HT1386 Syncing to multiple iTunes libraries from the same computer

Can me and my girlfriend use the same computer to sync our devices but only sync them to our own individual iTunes library's?

See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495.

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Multiple iTunes libraries on the same computer?

How do I get music from all three accounts on my computer? My iPhone says i can only have music from one library. How can I get my music from all three accounts on the same computer?

I have the same questions - I am on a WIndows system.
Are the multiple libraries in different Windows user accounts on the PC? If so, the following document should be of some help with taking music from one account and importing it into another:
iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer

My daughter and I each have iTunes libraries on the same computer, how can I move some songs from one library to the other?

My daughter and I each have iTunes libraries on the same computer, how can songs from one library be moved to the other?

So, if she purchased a song from iTunes in her library, I will also have to purchase the same song to add to my library?

Cannot sync my iphone with itunes as it says it is already synced with another itunes library on the same computer.

On connecting my iphone 4S to itunes I am unable to add any music from my itunes library and get a message saying it is already synced with another itunes library on the same computer. As far as I am aware I only have one itunes library on the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this error please?
iPhone and iTunes software fully up to date.
Thanks!

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for OS X - Apple Support

Can you put two iTunes libraries on the same computer? what is the best way?

Is it possible to put two iTunes libraries on the same computer? What is the best way to do it so the two libraries are not connected?

MSGTN wrote:
Is it possible to put two iTunes libraries on the same computer?
yes.
What is the best way to do it so the two libraries are not connected?
give them distinct names. launch iTunes while holding the option (⌥) key, click on choose library when prompted, and select the iTunes folder of the desired library.
FWIW, there are 3rd party apps that help with managing multiple libraries, notably:
PowerTunes
iTunes Library Manager

Multiple iTunes Accounts on the Same Computer

iTunes states that you can have multiple iTunes accounts on the same computer. But when I attempt to put in a new user account (for my wife so she can have her own music library) my own iTunes account pops up when I go to load iTunes while in her user account. And if I create any account that is NOT an 'Admistrator' account iTunes refuses to install itself as the "user does not have the privileges - consult your Administrator". So I am lost as to what I need to do to create separate iTunes accounts where each person has their own iTunes library and thus their own music. Perplexed...
Robert

iTunes states that you can have multiple iTunes accounts on the same computer. But when I attempt to put in a new user account (for my wife so she can have her own music library) my own iTunes account pops up when I go to load iTunes while in her user account. And if I create any account that is NOT an 'Admistrator' account iTunes refuses to install itself as the "user does not have the privileges - consult your Administrator". So I am lost as to what I need to do to create separate iTunes accounts where each person has their own iTunes library and thus their own music. Perplexed...
Robert

How do I copy purchases between 2 itunes libraries on the same computer with different log ins and separate apple user ids?

How do I copy purchases between 2 itunes libraries on the same computer with different log ins and separate apple user ids?

Load the library which doesn't contain the songs and drag them into the open iTunes application window. If you need to move them between different computer user accounts, put them into /Users/Shared/.
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Multiple itune users on the same computer

Is it possible to have two seperate itunes running on the same computer? My husband and I share a computer and both have ipods. We both have different tastes in music so we would like to be able to access our own itunes instead of having to share a library with all the music together.
He currently has itunes set up with all his music on the computer at home. I have been running my itunes at work and would like to be able to bring my stuff home. Is this possible?

When the iPods belong to different people, there are basically three ways of using multiple iPods on a computer and these involve:
a) Sharing a single iTunes library
b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
Note: When you are sharing an iTunes library, you don't have to set each iPod to update in the same manner, you can mix and match from the options below as each iPod has it's own update settings
Sharing a Library and/or User Account
If you want to share the one library, you can set either or all of the iPods so that they only get updated with only certain playlists (you can update from more than one if you wish): iPod - Syncing Music
Choosing the update option "Sync Music - Selected playlists" allows you to create a playlist specifically for the iPod and drag the tracks you want into it. If you tire of the list and want to change it, you just add or remove the songs you don't want. The ones you take out out remain in the library to be used some other time if you choose. You can read more about playlists at these links:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Or you can choose to update any or all of the iPods manually and just drag whatever content you want to them: Managing content manually on iPod
Loading the iPod shuffle differs slightly but it can still be used with the others, for details have a look at this page: Adding songs to iPod shuffle - Windows
Multiple Libraries
It's also possible to have multiple libraries in a single account. To create or access a second (or more) library, hold down the Option key (or Shift key in Windows) when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
Note: You can only have one Library open at a time and iTunes will default to the last library opened if you don't use the keyboard command to choose one. This can prove tricky when using multiple iPods, if you don't use the keyboard command you can risk syncing to the wrong library: Using multiple iTunes libraries -Windows
Separate User Accounts
Another option is to create a separate User account for each person on your PC or Mac. Different accounts by definition would give you completely separate libraries. Each account has it's own iTunes folder, Library and iTunes Music folder and you load it with CDs etc just as you did with your original one. The iPod can be set to update however the owner chooses, sync all, manual or sync specific playlists
I don't use Windows so I can't give you a step by step on that one, however I can point you to another web page which should help you out. You can read about Windows user accounts here:
Using Windows XP User Accounts

Multipule iTunes libraries on the same computer

Hi, Just a quickie: Is there n e way of having multiple libraries on the same computer in the same user account?? I wanna make 1 for diff music to the other
thanks

These links should help:
Natalie Beresford: Multiple iPods/iTunes Installations
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
You want to concentrate on creating separate Playlists to update the ipod with. Use these as 'Libraries'.

Its says my phone has synced with another iTunes account on the same computer? I Want my garage band songs to go from my phone back to my laptop but they won't

So my Mac got wiped, obviously all my iTunes bought songs and stuff are rested but in lost most of my Garage band Productions, now the ones that had luckily gone to my phone won't transfer to ituens?

No, it is just saying it is a different iTunes library. If your computer was wiped then the original one is gone and the phone does not recognize the library there.
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a wiped or new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer. Your Garageband creations are obviously not iTunes Store purchases and should be restored from the backup you make for just this kind of situation.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

Is it possible to store seperates iTunes libraries on the same computer

My partner and I both have iPhones, iPads etc but enjoy different music. We only have 1 pc. Is it possible to have 2 seperates iTunes libraries run by the same computer? Our library is currently on an external hard drive but I would also like to know if it would be possible to run an additional library from the computers in built hard drive?

Yes, you can have multiple libraries on a computer. A neat route is to create an account for each library, that way the standard locations can be maintained.
By default a new library will be created on your computer internal drive - you can treat the external hard drive as a source and copy the Song files to the new iTunes Music folder, once copy is complete use Add Folder from the file menu to load the Songs into the new iTunes library.

How do I sync multiple iTunes libraries on the same PC?

I have a desktop at home running Windows XP Pro. I have my own log-in and my wife has her log-in. We both use iTunes. We both have iTunes accounts. How can we sync our libraries such that we have one (1) shared repository?

You can have identical libraries (contents, playlists and related information) if you set each user's account to reference the same .itl file.
Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base for details on how to do so.
By using the Choose Library option and linking the accounts to the same .itl file, the libraries will be the same and changes made to one will be reflected in the others.
If you don't want completely identical Libraries but just access to the same files to build separate Libraries with, see this article .

How do I set up AppleTV to share play iTunes libraries from the same Mac

I have a Mac Pro (2008), running Lion (10.7.3), Airport Extreme running 7.6.1 and a 2nd gen AppleTV running 4.2.1.
On the Mac Pro, I have 3 user accounts (User1, User2 and User3), each with their own iTunes libraries. I have enabled Home Sharing on each of the user accounts/iTunes with a same AppleID and enabled Home Sharing on the AppleTV with the same ID.
On the AppleTV, under Computers, I see the 3 'computers', but only 1 of them will play content, depending on the order that I start iTunes on the Mac Pro.
When I log in to the 3 users and start iTunes in each, only the first user I start will play. For example, if I start iTunes with User2, User1 and User3, then only User2 content will play.
The AppleTV reports, 'Cannot connect to User1 library' and to make sure that iTunes is running.
I have a seperate Mac Air, and when I setup Home Sharing on it, the AppleTV has no problem playing content from it and from the Mac Pro.
The odd thing is that when I first set it up, it worked as I would expect. Content from each library would play and could freely switch between them. But after playing a movie from User1, none of the other User's content will now play without shutting down iTunes in the 3 accounts and starting them back up in a different order. I have restarted the AppleTV, the Router and the Mac Pro and zapped PRAM.
Is there a way to be able to play from all 3 accounts/libraries on the Mac Pro?
Thanks for the help!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Dont really have an answer for you, I've seen this reported before, it works fine for me and I can't see any settings that might make any difference.

Sharing iTunes playlist from the same computer

I just set up my new iMac to allow the iTunes library to be shared by several people using the one computer. The playlists did not transfer over though, just the entire library of music. Is it possible to share the playlists as well as the library?
Thanks

Yes, you should be able to either copy the individual songs from one library to another or, for economy of space, add the file from it's existing location into an alternate library. Whether or not you can do this now depends on the status of your various accounts and sharing options. For example, you may need to grant read only access to each of the other users for each music folder in each user account.
Here is a link to the Apple Support Doc: How to use multiple iPods with one computer which should give more information on the various options.
Instead of multiple libraries, I use method two with a slight twist. Rather than regular playlists I set the grouping field to indicate which users should receive which tracks and create smart playlists based on the content of this field.
e.g.
"Alice's Tracks" is "Grouping contains Alice" + "Kind contains audio"
"Bob's Videos" is "Grouping contains Bob" + "Kind does not contain audio"
Tracks that both Alice & Bob want on their iPods have the grouping set to "Alice/Bob"
etc.
I currently manage our family's four iPods using this system, each getting a different selection to suit their tastes and the capacity of their iPod. An advantage of using the grouping field is that it is stored in file tags (for audio files anyway) so that it is relatively easy to recreate the playlists should the iTunes library get trashed. Also useful if you move files about manually as playlist membership is preserved when you delete & re-import the tracks.
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Problems with multiple itunes accounts on the same computer

Does anyone have issues with this? My husband and I have seperate iTunes accounts, and eventhough I am logged in under my username, his music is loading and mine is gone...
Also, his iPad apps are syncing to my iTunes account - this happened just last night when I plugged my iPod in and was rearranging my playlists and his apps were syncing at the same time.

Well, I usually think of an 'iTunes account' as being an account at the iTunes Store... I take it you have different iTunes collections with separate library files for each of you.
It sounds like you have different user accounts on the computer. Figuring out what is going on will require us knowing a lot more about how you have your iTunes libraries set up. Do you also have a shared area or do you keep totally separate accounts? Are you positive you were't really in his account when this was happening?

HT1386 Syncing to multiple iTunes libraries from the same computer

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