2 separate iphones, 2 separate itunes, 2 separate login accounts on 1 computer

My wife and I have 2 different iPhones, 2 different iTunes accounts, and 2 different logins on our main computer. I will log out of my iTunes account after syncing my phone to my account and login and login into her separate login and iTunes account to sync her phone. The problem is that her phone will get only through the second step and then iTunes freezes. The only successful way we have been able to sync our phones is by restarting the computer. Is there a fix to solving this issue?

Do you mean you want to have his own itunes library and own itunes store account, but share the same itunes content?
If so, choose method 1 from this article. I think it's what roaminggnome meant to post.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495

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It might be a good idea to check out this article as well.
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Is it possible to have 2 icloud accounts on 1 computer? I'm trying to find directions on how to back up my husband's contacts onto his icloud using 1 computer without losing any of my own backed up information from my own icloud account.
If you mean iCloud backups, that has nothing to do with any computer. The backup is stored in iCloud, and it goes from the phone to iCloud backups without a computer being involved. So all you need is two Apple IDs.
But if you mean sync the contacts to iCloud so you can view them on the computer rather than just back them up it gets trickier, as the logged in user on the computer is only associated with 1 iCloud account.
If you want to be able to view the contacts on the computer the easiest way to do it is with 2 user accounts on the computer. The alternative is to associate the computer with 1 iCloud account, and access the other one with a web browser at https://icloud.com.
Finally, another, new, option to consider Family Sharing. Make one Apple ID the master and the 2nd one a Family Share. This allows all content and apps to be shared, and also shares a common calendar and allows all devices to be tracked with a single ID and Find my iPhone.

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On backing up iPhone 5 to iTunes keep getting message "iTunes could not back up "M iPhone" because not enough space on this computer."
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Problems such as yours are sometimes caused by files that should belong to you but are locked or have wrong permissions. This procedure will check for such files. It makes no changes and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
First, empty the Trash.
Triple-click the line below to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 -o -acl $ 2> /dev/null | wc -l
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
The output of this command, on a line directly below what you entered, will be a number such as "41." Please post it in a reply.

HT1473 I have 2 computers, one in the US and one in Canada. My US computer has about 3000 songs from both iTunes and CDs. When I sync my iPhone only the iTunes music is synced to my Canadian computer. How do I get the balance of music synced from the phon

I have 2 computers, one in the US and one in Canada. My US computer has about 3000 songs from both iTunes and CDs which are synced on my phone. When I sync my iPhone in Canada only the iTunes music is synced to my Canadian computer. How do I get the balance of music synced from the phone?

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I want to get an iPhone but I don't want to have to update to iTunes 10, which I know I would need to do in order to manage my iPhone. I don't like iTunes 10 because I can't expand my album artwork to a large enough of size in column browser view. I switched to iTunes 10 when it came out, was aggravated by this, searched for solutions, and eventually swtiched back to iTunes 9. If I had to choose between having an iPhone and having large album artwork in column browser view I would choose the artwork- it's very important to me. Basically I want to know if i can set up a separate account on my computer that has iTunes 10 and manage my iPhone from there while keeping iTunes 9 on my main account. I don't want to download iTunes 10 on the separate account and find out that it updated both accounts because switching back to iTunes 9 was a pain in the neck. Is this possible?

Create a separate iTunes library for each device. Note: It is important that you make a new iTunes Library file. Do not just make a copy of your existing iTunes Library file. If iTunes is open, quit it.
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Windows users: Hold down the Shift key while you open iTunes.
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Name and save the alternate library file. iTunes opens with your brand new library file.
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Deselect the "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" checkbox if it is already selected and click OK. This will prevent iTunes from creating duplicates of your existing media files in the new library folder.
Add the specific media files you want on your device to iTunes either by dragging them into iTunes or choosing File > Add to Library (Mac) or File > Add File to Library or Add Folder to Library (Windows).
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Once the sync is complete, quit iTunes.
Mac users: Hold down the Option key while you open iTunes.
Windows users: Hold down the Shift key while you open iTunes.
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Choose your original iTunes Library and click Choose (Mac Users) or Open (Windows Users). You can now switch back and forth between the different libraries for different devices."
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I have itunes on one computer. my account says that I have 2 computers authorized. I want to have itunes on both users accounts on my computer. how do I do this? thanks for any help!

I have itunes on my computer in my main user account. I want ot have the same itunes on the other user account on my computer - under the apple account info- it says that I already have 2 computers authorized - how do I find out which 2 they are talking about? the only button nearlby is one that says to 'deauthorize all' etc.... thanks,. I have a pc.

You can only deauthorize all your itunes computers once a year, so I would avoid clicking that at the moment. Log onto the 2nd user, and open itunes. Go to Store> Authorize This computer.
As an alternative, you could point the 2nd user itunes library to the primary itunes folder. So both users would use the same itunes folder. You can do this by holding shift, clicking itunes icon. There should be an option to browse for an existing library. Locate the main computers itunes folder. (Most likely under: C:\Users\*Account name*\Music where *Account name* would be your main user accounts name.
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Hello James,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities.
To set up the second account, you would need to go here: https://appleid.apple.com
Once it has been set up you can go to this link to register the products to the Apple ID. https://supportprofile.apple.com
Registering products to an Apple ID would need to be done separately for each Apple ID.
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HT204053 can I set up 2 separate icloud accounts on one computer

Can I use 2 apple IDs linked to two sepeare iClouds on a single computer?

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Why won't my iPhone connect to iTunes? It shows up in "My Computer" though., Why won't my iPhone connect to iTunes? It shows up in "My Computer" though.

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I can't sync my iphone on my itunes. It says to authorize my computer, and it just stays loading. It does not respond back to me.. Help please!

My itunes is just on "authorizing computer." I left it on for an hour and it just still loads. It shouldn't take this long.

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ITunes keep asking me to authorise my computer even after I authorise my computer successfully many time. I can't sync my iPhone 5S.

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I am having this problem too also new I Tunes recognises my Iphone Ipod Touch but not my Ipod classic and it has now errors - managed to restore this on my tablet but it still won't sync to library nightmare

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So my wife made the mistake of logging into her iTunes account on my computer to purchase some music and she also (without knowing what she was doing) turned on family sharing at some point.
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Now I have hundreds of artists added to my iTunes match, all of who I care nothing about and don't want the clutter in my artist list, but I can't figure out how to permanently delete them off of my account. Also, now if I login to my account on iTunes I can't play any of my music for 90 days.
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I almost feel like I need to download all of my music off of the cloud, delete my iTunes account, and then open another one AFTER organizing my music while offline and then enable match again. Everything is so cluttered and frustrating. Looking for some advice.

1. Give her a separate user account on your computer. If you have a backup copy of the library, you can restore it.
2. If you encounter a 90-day waiting period, click here and ask the iTunes Store staff if they'll remove it.
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