One Library / account - two iPods to sync different muzic

Can iTunes manage two different iPods in a single account / library - without making their contents the same? One synchronzing playlist A, the other synching playlist B ?
Or ist the only way to handle 2 iPods by 2 different user accounts?
Thanks a lot
Peter

Very simple.
Each user creates their own playlists.
Plug in your iPod, open the iPod preferences in iTunes and select Automatically Update Selected Playlists.
Have the other user do the same.

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One library / account - two iPods with differenct muzic

Can iTunes manage two different iPods in a single account / library - without making their contents the same? One synchronzing playlist A, the other synching playlist B ?
Or ist the only way to handle 2 iPods by 2 different user accounts?
Thanks a lot
Peter

Hi,
I do it with my iPOD and my wife's mini.

Sharing one Library with two iPods

My wife and I each have an iPod and like the same music. Rather than have two duplicate sets of music imported to our home computer can we share a single Library and sync the two iPods to this Library? I suspect we can do this by naming the iPods identically but I have to believe there is a better way.
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Try the instructions in this article.
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One iTunes account - two iPod Touch...

Here's my problem:
My sons have an iPod Touch each. Occasionally I let them buy apps for their iPods from the Appstore, using my iTunes account. So they each have different apps on their iPods. Now every time I connect one of their iPods to my Mac to update the iPod OS or add pics or music, it also syncs all the apps. This means both of them get all the apps the other one has bought or downloaded. This fills up their iPods and there is no more free space on their iPods. When I unselect the Sync Apps in iTunes it warns me that all existing apps on the connected iPod will be removed.
What can I do??? I basically want iTunes to stop syncing apps, but I don't want my sons to loose all the apps they have on their iPods. Anyone, please?

Each device can have its own sync preferences with iTunes that the user controls. The same apps can be installed on both devices or different apps on each device, which is selected under the Apps tab for each device.
First disable automatic syncing when each iPod is connected. Under the Apps tab for the first device, deselect automatically sync new apps. Deselect the apps that you don't want installed on the device. Select Apply followed by a sync.
Repeat for the 2nd device.

I am trying to sync my ipod but it keeps saying that a previous library exists and that I can only sync it to one library. I want to sync it to the previous library but how do I get it to go there?

I am trying to sync my ipod but it keeps saying that a previous library exists and that I can only sync to one library. I want to sync it to the original library bc that is the one that has all songs. It keeps giving me a library with just songs that I have bought on itunes. I never created a new library so I am not sure why it is doing this. How do I get it to sync to my original library? I have already tried to restore a previous version of itunes but that did not help.

It appears that something happened to yur computer/iTunes files. It happens sometimes. To recovery:
- Import the old music into the current iTunes library
- Make sure all the apps are also in the library
- If in the USA and therplaces where iCloud has benn released you can redownload most iTunes puchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
- You can always redownload apps at no additional cost as long as you are singned into the same iTunes account the originally purchased them.
- After all the suff in in the iTunes library, make a backup of the iPod by connecting the iPod to the computer and right clicking on the iPOd under Devices in iTunes.
- Restore the iPod from backup and restore as necessary.

If i have already logged in my iTunes with my iPod and plugged that in, but now i have a new iPod and I want to plug that in to my laptop how would i do that with out losing anything on my new iPod and my old one. Both my ipods are on different accounts?

If i have already logged in my iTunes with my iPod and plugged that in, but now i have a new iPod and I want to plug that in to my laptop how would i do that with out losing anything on my new iPod and my old one. Both my ipods are on different accounts?

Nothing special. See:
How to Set Up Two iTunes Accounts on One Computer | Chron.com
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer

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how to manage one library with two accounts

you can only be logged into one account at a time on the iTunes store. However, you can authorize your computer for both accounts, making your computer work with both. In the menu bar just click [Store > Authorize Computer]

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Is it permissable/possible to download itunes files from one laptop to two Ipods without experiencing problems?

Hello Keith,
Is it permissable/possible to download itunes files from one laptop to two Ipods without experiencing problems?
Yes. There is no limit to the number of iPods you can sync to one computer or iTunes library. I sync my iTunes content to 3 different devices.
B-rock

After installing any version of itunes. Told failed to install properly and could not burn or import music from Cd's. Also will not allow eithre one of my 2 ipods to sync with it as well.

After installing any version of itunes. Told failed to install properly and could not burn or import music from Cd's. Also will not allow eithre one of my 2 ipods to sync with it as well.

Could you post your diagnostics for us please?
In iTunes, go "Help > Run Diagnostics". Uncheck the boxes other than DVD/CD tests, as per the following screenshot:
... and click "Next".
When you get through to the final screen:
... click the "Copy to Clipboard" button and paste the diagnostics into a reply here. (Use your Ctrl-V keyboard shortcut to paste.)

HT1351 Can you take the music off the existing library on the ipod and sync it to a new itunes library?? and if so how do you do this???

Can you take the music off the existing library on the ipod and sync it to a new itunes library?? and if so how do you do this???

See this excellent User Tip from another forum member turingtest2 on how to recover content from your iPod back into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
B-rock

How does one do a two way contacts sync between an iphone and outlook? Most of the community has answered as this to be "always so", but it does not work! Changes made on outlook get done in my iPhone, but it does not work the other way around!

How does one do a two way contacts sync between an iphone and outlook? Most of the community has answered as this to be "always so", but it does not work! Changes made on outlook get done in my iPhone, but it does not work the other way around!

Close the tab the web page is loaded in (command - W).

Shared music from one computer and library to two ipod touches

so here is my issue. i once had an ipod nano and was full\ of music. christmas last year, my bf got us both the new ipod touch, and so we shared his laptop. i was able to transfer the old music from the nano to the computer and it shows up. however, since we live together and share the media library, i want to know how to get the info for both ipods into my ipad. i tried everything, and long story short, the two ipods both contain our shared library, but the library says the files from the nano and cannot be located. the music i needed is on one of the new ones. so question is, how to i get my entire media library from icloud accounts, devices, and what not transferred to my ipad. can someone help me?

Apparently, nobody is doing something similar...
As an FYI, Podcasts are still automatically updated even when you check the "Manually Manage Music and Videos" checkbox.
I plan to see if I can indeed sync my music with the Mac over the weekend...

One computer - windowsxp - two ipods. Can both share itunes library?

I have a 5th gen ipod with 3300 tracks loaded. My wife has now bought a second hand 4th gen with click wheel which I would like to share with my itunes library.
Problem is - can this be done and if so how do I go about it?
Was about to restore the 4th gen ipod but I am terrified that this will corrupt my current set up in some way. This is the last thing I want to do.
Can someone please give me an idiots guide to the steps that I will need to take to getting the two ipods linked to the same library.

There are a couple of methods for using more than one iPod on a single computer. Method one is to have two Mac or Windows user accounts which by definition would give you two completely separate libraries. Method two is to set your preferences so that either one or both iPods get updated with only certain playlists within one library. Have a look at this article and see what you think and go for whichever you feel suits your needs best: How To Use Multiple iPods with One Computer
Another option when using a single library is to set one or both of the iPods to manual update: Managing Your Songs Manually

Sharing one library with two user accounts.

I want to share one iTunes library with two user accounts on the same iMac.
I've followed the tutorial where you move the iTunes Music folder to a shared location HD/Shared/iTunes and then pointed both iTunes to that location via the advanced menu, but only the admin account has the music. The other user account iTunes shows nothing.
Also, I've now moved the music folder back to my area on the HD (not shared any more) and now the iTunes music folder shows all the album folders where before I guess they were hidden. Why and how do I get it back to how it was...?
All we're trying to do is share one mac. My wife and I have our own log in user accounts, but want to have the same music and iPhotos accessible on our own set-ups.
Thanks for any help.

Out of interest I got this to work.
I made a folder called 'All Music' and put all the album folders in it.
Moved this folder to User/Shared/ and then clicked on the file, and Get Info.
In Get Info added my wife to Sharing & Permissions as Read & Write.
In iTunes / Advanced found the folder on my user account, and then did the same on my wife's account and hit add to library.
I hope this was the right way to do it..... It seems to have worked.

I have one IMac and two Ipod and two ipad for the hole familie. We had all people a separatly ITunes Account. The ITunes said this Imac is for 90 Days closed. Why ? we have only one Imac!

I have e big problem with my ITunes and my mobile devices. Two Ipod Touch and two IPad.
My son and my wive und myself have e seperatly ITunes Account. My Account ist with credit card my son and my wive only with Itunes cards.
All devices are protected by my Mac with other accounts in each case and are administered. Now the Imac has switched off the tone and said one cannot div. Accounts join! Nevertheless, this cannot be. This would be a complete nonsense! What can i do that all Devies woks?
Thanks for your help

Have a look here...
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

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