I Tunes - New Account - Import Administrator Library and Songs

Hi,
I have just created an account for my kids (with parental control) and I would like to share my existing Itunes library and songs. Could I have an idea on a procedure to do that as for now they have an empty Itunes. I am running on Leopard.

The following is what I did. I'm not saying it's the only way or the best way but it works fine for me and my family.
Under my user login I went to my "Public" folder and created a new folder called "Shared". Use File > Get info and set the permissions for this new "Shared" folder. Make the Group "staff" and make "Access" Read & Write. You can give "others" Read & Write access too. I don't know if that is important or not.
Next, find your iTunes Music folder. It should be in your Music folder under your user name. Move the iTunes Music folder into the new "Shared" folder. Make the permissions on the iTunes Music folder the same as the "Shared" folder.
Open iTunes under your user login, go to iTunes, Preferences, Advanced. Show iTunes where the music folder lives by clicking on "Change" and navigating to the new location within "Shared". We're almost done.
Now login to your other user's accounts. Open their iTunes and do the same as above. This will cause everyone's iTunes to use the same master folder. They can access your songs and any songs they add will go there too. Do this for every user.
Also, check off the two options for "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library.
I believe that will do it for you.

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