Joining two different iTunes libraries, one from Mac, other from Windows.

I have a 30GB video iPod I can use for the transfer. Taking my PC's iTunes, and adding it to my Mac's. I just don't want to replace one library with the other, I want to make one super library. Any help appreciated.

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If accounts could be merged, then everybody could merge their accounts with everybody and there would be no need for anyone to buy anything.

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How do I combine two different itunes accounts, one from an iphone 5 and the other from a macbook running 10.6.8?

Hello community,
Recently purchased an apple tv and as we were setting it up we came to the realization that wifey's itunes on her iphone has a different apple id - hence different account BUT she was able to download her original itunes account content to the iphone. Anyways we just want to merge the two libraries - actually since most of the music is on the macbook, we really just want to load the iphone content back to her orginal itunes account. Lots of posts out there but frankly Im a bit lost and nervous about losing anything(especially the playlists) so thanks in advance for any super simple and safe steps to take.

You can't.
If accounts could be merged, then everybody could merge their accounts with everybody and there would be no need for anyone to buy anything.

Apple tv and syncing two different iTunes libraries

Is ist possible to sync - or better stream - contetn from two different itunes libraries.
I have an iMac sitting in my office and a amc mini in the livingroom (which was supposed to do the atv-job but failed due to tremendous fan activity)
i would like to connect the appletv to both itunes libraries, because their contents are different.
Is this possible?

You can only sync from one library but it also streams content that isn;t synced.
You can stream from up to four other libraries as well (or is it five? I can't work out if the one yuo sync from counts as one of the extra streaming libraries or not).
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Synching to Two Different iTunes Libraries

What are the risks and other considerations in using two different iTunes libraries to send photos to an iPad?
My iPad is synched to my home iMac. I have added photos to the iPad via the iTunes. After some experimentation, I have discovered that if I do not use iPhoto, I can only have photos on my iPad that exist in a singe folder on my iMac. While that is a painful limitation, I can live with it.
Ok, so now suppose I have taken my MacBookAir on vacation with my iPad. (Assume a foreign country with no 3G connectivity or hot spot.) I have taken a bunch of photos and uploaded them from my camera to the MBA, edited them in Photoshop and now want to share the edited photos with friends over dinner.
After overthinking the problem for longer than I care to admit, my "well-duh" moment arrived when I realized that all I have to do is to connect my iPad to the MBA via cable, go to the photos section of iTunes and select my newly edited photos.
I do not have the MBA synched to my home library.
What happens to my existing photos when I transfer my new photos? Gone, is my guess. What about everything else on the iPad that I have synched to the home computer, like music library? Also gone?
In short, is there a way to transfer these photos from my MBA to my iPad without wiping out the rest of what is stored?
I've wallowed around some and seen suggestions like Drop Box, Transfer etc. I'm not sure, but these probably require a wireless connection, and I won't have one. I do have the camera upload kit, but I have not experimented with whether I can transfer edited photos from my MBA onto an SD card for transfer to the iPad (i.e., I do not know whether the files have to be created by a camera, or whether edited photos will work).
Any strategies out there for doing simply what I am trying to do would be appreciated.

You're right; it's not the multiple folders problem I was unhappy about. It was having to put everything in the same parent folder and not being able to select individual photos or folders from other parents that was modestly irritating. Oh well. Maybe iOS version 5 . . . .
As far as photo transfer goes, the iTunes synch may be my only way. I guess I could set up a parent folder on my MBA called "iPad Transfer" and put everything I want--new and old--into it so that every time I synch I get everything.
I'm concerned, however, that the camera connection kit I bought may not be very useful to me. My digital camera is compact flash, so to use the card reader I will have to go out and buy an SD card at the very least. But since I have no device I know of to format the card for a DCIM folder, I think I'm out of luck. There isn't any way to format a new card with a DCIM folder if you don't have an SD camera, is there?
The only way I can think of to use the kit is to transfer shots directly from my camera. These would be unedited, and I'll have to transfer all of them. I'm pretty sure that it is not advisable to transfer edited photos back to a compact flash card, since the camera probably won't read them and will probably screw up the card formatting.
I did try to connect my Compact Flash card via my (non-powered) Lexar card reader and the USB connector that came with the camera connection kit, but no luck. The iPad says it won't work because it uses too much power.
Any other workarounds that you know of?

Two different itunes libraries...

i got two ipod nano, is it possible to have two different itunes libraries, in order to put different songs in different ipods...or is it possible to have two different itunes, each for an ipod ??
p.s. its all on one computer, dont have a second one...

These links should help:
Natalie Beresford: Multiple iPods/iTunes Installations
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
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Joining two different iTunes accounts

Hi, is it possible, to join two different accounts on iTunes Store, in to one? I've got on both of them apps purchased. One is registred on Poland and the second is on USA (11 cents left).
Can someone tell me if is it possible?

transferring money from this new account that is currently registred on US and making this account another account on Poland?
You can contact the iTunes Store Customer Service department using the form on their Support page (select the category and subcategory closest to the issue you're reporting) and explain your situation to them. Perhaps they can help.
if I have for example 11 cents and I will add my credit card details to account, can I spend those 11 cents on something, than just pay the rest for something from my c.card?
If you still have a US credit card, yes. The US iTunes Store won't accept a Polish credit card, though.
Regards.

Consolidating two different iTunes libraries from two different accounts

My boyfriend and I have been living together for a while and we need to consolidate our music libraries. We have a new iMac, which we wish to use to house all of our songs. We would like to be able to play any song from either library anywhere in the apt. using our Airplay speakers. How is it possible to condolidate our iTunes library, given that we have different iTunes accounts?
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

Two different itunes libraries on same computer

I hope someone can help me! How do i set up two different libraries on the same computer for two different ipods? My ipod is on a computer i no longer have and I'm trying to put it on a computer that has a different ipod on it. My ipod appears in Windows as (H) and not in itunes.
I've tried all the tips I found already with no luck!

if the computer cannot be turned on, one option would be to remove the hard drive and put it in an external enclosure that can be connected to the working computer.

HT1660 why two different itunes libraries?

My music and movie files got too large, so I've moved my iTunes library to an external hard drive.
I since got a new computer and am trying to set it up.
All is working fine with movies and music. BUT- why do I have a separate itunes Library on my Mac? It seems that the only files there are my apps.
I'd prefer to have ALL of my iTunes library files in one location. How did this happen and is it normal?
Can I move everything to one library?

These specific steps should apply to your setup:
Use File > Library > Organize Library > Rearrange files in folder "iTunes". This puts the media folder into the current layout.
Use File > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate files. This copies in the mobile apps and any other files that might not have been consolidated.
Copy the files iTunes Library.itl, iTunes Library Extras.itdb, iTunes Library Genius.itdb & sentinel (hidden) and the folder Album Artwork from <Profile>/Music/iTunes to the <root> folder of your external drive Iomega_HDD. Ignore the xml file and other folders for now, they are taken care of elsewhere.
Option-start-iTunes and open the library file at Iomega_HDD/iTunes Library.itl.
Check things work.
Close iTunes, rename the folder Iomega_HDD/iTunes as Iomega_HDD/iTunes Media, start iTunes, check the media folder is now called Iomega_HDD/iTunes Media, edit if not then close and reopen iTunes.
Close iTunes, create a folder called Iomega_HDD/iTunes, move the iTunes library files, Album Artwork & iTunes Media folders inside Iomega_HDD/iTunes.
Option-start-iTunes and open the library file at Iomega_HDD/iTunes/iTunes Library.itl, check the media folder is now called Iomega_HDD/iTunes/iTunes Media, edit if not then close and reopen iTunes.
Check things work again. Enjoy the music!
If at any stage things aren't working properly rewind the most recent change or ask for further help with details of exactly where you've got to.
These steps should get everything sorted with the minimum amount of copying.
Ideally you need a backup of the whole iTunes folder on another drive for security. Having set things up in this fashion it becomes easy to switch to the alternate copy if & when the need arises.
PS the folder currently at Iomega_HDD/iTunes/Album Artwork should be redundant and can be deleted.
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How can we have two Itunes accounts on one computer? I found info on the itunes help page but I do not know how to follow the steps given because I am not prompted with what it says I should be prompted with? Please help I don't want to delete one of our libraries

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Getting music onto ipod from two different itunes libraries

I have 2 different computers with different music on each. I have downloaded itunes onto both. I have downloaded music from one computer onto ipod. When plugging ipod into second computer it says that I have to delete content of ipod to allow me to sync with the second itunes library.
Is there a way around this?
I have 'authorized' both computers to my itunes account.

Thanks very much!
My issue is that I have stupidly dropped my first laptop and broken the screen so it is unusable.
The music currently on my ipod is from this first laptop so I dont really want to wipe it in order to put music on from the second laptop (and hence now my only itunes store).
Is there a way to take the music currently on my ipod off somehow and store it somewhere, eg on my new computer, so that I dont lose it when I 'wipe it to sync with my new itunes store'?
Does that make sense?
Thanks for the help

Can I have two different iTunes libraries on one computer?

I have my iTunes library all set up. I just bought my fiancee an iPad. She has no computer nor an iTunes account yet. I wanted to set up her iPad on my computer, but dont want my account put on it. How can I do this?

There's a couple of different optiions for giving her her own library. The following document may be of some assistance with that.
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I have just bought a new Mac laptop and would like to move all my iTunes stuff over onto the laptop from my old Windows desktop PC. While this situation is problematic enough, I also happen to have some 100+ songs on the laptop that need to stay, so I'm wary of simply copying files over and overriding things. I don't want those songs, playcounts and playlists to be lost.
As far as transferring the data goes, unless networking these computers is best, I'd like to use an external harddrive. The external drive has always been used with Windows computers in the past - will that pose a problem?

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How to merge two iTunes libraries, one from a Time Machine backup. Help!

Hey there,
Here´s the backstory, my laptop was stolen (along with my older iPod which had ALL of my music on it) in February. I am from Minnesota, and I now live in New York, but my backup from December was in Minnesota at that time. On me at the time my laptop got stolen was my 32 gig iPod Touch, which had ~80% of my music on it, but not all of it due to capacity issues. I bought a new Macbook and loaded all of my music that I HAD onto my new laptop, and of course have downloaded a bunch of stuff since then. I really like my new Macbook so I want to just pull and merge my old iTunes library onto my new computer, without duplicates and without having to manually go and delete things. Since my iPod Touch was loaded randomly, I have a lot of albums that have something like 11 out of the 12 songs or whathaveyou. I tried restoring from my old Time Machine backup, but I have realized that I really liked the cleanness and functionality of my new computer without three years of detrius in it, so I am going to restore from my NEW Time Machine backup, and would like to get my old music back onto my new computer. If this is confusing at all please let me know and I will try to clarify. Please help me with this, there has to be a program or something!!!

You have some choices. Obvioiusly the easiest thing to do will be to restore the entire library from the Time Machine backup. You can also use the new iTunes in the Cloud feature built into the latest iTunes to download any music and TV shows you might have purchased from the iTunes Store.
So what you could do is first, download your purchases from the iTunes Store, then restore everything else from the TM backup.

I want to sync iphones from two different itunes libraries.

However, im going to another country for studies and wont have my original computer there with me. Is there any way I can sync my iphone with my new computer without erasing everything?

Select all the photos in both albums and order - or make a temp album containing all photos you want to order prints of and select all and order
The easiest way is the second suggestion -- make a temp album containing all of the photos and select all
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