2 ipods on 1 screenname

I'm having a problem having 2 ipods on 1 screenname. My husband and i share a screenname and his new ipod keeps coming on mine when we plug it in and can't seem to get it to sync his songs and not get his songs on my ipod. Anyone know how to do this

First of all, change the drive letters associated with both iPods and keep the letters well apart.
Click on control panel/admin tools/computer management/disk management/right click on the iPod to re-assign the drive letter.
Choose something lower down the alphabet, say 'M' or something similar.
The iPod can be confused by any other storage devices assigned a similar drive letter even though they may not connected at the same time.
Also, (but less important), you should give the iPods different names.
Connect your iPod to the computer. Once it shows up in the source list of iTunes (the window on the left where you see "library", "playlists", "podcasts" etc), double click on it and this will highlight it and you can then type a name for it.

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I'm trying to sync my iPod Touch 2G with iTunes on my Windows XP computer, and I keep getting this message:
"This computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the iPod "Catherine the Great". Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store?
If you do not authorize this computer, 4 apps, including "AIM", and their data will be deleted form this iPod."
There are cancel, authorize, and don't authorize buttons. I can hit cancel but I need to sync my iPod and that's counterproductive, I can hit authorize and be taken to the "Enter Account Name and Password" login bit... I enter my apple ID and password and it says "This computer is already authorized". I even double-checked that it was the same username and password in my iPod and it is, it's what I use to download apps from the iTunes store.
If I hit "don't authorize", it starts the sync but then says it's deleting apps because they're not authorized.
How do I fix this? I've never had this problem before. I haven't synced my iPod in the past two weeks at least, probably a few weeks longer than that, and I have iTunes 10.1.1.4. I don't remember exactly when the last time I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes was, but there's definitely a good chance I haven't tried to sync my iPod since the last time I updated iTunes.

I tried everything it said, but nothing worked. But thank you for the link, I was looking for something along those lines in the Apple Support area and missed it somehow.
I just realized though that when it prompts me to authorize it's my AIM screenname it has in the Apple ID space, even though I don't use that as my Apple ID and, as far as I know, did not ever download anything from the iTunes store with that.
Do you know any way to check if I downloaded any of my apps using a different ID even though I really don't think I did?
I would just deauthorize it and then redownload them all, but some of them aren't available any more and I have data, ebooks, etc. on them.

2 Ipods - 1 Computer - Setup to Itunes Account

I have an ipod that I had an Itunes account with and have had no problems.
My son just received an ipod. He had hooked his Ipod into the computer using my itunes account. All the songs I had -got into his ipod. He then proceeded to download more songs off of Itunes. But then I had problems when I plugged mine in. So I think he would need his own account.
I've been looking through the forums and realized he just has to sign in on his user screenname. Makes sense. So we did and got an account set up.
However, when I plugged his ipod in it showed up using my name? Also it says that his Ipod is synced with a different users library (which would be mine). It says it will have to erase everything in his Ipod.
I know if I erase everything then he starts using his account it would work. However, how do I get the songs that he downloaded on my user name to his user name?? Also if we go ahead and erase his Ipod and plug it in will his username be correct or will it still be under my name??
If someone has a idea or solution please let me know. I'm not really great with computers so If I could get step by step directions I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by your question about erasing his iPod and having it still be under your name, but as for putting the songs he has in your library over into his library, that's not too hard.
One way is to find out where they are located on your hard drive (which folder, and the pathway to get there). I could be more specific if I knew what OS you were using.
Anyway, open his account and iTunes. Go to "File: Add File to library." Navigate to where the files on (via the pathway you just looked up) and import the songs into his library. You can then delete them out of yours as it will copy the file for him.

2 Ipods - 1 Computer - Names and Accounts ?

I have an ipod that I had an Itunes account with and have had no problems.
My son just received an ipod. He had hooked his Ipod into the computer using my itunes account. All the songs I had -got into his ipod. He then proceeded to download more songs off of Itunes. But then I had problems when I plugged mine in. So I think he would need his own account.
I've been looking through the forums and realized he just has to sign in on his user screenname. Makes sense. So we did and got an account set up.
However, when I plugged his ipod in it showed up using my name? Also it says that his Ipod is synced with a different users library (which would be mine). It says it will have to erase everything in his Ipod.
I know if I erase everything then he starts using his account it would work. However, how do I get the songs that he downloaded on my user name to his user name?? Also if we go ahead and erase his Ipod and plug it in will his username be correct or will it still be under my name??
If someone has a idea or solution please let me know. I'm not really great with computers so If I could get step by step directions I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks

I have the same probelem you listed, though I have 3 i-pods.
Were you able to have problem solved? If you did, could you pass it along? I am going nuts over the fact that we all like similar music, but don't want all of each others libraries.
Your help is most appreciated.

Windows Vista: Ipod Error Message, no longer read by PCs

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I have a 5th generation black ipod video with 30GB of memory.
The other day I hooked it up to my laptop (Toshiba, 4 months old) that it's been functioning on with no problems whatsoever. This weird error message flashed twice about it not being able to sync because of some software problem.
Eversince then, the only thing I can charge my ipod on is the family treadmill in the basement (~_~) as no other computer in the house recognizes it. I can't even charge it through the wall sockets, either.
I have changed the ipod cord, still no luck. I've also reset the device about 3 or 4 times and uninstalled, restarted the laptop then reinstalled itunes. I would like to reset it back to factory settings but that's impossible as computers/laptops don't pick it up. I live very far from a Mac store...
What's a girl to do? I can't live without my Busta Rhymes and Wu-Tang Clan!
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List view in iCal on my iPod touch is corrupted

The 'list view' seems to be all wonky in Calendar on my iPod touch.
The dates for a given day that's displayed don't make sense:
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The 'day' and 'month' views however, seem to be ok and not corrupted. The 'list' field in the month view also seems fine ?
Has anybody experienced this ? Very frustrating, since I like the list view.
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See this previous discussion:
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Multiple ipods belonging to multiple family members on one computer

How do I keep my family's libraries separate on one computer. I have been checking and unchecking songs each time I sync one of my children's ipods. It is driving me nuts. There has got to be a better way. My husbands library alone so far is 1300 songs. HELP!

When the iPods belong to different people, there are basically three ways of using multiple iPods on a computer and these involve:
a) Sharing a single iTunes library
b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
Note: When you are sharing an iTunes library, you don't have to set each iPod to update in the same manner, you can mix and match from the options below as each iPod has it's own update settings
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): iPod - Syncing Music
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
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Or you can choose to update any or all of the iPods manually and just drag whatever content you want to them: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
Loading the iPod shuffle differs slightly but it can still be used with the others, for details have a look at this page: Adding songs to iPod shuffle - Windows
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 in Windows when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
Note: You can only have one Library open at a time and iTunes will default to the last library opened if you don't use the keyboard command to choose one. This can prove tricky when using multiple iPods, if you don't use the keyboard command you can risk syncing to the wrong library: Using multiple iTunes libraries -Windows
Separate User Accounts
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IPod no longer works with car stereo since upgraded MBA & iTunes

My iPod classic has worked just fine connected to my car stereo since i bought it last june. I just bought a new Macbook Air (OS 10.7.3) & installed ITUNES 10.6.1. After I synched my ipod for the first time its recognised by the car but i get a "can't read data" message. I re-formatted my ipod but its exactly the same. Do you think its the upgrade- or the cable? Has anyone else found a bug with this version of Itunes or the OS? I have my doubts a cable would make the difference, and my old ipod nano that i haven't synched for a while works fine.

If standalone works fine, then, most likely the 30 pin connect may have some dirt or lint, prevent data transfer.
You can try to blow it clean, if you have a can of compressed air or gas.
Alternatively you can connect it to the car stereo and do the RESET, while connnected.as follows
Toggle the Hold switch, make sure you dont see the red mark when you do the next step
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Then release the buttons
Select your preferred language.
Here is the Apple support Article on the 5Rs
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
The Reset sequence may send a signal to the Car stereo to do the right thing

Ipod no longer sync purchased material?

Hi there. I recieve this message after i connect my ipod.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/chrisgee/Failed%20Shots%20Reference/Ipodp rob.jpg
Nothing I have purchased will sync to my ipod for some reason. I bought them ages ago, they work fine in itunes on my computer, and up until recently they worked fine on my ipod also... I think it related to the fact that due to a fault with vista i was forced to 'reactivate' windows. But it was reactivated using the same key that came with the computer? weird
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www.stereoimage.co.nz
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Have you tried to de-authorize your computer, then to re-authorize again?
Make sure to use that ID that had been used for purchasing those 52 tracks.

IPod no longer showing any music.. help?

I was listening to some music on my iPod through my PC and I was using Winamp (I've used before and no problems) and when I unplugged my iPod all of my music had disappeared.
The photos are still on there and the mp3 files seem to still be there - I just can't access them when they are not plugged into the computer. Literally all playlists, artists, albums and songs have disappeared.
I have tried downloading programs to extract the music from my iPod and then start over as my music isn't in iTunes (it is a new PC), but it comes up with an error message that the iPod Control file is corrupt..?
Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions on fixing it?
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That file tells the iPod where everything is and what to look for.
You may need to restore your iPod (keep reading though)...
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YamiPod
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IPod is not recognized by Windows Vista - possible solution

During the past couple of weeks that I faced this problem I found out that a lot of people had the same question as I did.
Here is a possible solution.
I have HP Pavilion laptop with Windows Vista. After I connected my new iPod – it didn’t show up in My Computer as a new device and in Device Manager it was listed in “Other devices” with a question mark next to it. I already had iTunes installed – it didn’t show up in iTunes. On the attempt to reinstall the driver I had a message that the driver was found but an error occurred while installing it.
Here is what I did:
1. Install iTunes (it has iPod driver for Vista in it).
2. Turn on iPod and connect it to computer.
3. Restart computer with iPod turned on and connected to computer.
4. On the start up the computer will begin automatically installing the driver and the message will appear in the corner that new device is being installed.
5. After it has been installed – check My Computer – you should see it listed there.
6. Run iTunes and configure iPod.
iTunes might run a little bit slow when configuring iPod for the first time.
Good luck.

if only this fix worked for windows xp or even 2000 (at my job)
insane, but it IS a driver/usb problem i now know, at least i've gotten that far.

IPod not recognized by iTunes, Windows Vista prompts to format iPod drive

Hello,
I have IPod 80GB which I rarely use. Yesterday when I wanted to use it, I went to add a few new audios to it, connected to my computer and launched iTunes. I added the folder which contained audios to iPod, synced it and wanted to disconnect, but iTunes took excepionally long to finish.
When I clicked on 'eject' icon, I go a message saying 'some files are being accessed' or something like that. I waited for 5-10 minutes but it won't finish up, so I unplugged my iPod as I had to leave.
Later when I wanted to play, I noticed I had no audios in iPod at all.
Later when I got home, connected it again to computer, launched iTunes, but iTunes won't show iPod. A few minutes later, windows (Vista) prompted a message saying that it needs to format N: drive (which was iPod).
I tried diagnostics on tis site, restarted/reset iPod etc, but it didn't solve the problem. I removed and reinstalled iTunes as per instructions, still no use.
Then I called Apple support Canada and the guy on the phone said I need to pay to get support. He said he'd send me some documents via email which would solve the problem and hen I wouldn't have to pay. I gave him my email address, but so far I have recieved no emails from him. I have checked my spam and junk folders, just in case, but nothing there.
Anyhow, this issue came up all of a sudden, there has been no physical damage to iPod, I barely use it. maybe for few minutes here and there a month. I have had numerous problems in the past every time a new iTunes update come, it always creates problems. Last year I spent many hours after iTunes update make iPod unrecognizable so I had to go back to older version, then upgrade etc. I don't remember how I solved the issue, but it took a while and it turned out to be something of iTunes version issue.
I wonder if this is another of such issue. I hope its not a hardware issue with iPod. I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks

I just got Vista too and it does recognize my ipod, but itunes can't find a lot of my songs on the computer. I tried to uninstall itunes and reinstall it thinking that it would seach for new music when I installed it again but nothing new happened when I did that.

Cannot sync, error message "could not be read" for an iPod no longer in use

I have two problems. I upgraded iTunes to 7.2 and the very next morning my iPod died. It is completely unresponsive. Maybe it's coincidental. So I bought a new 80 gig iPod and gave it a different name than the old dead iPod. Now when I try to sync the new iPod, it goes for about 10 minutes, then it fails with this message:
Attempting to copy to the disk "old iPod name" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
It is complaining that it can not read the old dead iPod that is NOT hooked up to the computer! Somehow, minutes into syncing, iTunes has forgotten which iPod it is looking at. I have seen the article about the "cannont be read" message and it is not relevant. I need to make iTunes forget about the old dead iPod so it will stop looking for it. I've tried removing the files from "Documents and Settings" but iTunes still remembers the old unit. Where else does it store information? Any recommendations?
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Attempting to copy to the disk "old iPod name" failed. The disk could not be read from or written to.
It is complaining that it can not read the old dead iPod that is NOT hooked up to the computer!
Okay, that can sometimes be caused by a Windows drive letter confusion. For troubleshooting advice on that possibility, see the following document:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive or hard drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear

Ipod not being being read by vista

Hi Guys,
I have an 8 gig nano which I got for Xmas in 2007.
It has worked great (apart from the 4 sets of sennheiser and sony headphones ive been through), less errors than my old 4 gig had.
But it has an error and I dont know how to fix it or why its happened so Im hoping someone can help.
About a week ago I was transfering some mp3 files onto my ipod. I thought the transfer had gone smoothly, but when I unplugged my ipod and tried to listen to the songs in my recently added playlist, I was unable to select any most of the songs I had just added (and some I had added a week earlier). It wont let me select these songs either in the songs list or recently played list and skips to the next song. Then it wont let me skip back past that song!
Also the ipod is no longer recognised by itunes. It simply doesnt pop up in the menu when I plug it in. Windows recognises an ipod has been plugged in, but when I try to explore the ipod it wont let me and tells me the device needs to be formatted.
The exact error message when I try to access the ipod directly through vista reads:
"You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it"
The ipod is still usable and charges, but I cannot listen or skip back past the songs ive recently added, itunes wont recognise it and I cant add anymore songs because I cant access it through Itunes.
I have tried:
1. The manual reset by holding the centre and middle buttons down
2. charging it completely
3. trying different USB ports
4. trying a different ipod cable.
5. Uninstalling and reinstalling new itunes.
Nothing Helps! Any suggestions? Im thinking Im going to have to do a format
HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Thanks,
John

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