HT204053 share music between two separate libraries?

Can you share music from two seperate iTunes Library's? If so please can someone explain how you do that

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How do I share music between two accounts on the same i-mac

How do I share music between two accounts on the same i-mac

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

Is there any way to share music between two iPhones ?

I want to share music between two iPhones with different apple IDs , isn't there any method to do that without itunes ?

In general, the catalog that is open when you do Export As Catalog is where the settings are, and the catalog that is open when you do Import From Catalog is where the settings aren't, yet, but will be after the Import. Your assumptions appear to be correct for your particular example.

How to Share music between two libraries / Apple ID's?

So my boyfriend and I have moved in together and will soon be utilizing the same computer. I have an Apple ID and music library, he has an Apple ID and music library. I would like to create a separate login to the computer so we can still keep our separate ID's / libraries for syncing purposes (making sure we each have our own Calendars, Contacts, Photos, etc...) but would like to Share music with one another and be able to add it to our iPhone's without having to buy or download it twice.
A couple of things below
What's the easiest way to transfer all of my current information to his computer? External hard drive?
What's the easiest way to share music and / or apps while keeping individual Apple ID's?
Will the Home Sharing option work here?
OR, will we have to create a new Apple ID, transfer our information to that new ID, and create two separate libraries off of that?
Any and all advice is appreciated. Trying to make this as easy and painless as possible

Thanks so much identd! So with that first option, we won't have to double download the music correct? I just want to make sure it's not taking up too much space on our computer either. It will always be updated b/c the iTunes library folder's will be public now correct?

Sharing music between two itunes libraries on same mac computer

Hi. We have one computer with two Itunes Libraries (when we click on Itunes we use the Option Key so that we can choose the appropriate Library).
What is the best way to move songs between the two Libraries. I tried burning a cd from one library and then uploading to the next - but that didn't work and took forever.
thanks
Ps: To give you idea of which Itunes I have - here is my most recent update:
2008-12-02 11:14:05 -0500: Installed "iTunes" (8.0.2)

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

Can i share music between two iTunes accounts on the same computer

I know you can share the library with 'home share', but can you copy the titles to the account sothey can be loaded on to an ipod / iphone?
Or have i got to load any required music on to the computer a second time?

This should help:
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
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, but you can place the music elsewhere if you change the access permissions manually (don't start tinkering with permissions unless you're confident you know what you're doing and can reverse things if they get messed up).
Regards.

How to Best Share Music Between Two Computers

My wife and I have two computers with two different iTunes libraries. We'd like to share music. What's the most time efficient way to authorize our respective computers for each other's songs?
I think I could go to the various folders in the file system on my wife's computer, copy each song I want, and store it in a new folder on my own computer. But this seems really time consuming for 500 songs. Is there a faster way, like importing directly from her library after I've enabled it to share?
Thanks.

Unless both computers are on all the time then each computer will need its own copy of any music in the iTunes library. An external neetwork drive may be a good option. Set both computers' iTunes to store music there then the files will be available to both at any time. If that is not an option then you will need to continue copying files from one machine to the other.

How do I share music between two iPads each with different apple ids?

I have an iPad retina display and my son has the iPad mini. We have different ids. How do i send my iTunes music to him? My iTunes doesn't seem to have a menu that says file or preferences. Also what is home share? We don't have a desk top. Just the iPads

Home Sharing allows you to share music from a computer to another computer or device, it doesn't work between just devices, it needs a computer.
Home sharing : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
You could potentially log in with your account on his iPad and re-download your music (if you are in a country where music can be re-downloaded), but you risk tying his iPad to your account for 90 days (so it's probably not worth it) : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627

How do i share music between two iphone 4s , but not downloaded apps ?

i am trying to sync mine & my partners phones so that we can share itunes between both phones, i have set up 1 itunes account (using my apple id) & we each have a icloud account, i have managed to get the music to appear on both phones but it also brought all of my apps onto my partners phone, i think this must be because the itune account is in my apple id, is there a way to share music only ?
Also to play all the music that is on itunes library on the computer, on my partners phone, you have to change his shared music library setting everytime you wish to see all that is on the itunes account, is this correct?
hope you can help,

make 2 user accounts on the computer
move the music to a folder shared between the 2 accounts
add the music to itunes on each user account
sync
and thats it

How can I share music between two computers and two accounts?

My wife and I each have our own devices. I would like to purchase an album and have it on both accounts so we do not have to buy the same album twice just because we both like it. I have seen many articles on how to achieve this on a single computer but nothing that talks about multiple computers and multiple accounts.
TIA

iTunes: How to share music and video - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688 - about Music Sharing and Home Sharing
Home Sharing Support page - http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
Understanding Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
iOS8 preview - http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/family-sharing/ -family sharing
By account I take it you mean computer account, not iTunes Store account. You can't currently share items between multiple store accounts though you can share it between computer accounts. Also read about changes in forthcoming iOS8.

How do you share music between two iTunes accounts on one computer?

My wife and I share a Windows 7 laptop computer. We have separate Windows logins and separate iTunes accounts. When we had separate computers we were able to use Home Sharing to share our music but this doesn't work when you have two accounts on the same computer.
Is there a way to share our music libraries without wiping out what is already stored in our individual iTunes music libraries?

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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 music between two iTunes accounts?

My friend recently purchased an iPod touch, and I have an iPad two. Instead of her spending so much money on music we thought I could share some of my music with her.... But how?! She does not have a computer but she does have Internet connection. I have both
We would be grateful if someone could give a simple answer to this question.
Thanks from lovingapple
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You don't.

Can I share music between two different ITunes accounts?

My daughter has iTunes on her Ipod under her iTunes account and I have my music on my IPhone 4S under my account.
We want to share some songs, is this possible?

Import the music in to iTunes library that is used for syncing the device and then sync to the iPod.
You can import by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer

Can you share music between two iPods?

my sister just got an iPod, and she wants some of my songs from my iPod without bying them online... both accounts are on the same computer, and i was wondering if it's possible to kind of copy and paste my music to her ipod with out deleting them from my account... if it is possible, can you please reply and tell me how to do this? thanks

Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
iRepo Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

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