Multiple libraries support

Does the retail version of LR support multiple libraries? For example, I would like to be able to store public images in one library and private/non shareable images in another library.
Does the LR provide this feature? If not, what are my options?

Yes you can do this. Even with B4.1, but easier with V1, when you will have a selection list of used created libraries to choose from. You Ctl/Opt click to start LR to get the Choose Library dialogue, or to start a new one.
Don

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    iMovie has had support for several libraries for a long time presumably because the sheer size of media in the video realm gave the iMovie team little choice.
    I can't be the only one having this itch, right?

    Again, you need to clarify your terms
    Aperture can move master photos files around. With Aperture you can write additional metadata to the original file.
    You don't need multiple libraries to thematically arrange photos, though. A simple keywordign system will do that.
    So in Aperture I don't have to restart into different libraries?
    You can have all your photos in a sinble library with the master files stored off-disk easily. You can relocate them from disk to disk too. However, if you;re doing presentations that is probably not necessary if you generate good quality previews. I'd ask about these things on the Aperture forum for more.

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    Come on Apple, your website says iTunes 7 supports multiple libraries in multiple locations, yet there is no way to enable a second library or create additional libraries through iTunes. Is this just hype about the tedious manual workaround of not having iTunes copy everything to one location? When will we get true multiple libraries? This is sorely missing functionality for anyone with a harddrive smaller than 250GB.
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    I think there are a large number of us who are in the "for some reason" category: we want to have our libraries split across multiple HD's.
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  • Support for multiple libraries...?

    Hi, I have a question as how is the best way to manage y music libraries given my usage scenario.
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    Hope this helps.
    M
    17' iMac 800 MHz, 768 MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   iTunes 7.0.1

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    Hi All
    I need help to understand if the following is possible, and if so, how I can best go about getting this working.
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    I just got the newest generation Ipod Touch, and the itunes is not supported on my iMac G5. My parents have a Windows 8 HP computer. My dad's itunes account is on that computer. So what I want to do is use my external hardrive to sync it to my Windows 8 computer. I am trying to find out how to create multiple libraries.
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    These all have drm so i cannot read them without a i-Device. 
    Correct.  If you do not have an iOS device or a Mac running Mavericks, do not buy Apple iBooks.  They will be unreadable.

  • Can you have multiple libraries on a single iPod?

    Can you have multiple libraries on a single iPod?

    Yes.  This explains how >
    Using iPad or iPod with Multiple Computers:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
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  • Multiple Libraries - One Preferences File

    Hi all,
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    how do we consolidate multiple libraries? My wife had 2 or 3 different apple id's she changed emails and forgot passwords. please help

    Apparently, you cannot do that:
    Set up your Apple ID for iCloud and iTunes - Apple Support
    If you have made purchases using more than one ID, call Apple Support and state your case. I have heard that they may be able to do something to help you.
    I do not know why Apple makes it so easy to create Apple IDs; they suggest creating them left and right, but make it very difficult to undo once a person realizes how bad it is to use multiple Apple IDs for the same purpose, for example, iTunes Store, or App Store purchases.

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    So I am trying to separate some of my images into different libraries to relieve some space on my hard drive. I tried to export an album as a new library to a Western Digital ext. HD, but I got an error message that said
    "The library could not be created because the file system of the destination volume is not supported."
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    "Aperture cannot switch to the selected library because the file system of the library's volume is not supported."'
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    Hi
    I agree with Michael, you just need to re-format to Mac OS Extended (journaled) using disc utility, be sure to back up first just incase you mess up....! It has been known
    Gerry........
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  • Can i sync my ipad with multiple libraries.

    i have recently purchased a new pc and having added my itunes library last night I cannot get my ipad to sync with the new library, it shows up in devices but will not sync. Is it possible to sync devices with multiple libraries? if not, what is the point of having upto 5 devices that can be authorised with an itunes id? any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

    If you want to change the computer that it's synced to then see if this user-tip helps : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
    But if you just want to add music from that new computer but not change the computer that it's synced to then see this page : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
    You can have your account authorised on up to 5 computers, that allows you to buy and use your content on those computer (e.g. play music, watch films). But some devices are designed to only be synced to one computer at a time, so syncing to a new computer would replace the current contents of the device with what is on the new computer.

  • Itunes multiple libraries question, Help!!

    first all thanks for any help that is provided....
    my situation is this:
    i have a MBP w/ an 80 gb HD. i have about 80-100 GB of videos and another 30GB of music that i would like to be able to store on my Apple tv and Ipod. i first tried using an external HD to store it all, but ITunes would change my music folder path on me.
    so then i found out about multiple libraries, my question is this:
    Can an ipod be synced to multiple libraries that are all on the same computer?
    or anyone have any suggestions on how i can do this?

    Hey acrahm,
    The iPods that support Manually manage mode can sync with multiple libraries.
    More information here:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
    Jason

  • ITunes 7 Multiple Libraries

    It says that iTunes 7 now supports multiple libraries. How do I do this? What if I want one library for songs on my external hd and one for songs on my internal hd?

    Shift key thing is cool. But I agree, why not let us switch while in program. Itunes Library manager seems to be a better bet still and keeps hard drive clean.
    http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/ituneslibrarymanager.php
    I use this to keep sound effects and music in two libraries and it works great.

  • Multiple Libraries on one computer

    I want to store more music in iTunes than my iPod has room for (original iPod). I want to use one library for music that I don't want on my iPod and the other for the music I want to sync. I also want to be able to move music back and forth between the them.
    How do I store music in multiple libraries on one computer without making separate computer user accounts or using the playlist work around?
    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, apple-rules

    Yes, I am referring to the auto syncing of playlists. Not all of my music is assigned to playlists and I don't want to create them - too many songs.
    As I mentioned in my original post:
    I want to store more music in iTunes than my iPod has room for (original iPod). I want to use one library for music that I don't want on my iPod and the other for the music I want to sync. I also want to be able to move music back and forth between the them.
    I want to be able to store music in iTunes and play that music in iTunes without having them downloaded to my iPod. It would be nice to have a Library in iTunes that can be separate from the iPod stuff.
    I think I found a work around (#12). Until I get a better solution I am going to create a master folder to which I will move all my music that I do not want syncing to my iPod. Then, I will do a manual sync and exclude that folder.
    Thanks everyone.

  • How do I go from using a single Apple ID with multiple libraries to using home sharing?

    Until now my wife and I have opted to share our iTunes/Apple ID and use multiple libraries to manage our iPhones. This has become increasingly difficult...with issues such as having apps I've downloaded that she doesn't want automatically downloading to her library and even her phone. Now, add in the fact that I want to continue to manage my iTunes library from our PC and allow her to manage hers from her new MacBook Pro and we have good reason to move to home sharing with separate Apple IDs for each of us.
    My question is the logistics of doing so. Not only do we need to replicate her existing library on a new Apple ID, but then we need to migrate all the necessary files over to her MacBook Pro. Quite honestly, I don't even know where to begin. Is it possible to associate her existing library with her new Apple ID without having to create her library from scratch? Then is there anyway to migrate only the items in her library over to her MacBook Pro as opposed having to move all of our music & apps? Where do I begin?
    Thanks!

    Okay...I misunderstood and thought we needed separate ID's...but I see we actually need to use the same ID which simplifies things in my mind a bit. But still some followups...
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    2) On our current machine...media is actually split between a couple folders but all under the My Music folder. But there are multiple subfolders (iTunes, Her iPhone, and Amazon MP3). I presume as long as I copy over the entire My Music folder there shouldn't be any access issues when the library is opened on her machine?
    3) Is there any easy way to get rid of all the extra files that she doesn't have in her library? For instance, all my music and apps that she doesn't actually want, is there any easy way of separating those out from the files that are actually linked to in her library? Vice versa for me...once we've go her library set up on her machine, any easy way to purge all the extra files from my PC that aren't actually in my library?
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