One mac 2 users how to share itunes ?

We have a mac and 2 users, 2 libreries. My h has all our music in his library, how do i copy it to my library?

Yes, I believe so. The following may be helpful:
iTunes- Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
Troubleshooting Home Sharing

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jc_hering wrote:
that works for anything he purchases after he creates the new account. What about his current music that currently resides in my itunes library? How can I get his current music out of my library into his new account/library?? Thanks..
Copy it to his computer into his iTunes library and authorize his computer with the iTunes account used to purchase them..
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It says 'To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it.'
However I only have one account. I've tried to sign out and in several times. But it doesn't work. I do remember changing my password recently. Secondly I'd like to add that I got this macbook air 3 days ago. I'm a first time mac user. It had three updates initially. Mountain lion 10.8.2, iphoto and the imovie. I updated the mountain lion, thinking I'd get the iphoto and imovie done later. However now this problem has come up. Thanks for responding. Hoping to hear from you soon again regarding this.

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dont forget to select the correct countrywhen page opens

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How to share iTunes with my iphone

iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351 - detailed example: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18860187
iOS: Syncing with iTunes - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386 - You can sync everything or selected playlists. "WIth iTunes 10, when automatically syncing, you can also manually drag items to the iDevice. These will show up in Manually Added Songs at the bottom of the Music tab after Playlists, Artists Genre, Albums." - https://discussions.apple.com/message/18919754

How to share itunes library with multiple users, and keep organised

Hi,
I'm using iTunes (v12) on Windows 7 and am trying to set myself up so that multiple users on this PC are sharing the same library. I've followed the guidance mentioned on a couple of other threads, and put the library in the Users\Public\Music location, and on each user account have pointed iTunes to this location. This has worked OK, as both users can see all the music.
However, problems arise when User A deletes a couple of files (duplicates for example) - User B logs in, and the song is still listed in the library, but with an alert stating the original file cannot be located. They then have to go through the library and also delete these entries. Equally, if User B adds some music files (as opposed to iTunes downloads), they are not visible to User A until they "Add file to library..."
Are there any further steps that I can take to keep both users views of the library identical, without manual intervention by the second user whenever the first makes a change?
Cheers,
Matt

The way you've set it up each user has a distinct library, but is accessing a common set of media files and folders. To accomplish what you want, you need to have a complete iTunes library (database + media) in a common location - typically this would be C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes. See turingtest2's notes on Make a split library portable for the steps that may be needed to bring your library into a suitable structure. Based on your description, you'll need to select one user's library (C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl) to act as the shared "master" and move this to the Public folders.
Then, for each user, hold down SHIFT while starting iTunes - when you get this prompt:
click on Choose Library..., navigate to C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes, select the iTunes Library.itl file you'll find there, and click Open (you'll only need to do this once for each user account).
Note, though, that iTunes is inherently a single-user application - any attempts to run iTunes at the same time will cause errors (and, in the worst case, possible corruption). For this reason, its a good idea to disable fast user switching in Windows so that only one user can be logged in, and running iTunes, at the same time.

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Hello all.
i'm a noob in Mac world and iTunes also (i'm coming from PC world so...) so sorry in advance if i don't use the correct Mac vocabulary...
So here is my problem:
my wife and i share a Mac Pro.
we also share one iTunes.
Let's say that our whole music list represents 100 songs.
40 songs are "her list"
40 songs are mine
20 songs are shared
How to configure iTunes to manage such a situation please ?
Note: last week, i created 2 iTunes librairy: one for her (name: VRN), one for me (name: VV). In her iTunes librairy, i've put only her songs. Same thing in mine. Until today, everything seems to work correctly BUT:
1. with this setting, i don't how to manage share songs.
2. today, when i try to listen my music, i have this msg: "iTunes can find the original file...do you want to look for it ? " i don't know why !!!
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Has a column on NYTimes on tech subjects as well and blog.
iPhoto
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto
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Mac users disconnected from shares on OS 10.3.9 Server

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0x9283f000 - 0x92859fff libresolv.9.dylib /usr/lib/libresolv.9.dylib
0x939d0000 - 0x939d4fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x93b3c000 - 0x93b9bfff com.apple.SearchKit 1.0.2 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SearchK it.framework/Versions/A/SearchKit
0x93db2000 - 0x93dbbfff libz.1.dylib /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x93dbe000 - 0x93dc6fff libbsm.dylib /usr/lib/libbsm.dylib
0x950da000 - 0x95212fff edu.mit.Kerberos 5.0.25 (5.0.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/Kerberos.framework/Versions/A/Kerberos
0x9540c000 - 0x95460fff com.apple.bom 1.2.8 (64.2) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Bom.framework/Versions/A/Bom
0x95ec2000 - 0x95ed6fff libcups.2.dylib /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
0x968d0000 - 0x969b2fff libicucore.A.dylib /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
0x96a4e000 - 0x96a86fff com.apple.LaunchServices 10.3.5 (98.4) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices
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0x96b50000 - 0x96bdffff ATS /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/ATS
0x96cb0000 - 0x96d9efff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x96dc0000 - 0x96dd3fff libpam.1.dylib /usr/lib/libpam.1.dylib
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Host Name: powerplant
Date/Time: 2007-09-05 01:25:05 -0700
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2
Command: smbd
Path: /usr/sbin/smbd
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 22193
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90007260 strlen + 0x20
1 smbd 0x00144394 push_ascii + 0x28
2 smbd 0x0001c22c reply_trans + 0x47f8
3 smbd 0x00021310 api_reply + 0x318
4 smbd 0x00018318 reply_trans + 0x8e4
5 smbd 0x00058b80 respondto_all_remaining_localmessages + 0x784
6 smbd 0x00058c48 respondto_all_remaining_localmessages + 0x84c
7 smbd 0x00058fac process_smb + 0x1c8
8 smbd 0x00059bb0 smbd_process + 0x168
9 smbd 0x001c4a20 main + 0x6a4
10 smbd 0x00003b78 start + 0** - - [06/Sep/2007:15:20:15 -0800] "Mounted Volume Server HD" 0 0 0
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New Mac user needs help restoring itunes.

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http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks
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TD

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I just got a mac mini, and have two accounts. one is the admin and a second for another person. I'd like to be able to use the same itune library without having to have two separate files (each at 12.9GB).
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How to share iTunes with two users on the same mac.

My wife & I use the same iMac with different user accounts. How do we share one iTunes account on that computer. I tried moving the iTunes folder in music on my user account to shared user, but it seems like new iTunes folders are created in the original location when I do this. What am I doing wrong.

EddyS45 wrote:
My wife & I use the same iMac with different user accounts. How do we share one iTunes account on that computer. I tried moving the iTunes folder in music on my user account to shared user
Then hold Option and launch iTunes.
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This also means you can't have one user open the library and then stop using Aperture but still have the library open and then have another copy of Aperture open on the library.
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My wife and I just purchased new iPhones. I would like to be able to sync music from the library on my account to her iPhone, which syncs to her account. Please advise.

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