's also possible to have multiple libraries in a single account. To create or access a second (or more) library, hold down the Shift key (or the Option key on a Mac) when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
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Don't laugh, but please help this new ipod user

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Well don't laugh too hard because I Had the same problem but with a Windows
technically its illegal to do that but there is a legitimate way to get around it
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and it acts as a huge storage device
Then Just copy all the music files into the disk mode
and take them off on your laptop
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"The iPod "user's iPod" cannot be synced. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."
This error message is followed by another one:
"Attempting to copy to the disk "user's IPOD" failed. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.
iTunes could not save to your iTunes Music folder because you do not have write access. Check the permissions on your Music folder...."
I am the administrator of my laptop, and I have checked and updated permissions on all of the folders containing my iTunes music to full control, ie. includes write access. I have authorized my PC, and completely re-installed iTunes. I think that the problem is with iTunes or my PC, because I was able to sync my iPod with another iTunes on a different PC. I even tried re-creating my iTunes library and playlists, and it still will not sync to my iPod.
Can you help me, pleeeeeeeze?

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iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
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