Multi users on one computer for itunes, need two libraries

still trying to get an answer to this, cant seem to find a way of having two separate libraties for me and my girlfriend. we obviously have different tastes and need to use the same computer and therefore the same itunes and music library, surely there must be a way of being able to have different music on our individual ipods, has anyone got any knowledge of this?

Hi there.
I had exactly the same issue with my music and my wife's.
What we did was created 2 playlists - one for me and one for my wife.
What you do then is make sure that when you plug each ipod in, you only update the playlists you have created.
i.e my playlist is called Dave's music. Plus in ipod, and have itunes only update Dave's music (and any other playlists/podcasts etc)
Your ipod will then only ever have the music you want on it, even if your library is heaving with music you don't want. (in my case huge swathes of Britney Spears)
This should work for you.
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

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