How can i share itunes content with my family?

I just got an iPhone and gave my sister my iPod touch. Is there any way can we share our apps/music with each other? I was going to use home sharing but from what I've read both users have to be on the same wifi network and we'll only be in the same house during the summer because she's in college.

Check out this Apple article -> How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
You can create playlists for each device or  seperate iTunes libraries.

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    Hello,
    We have 1 computer.
    I have an iPad and an iPod.
    My daughter also has an iPod.
    Untill now we synced all devices with my AppleID.
    Now my daughter want her music on her iPod and not my old fashioned songs.
    Is there a way to create / have multiple AppleID's on 1 computer and still share songs amongst them?
    Additional question: is it an obligation to provide a credit card number with an AppleID? I'd rather not give my daughter my CreditCard details.
    Thanks for your help.
    Stefan

    Check out this Apple article -> How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
    You can create playlists for each device or  seperate iTunes libraries.

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    I haev a main mac at my main home which syncs itunes to my ipad and iphone with no problem. I want to access the same itunes content at my mac in my second home which is obviously on a different network. I have my ipad and iphone with me so they can be on the same network as the second mac. I can share the purchased itunes content but not the uploaded content. Any ideas?

    Ok well that is not uploaded content. Maybe ripped content is a better term.
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    iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
              http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

  • How can I share itunes music with others who use this computer??

    I want to share my music with my granddaughter and she wants to share hers with me. We use the same computer but log in with different accounts. If the music is in the computer is seems there should be a way to share all the music.  Can we do that??

    There are sharing abilities built into iTunes.  In the iTunes Help menu just type in "share."
    I personally don't care for the way iTunes shares music.  I have taken a different route.  I use file sharing to share my Music folder with my wife.
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    Select you daughters id. and add her.
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    Click on the Gear icon on the bottom and select "Apply to enclosed items."
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    To listen to just one song I just use the Finder method.  Open Finder and click in the spotlight search field (upper right).  Type in some criteria (i.e. Artist, partial title, album name).  Files will appear in the finder window.  Select the icon view option.  You should see album artwork.  Move your mouse over the track you want to listen to and your should see a play button appear. Not sure which OSX versions support this (10.6 does).  Click on the play button.  If you don't see a play button you can play by selecting Get Info.  There is a play button in the preview section.  You can also play with Quick View.
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    From iTunes you can export your playlist from File > Library > Export Playlist... (.m3u works well)  Give your daughter read write access to the playlist file and from the Open With entry select VLC. (use the get info method)
    Copy the playlist file to you daughters drop box in her public folder.  Have your daughter use the get info function to make sure her copy still points to VLC and not to iTunes.  If you open the playlist file with iTunes it may copy the tune files to her library. (don't want to end up with multiple copies of tunes on your Mac)
    Double clicking on the playlist file will open VLC and begin playing.  There is a playlist button on VLC to view, sort and select tunes from the list.
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    My husbands iphone is on my itunes acct, and it has become a pain because all of our info is on both phones.  Is it possible to separarate our contacts, email, pictures, etc, and still share past purchases?  If not, how to create another acct on y computer?

    Hi Labbie,
    The article below provides a few options on how to sync iPhones that have common data and hardware, like alternate iTunes libraries or multiple user accounts. Also, remeber the sync settings are tied to the device not the computer.
    How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495
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    My kids have their itunes library, my husband does too, and mine is different as well. We all use my account and do share songs amoungst our libraries. WIth iCloud is this still work seamlessly in the same fashion or do we all need different user ID/passwords?
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    1) clicking on file , home sharing and turning on home sharing, and entering your apple id. this is required for iphone, ipods and ios devices you are only allowed to share to 5 computers this way. this allows you to import songs to your itunes client  from your itunes server. and each compuer needs to be logged into your itunes account
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  • How do I share itunes purchases with my daughter?

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