Different iTunes libraries in different accounts on same Mac

Should iTunes be separately D/L'ed and installed on each account?
Do you need different authorizations?
Can you Home Share from one library to another on the same machine?
What other issues/problems am I not thinking about in this scenario?
Thanks for your help!

"Should iTunes be separately D/L'ed and installed on each account?"
No. You can create different users or put all the music together in one library and sync by playlists.
"Can you Home Share from one library to another on the same machine?"
No. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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"Should iTunes be separately D/L'ed and installed on each account?"
No. You can create different users or put all the music together in one library and sync by playlists.
"Can you Home Share from one library to another on the same machine?"
No. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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I am trying to back up a 2 iphone onto one computer. But will it have 2 different itune libraries? Or do we have to share 1?

This is up to you and not determined by the iPhone.
You can sync each iPhone with the same iTunes library and each iPhone has its own sync preferences with iTunes, or you can have more than one iTunes library with iTunes on your computer. This will require constantly logging in and and out of each iTunes library on your computer with iTunes depending on the iPhone being synced with iTunes.

How do you combine 3 different itunes libraries from 3 different computers to one computer?

How do you combine 3 different itunes libraries from 3 different computers to 1 computer?
Can you keep it from creating duplicates? These libraries have some duplicates.
How do you deal with duplicates?
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Is there a way to have two different iTunes for two different iPhones on one Windows User account?

Using Windows 7, iphone 4.
I've read as many threads on these forums and as many kb's as I could find, but I sttill can't figure it out. I have 2 iPhones. Let's call them, "wife" and "hubby". I want to have two separate iTunes, one for each of the phones. Hubby is the Windoows User. I don't want to set up a different Windows User for wife.
Hubby was the original iPhone. When I plug it in, iTunes recognized it has Hubby's iPhone. Then I unplug Hubby and close iTunes. I plug in Wife but iTunes stll comes up with Hubby under Devices and syncs Hubby's iTunes to Wife's iphone.
I've tried using the shift key when I open iTunes to set up two separate .itl files to no avail.
Is there a way to have two different iTunes for two different iPhones on one Windows User account?
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What happens if you rename the iPhone "Wife" when it shows up as "Hubby", then choose a different set of apps/playlists to sync with? iTunes is supposed to be able to manage multiple devices, each with their own selection of content. Perhaps you "restored" "Wife" with a backup from "Hubby" when you first set things up which is now causing confusion.
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p.s. its all on one computer, dont have a second one...

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I would like some help on sharing and managing content from different iTunes libraries from two difference countries please.
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Y2J wrote:
Thanks Guys.
What you said worked - cheers!
The only thing that didn't was transferring my UK music to USA iPhone. Unless you know otherwise, I assume because I paid for UK music in UK, trying to then play it on a USA iPhone won't work......or is there a workaround?
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