Am I on the right track with the 'secret' OPTION key?

Everyone has questions about 'sharing' itune libraries. I just wanted to know how to keep them separate!
After reading I got this far:
Hold down the option key to view a different library, internal or external as long as it is plugged in and on the desktop.
How to open alternate iTune library
What happens, it a dialog comes up saying that the other users folder is locked or I don't have permission to access.
Troubleshooting permissions on locked folders
then I found a lot of great key cuts (for iPod) too~but using the option key in various configurations;
Keyboard shortcuts
itunes is on an external drive which complicates things, i think. Am I on the right track if
* have to partition the external HD, one for each user.
* drag the actual user folder to the external drive
* change itune music folder for each user to selected partition
* select "copy files to itunes music folder..." (which I still don't really understand)
* make sure sharing is on all the way around
And another discussion of "add to library" and more info on how to use play lists would be helpful.
Is there a less cumbersome way to
Load itunes, load a particular library
then add to it via a playlist?
First Gen iMac G5 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) iMac G3 350/6GB/1GB/OSX Panther

See, on the external, I can't have three folders that all say iTunes music folder, each one belonging to a different user.
Sure you can. Put them in separate folders (John's music, Mary's music and Sam's music).
But you should be creating new iTunes folders, not simply iTunes music folders. The iTunes music folder is in the iTunes folders but so it the iTunes library file.
Any reason you want the music separated? You can put it all in one library. Everyone uses the same and simply create a playlist of the music they want. This way, if you have any of the same music, you won't have it on the computer more than once.

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But my questions is Am i on the right track applying
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Adaptor and in turn provide three different
adaptations to your prototype application which will
enable a user to view the warehouse records in at
least three different ways, e.g. by location,
alphabetically, by value, by quantity in stock, as
continuous plain text, as formatted text, in a list
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http://tinyurl.com/2wzuhql
http://tinyurl.com/3yzjunk
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I might not explain my question well in my previous post -- there is no business logic involved in what I am doing to go from the first entity bean to the second entity bean and to go from the second entity bean to the third entity bean.
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In my view, session bean -- > 1st entity bean -- > 2nd entity bean -- > 3rd entity bean
1. session bean -- > 1st entity bean: remote call and returns the key to the 1st entity bean for locating the 2nd entity bean
2. 1st entity bean -- > 2nd entity bean: local call and returns the key to the 2nd entity bean for locating the 3rd entity bean
3. 2nd entity bean -- > 3rd entity bean: local call and then returns the value of the specific field to the session bean
The alternative approach is:
session bean
|
+ + +
1st entity bean 2nd entity bean 3rd entity bean
1. session bean -- > 1st entity bean: remote call and returns the key to the session bean for locating the 2nd entity bean
2. session bean -- > 2nd entity bean: remote call
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On my second thought, I think I should use entity beans to represent the specific rows I am looking for in those tables because I must use primary key and foreign key relations to go from one table to another.
I do not use DAO because I am using CMP. The first call is within the session bean. It is a remote call to look for a specific row in the first table in my database. Subsequently, the mapping of the row in the first table to the second table, and the mapping of the row in the second table to the third table are all invoked on the �local" interfaces of those entity beans.
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I might not explain my question well in my previous post -- there is no business logic involved in what I am doing to go from the first entity bean to the second entity bean and to go from the second entity bean to the third entity bean.
Based on the login information, I have to go through those entity beans to find the very specific row in the third table in order to get the data field I need. That is to say, only thing involved is searching for rows.
In my view, session bean -- > 1st entity bean -- > 2nd entity bean -- > 3rd entity bean
1. session bean -- > 1st entity bean: remote call and returns the key to the 1st entity bean for locating the 2nd entity bean
2. 1st entity bean -- > 2nd entity bean: local call and returns the key to the 2nd entity bean for locating the 3rd entity bean
3. 2nd entity bean -- > 3rd entity bean: local call and then returns the value of the specific field to the session bean
The alternative approach is:
session bean
|
+ + +
1st entity bean 2nd entity bean 3rd entity bean
1. session bean -- > 1st entity bean: remote call and returns the key to the session bean for locating the 2nd entity bean
2. session bean -- > 2nd entity bean: remote call
and returns the key to the session bean for locating the 3rd entity bean
3. session bean -- > 3rd entity bean: remote call and the session bean can get the value of the specific field from the 3rd entity bean
I do not know which approach to go for. Please provide guidance. Thanks.

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In addition to being able to choose "Macintosh HD" there was "Mac OS X Base System". However, I don't think I was able to perform an erase function on that. Perhaps I can just leave that alone.
Anyway, I successfully erased Macintosh HD with 7 pass. I assume my next step would be to reinstall Lion. When I try to I'm told to connect to my wi fi network and re-install Lion from the Apple site. I had previously upgraded to Lion using a thumb drive which I no longer have. I guess I have no choice but to reinstall from the Apple site. That's fine for me as long as I get it to work.
Before doing so though I'd like to know whether I missed any steps. Was there anything else I should have done before I go ahead and reinstall Lion?
Also, will the person buying the Macbook be able to operate it since the Lion OS would be tied to my Apple ID?
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Follow these instructions step by step to prepare a Mac for sale:
Step One - Back up your data:
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          3. Select the Destination volume from the Select a destination drop down menu on the right
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               startup drive.
Step Two - Prepare the machine for the new buyer:
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          2, Remove any Open Firmware passwords or Firmware passwords.
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          7. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
          8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
*If your computer came with Lion or Mountain Lion pre-installed then you are entitled to transfer your license once. If you purchased Lion or Mountain Lion from the App Store then you cannot transfer your license to another party. In the case of the latter you should install the original version of OS X that came with your computer. You need to repartition the hard drive as well as reformat it; this will assure that the Recovery HD partition is removed. See Step Three above. You may verify these requirements by reviewing your OS X Software License.

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