HT1473 keeping my itunes library separate from my husband's library

i have an apple id i use for itunes. i just opened one for my husband to get all his old CDs loaded on the ipad mini i got him for christmas. how do i load his music without mixing it all up with mine. i verified the new apple ID and when i'm logged in as him all my music is "in the library". i even tried loading one of his stinky CDs and it landed in my library. i DONT want his music in my library and on my nano... and i'm guessing he doesn't want my music on his new ipad. help.

The best way is for each of you to have your own user account on your computer. Then your iTunes libraries will be kept completely separate.
Regards.

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Even if you could trick the system into running two copies of Mail, what do you think that would accomplish? They would both try to access the same Mail settings and data files. If the workarounds posted here aren't sufficient, you will just have to use a different mail client.
'Tis a shame there is no true outlook for MacOS.....yet.
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But then what would we have to complain about, not that they listen anyway.

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1, you can't at the moment, though with iOS 5 in the Autumn, from http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#photos :
Even organize your photos in albums — right on your device
2, by removing it from you synced from and re-syncing. Only photos taken with the iPad, copied to it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites etc can be deleted directly on the iPad (either via the trashcan icon in the top right corner if viewing the photo in full screen, or via the icon of the box with the arrow coming out of it in thumbnail view)
3, the location of the photos that you synced to the iPad should be listed on the iPad's Photos tab when connected to your computer's iTunes.
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