How do I share itunes between 2 user profiles on imac

how do I share 1 itunes account/ library between 2 users on the same imac?

iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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How do i share iTunes between two users on same iMac

Hi,
i had 1 account with Admin privileges on our iMac from which the kids listened to iTines. I just created a separate user account for my kids with standard privileges and moved the iTunes directory from under my /users/ area to the /Users/Shared directory area. however, when i invoke iTunes from within my kids user account, the Library is unpopulated, even though under iTunes - Preferences, Advanced, the location of the iTunes shows up correctly as....Users:Shared:Music:iTunes:iTunesMusic. what am i missing?
thanks
nmodi

Perhaps this article will help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

How can you share music between 2 users on an iMac?

Does anyone know how to share music between 2 users on an iMac. I dokn't want to have to log in to my wife's settigns to use iTunes where all our music is stored.
Thanks

This Apple Support article explains how to accomplish that:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203

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You have to turn on Sharing and then Authenticate Sharing on the other devices. You can have up to 5.

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Hi kstrenge,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you want to share iTunes music on the same Windows XP computer between two different user accounts. To accomplish this please read over and follow the steps in the attached article.
iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
Once the music is shared and you are ready to sync your music from the computer to your iPod nano, please follow the steps in this article.
iTunes: Syncing media content to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351
Have a great day,
Joe

HT3819 How do I share music between different users on the same computer?

I understand Home Sharing helps me share music across different computers. How do I share between different users on the same computer? We have a few instances of iTunes on a single computer and have to download from the same CD each time. I must be doing something wrong - seems crazy to have several copies of the same song on one hard-drive when Home Share allows for sharing across computers - how do I share within the same computer? Please outline specific steps. THANKS.

Hello Whigged-out,
It sounds like you would like to share one library between two different users on your iMac. I found an article with steps you can take to accomplish this:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

How do I share contacts between separate users on the SAME Mac?

I need help with an issue that came up today. A client asked me to put all her friend's names and addresses into her contacts. After entering all the names into the address book I realized that I had entered them all into her husband's contacts, as his user ID was logged on when I opened the computer. I now need to find a way to export/transfer/copy all those entries to a separate contacts/address book on the SAME Mac? Anyone have a simple solution?

Hello Whigged-out,
It sounds like you would like to share one library between two different users on your iMac. I found an article with steps you can take to accomplish this:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

TS2972 How can I share playlists between two users on the same laptop?

I have a work account and a home account on my laptop in Windows 7. After the new version of iTunes was released this week, I"m unable to share playlists between the two accounts. HELP.

iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203 - relocating iTunes' media folder to a shared area but leaving separate library files - extra tip at https://discussions.apple.com/message/17331189

How do you share music between two user accounts for multimedia purposes???

I am working with iDVD and am running into a slight snafu. My girlfriend has most of the pictures in her iPhoto account, while I have most of the music in my iTunes account. (she works on maintaining our over flowing pictures, while I handle paying for all our music... works out nice. <wink>)
Anyways, we were both working on a new photo DVD for family using iDVD and were frustrated that we could not pull in music from my iTunes account to use with her pictures in iDVD. I am uncertain if we are doing anything wrong and just do not know how to do it, or if it is not possible. We also have a few pictures on my iPhoto account we wanted to add to the DVD, but cannot access those either from her account while in iDVD.
Is it possible to share this data back and forth without making two copies of all of it?
Thanks for all your help!!
- jonathan

Follow the steps after the section that says "If you have an earlier version of Mac OS X", Quintalis. It explains how to do it without the Fast User Switching/iTunes Sharing which is indeed limited only to playback.
Note that when it says "publicly accessible location", it needs to be a place where everyone has read and write access. The most common such place is the Shared folder in the Users folder.

How do I share apps between 2 users on same computer?

My wife and I have recently each gotten iPhones. We both use the same mac with our own login but same using the same apple id. How do we share our apps from our own itunes login?

in iTunes on her account, sign into the iTunes store using your Apple ID (or vice versa) and re-download the app.
How to redownload purchased apps from the App Store

How do I share iTunes Libraries across users on the same computer

I want to share my iTunes library with my kids on the same computer. How do I do that? They each have their own account identity?
I tried HomeShare and ITunes library sharing in Prefs, but I can't seem to figure this out.
I want to share CD's I've burned in w/o doing it repetitively for each account.
Thanks!

Hi there,
First..I am new to this forum and find the information provided to be very helpful... I had followed the iTunes link above to enable sharing between users in the same computer but it appears to be working on partially. What setup am I looking for ?
1. We have an iMac (Snow Leopard) with 1 Adult ID and 2 children IDs
2. The iTunes music folder is stored in a Shared public folder where the Adult ID has read/write access and the 2 kids with read-only access (so that they don't accidently delete songs...:-)
3. The iTunes on the Adult ID has the access to purchase songs. The kids have no acccess to buy songs
4. All songs, podcasts to be visible to all users
What has happened ?
1. I am able to make the base of songs visible to all users
2. However when a song is purchased by the adult account ..it is not visible to the kids account ..:-{
3. The same thing occurs when a song is imported from a CD
4. When a new playlist is created by the Adult account it is not visible to the kids account ..:-(
How can I make changes made by the Adult be made visible to the kids without having the need to constant add music files or libraries for each kid..?
Thanks in advance..

How do I share Itunes between two ipods useing same account?

My mom and I want to share my itunes. I have an Ipod shuffle and she have an Ipod nano. My mom just got her first Ipod. I'v had mine years before her. So I already have my itunes account and everything. I know how to share the music and create playlist and libraries. The only problem I have is that the itunes and computer don't recognise my mom's ipod. If they don't recognise my mom's ipod she can't download music. So how do I get the itunes and computer to recoginses my mom's ipod and my ipod on the same account?

have a look at this support article.
also check out How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer.

How do I share playlists between multiple users?

I have successfully shrare libraries, but the playlists appear to reside outside the library. I would like to keep a group (or all) the playlists synched between users. Using Windows 8.

Per the users guide, a playlist you make on the iPod will sync back to your iTunes library on your computer. One the playlist is in your iTunes library just sync the playlist to your other iDevices.
From Users Guide:
Create a playlist:
1 Tap Playlists (tap More first, if Playlists isn’t visible), then tap “Add Playlist…”
2 Type a name for your playlist, then tap Save.
3 Browse for songs using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap any song or video
to add it to the playlist. Tap Add All Songs at the top of any list of songs to add all the
songs in the list.
4 When you finish, tap Done.
When you make a playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is
synced to your iTunes library.

How do I share applications between different user accounts?

Word is stored on my user account but when my girlfriend logs in she cannot get to Word or all Itunes music is not availiable....HELP

Move the Word (or Office) folder from your user/Applications folder to the Macintosh HD/Applications folder. There it can be accessed by all users.
iTunes Music is slightly different as that's user-oriented, but you should be able to allow other accounts to use it by opening iTunes and selecting iTunes/Preferences in the menu bar. Select the Sharing option and choose what to share;
If the other account holder then checks the 'look for shared libraries' option, she should be able to access whatever music you choose to share.

How to share catalog between two users on one iMac?

Using Photoshop elements 11:
I built op my catalog, creating events, tagging people etc.
Now I would like my girlfriend to also use this catalog. (I can build up a new catalog but then I lose all the events, tags etc).
I put the pictures and catalog in a shared directory but I can't find a way to make Photoshop use my catalog when I go to my girlsfriend's account.
How can I do this?
Any help is very much appreciated
Best regards
Rob

The only way to do this would be to move the catalog and photos to a removable drive. PSE is just not designed for multi-user situations.

How do I share itunes between 2 user profiles on imac

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