Is there a way to share an iTunes account with 2 users?
I just sold my computer with my iTunes stuff on it (kept a backup on an external HD). My son and I share a Macbook that has his iTunes stuff on the internal HD. Until I get a new computer and re-load my iTunes library to it, can I create a separate account full of my stuff and vwhen I sync, I get my stuff and not his?
Thanks.
JB
Just a word of caution: I have experimented recently with having 2 iTunes accounts on my MacBook Pro, in order to see if I could make a separate library with only lossless files. I encountered the following problems:
1) When I changed the library name for one library both were changed
2) When I changed the media location in one library both were changed.
I don't know if I did something wrong, but I would proceed carefully, and test the solution before putting it to use.
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