One set of files, multiple users

I've seen a lot of posts on this, but I can't tell if any of the suggestions will give me what I want. Or if what I want is possible. So I thought I'd try to describe what I want to do in detail and see if someone can point me to the right solution.
I'm using iTunes 5. My wife and I each have laptops where our iTunes libraries used to live, but now we have a G5 (i.e. effectively infinite disk space) and have moved our libraries to it, and feed our iPods from it. So, we have two libraries on one computer, and probably 60-80% of the files are duplicates.
What I would like to do is merge these file libraries (by hand if needed, since in some cases we have different quality scans of the same songs) so that there is only one set of music files. But I want to keep our two separate sets of playlists, ratings, etc.
I would also like it if either of us could add to the library, although I understand this might involve resetting file permissions and/or reimporting the library occasionally. We could probably live with only one person being able to add music as long as we could each have our own ratings, but it would be annoying.
So how much of this is possible? And has anyone made anything like iPhoto Buddy for iTunes? Thanks.

Thanks,
I've started looking down that road a bit myself. It's been a while since I tried to solve something like this and have found a few other alternatives similar to your suggestion. I like the looks of the Linksys Network attached Storage
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c% 3DLProductC2%26cid%3D1119460470527&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
It's about $700-800 us and has a gigabit connection.

Similar Messages

  • Can I use one itunes account for multiple users and multiple devices

    Can I use one itunes account for multiple users and multiple devices?

    The iTunes EULA, as I understand it (I'm not an attorney )for Apps is basically that one person can use an App multiple devices, or multiple people can use an App one device..so one to many or many to one, but not many to many....

  • One skype number for multiple users in Skype Manag...

    Is it possible to get one Skype-in phone number and assign it to multiple members in Skype Manager?
    If so, how do I go about it?
    I also asked this here: http://community.skype.com/t5/Skype-Number/One-skype-number-for-multiple-users-in-Skype-Manager/m-p/...

    You could always allocate a number to multiple business accounts in Skype Manager. Then re-direct the number via IP-PBX to go to different extensions.
    Try the following here [If you look in the advanced section of this manual, you'll see an example of two accounts using one number]
    http://download.skype.com/share/business/guides/skype-connect-user-guide.pdf
    7.5 Online Numbers for incoming calls
    You can use both business Skype accounts and Online Numbers simultaneously on a
    single SIP Profile if you wish. In other words, you may have multiple business accounts
    and Online Numbers added to one SIP Profile at the same time.
    7.5.1 Adding an Online Number to your SIP Profile
    Shows you how to setup such
    Thanks,
    Kent C.

  • One skype number for multiple users in Skype Manager

    Is it possible to get one Skype-in phone number and assign it to multiple members in Skype Manager? If so, how do I go about it? I also asked this here: http://community.skype.com/t5/Skype-Number/One-skype-number-for-multiple-users-in-Skype-Manager/m-p/3275656#M14366.

    You could always allocate a number to multiple business accounts in Skype Manager. Then re-direct the number via IP-PBX to go to different extensions. Try the following here [If you look in the advanced section of this manual, you'll see an example of two accounts using one number]http://download.skype.com/share/business/guides/skype-connect-user-guide.pdf 7.5 Online Numbers for incoming callsYou can use both business Skype accounts and Online Numbers simultaneously on a
    single SIP Profile if you wish. In other words, you may have multiple business accounts
    and Online Numbers added to one SIP Profile at the same time. 7.5.1 Adding an Online Number to your SIP ProfileShows you how to setup such Thanks,Kent C.

  • I have an iMac with 2 internal drives and set-up with multiple user accounts.  How do I create a path to store data files on my second drive within an application?

    I have an iMac with 2 internal drives and a multiple user account set-up.  Hw do I create a path to store data files on the second drive within an application?

    This is the Mac mini forum not the iMac forum however...
    Applications written for average users like Photoshop, Word, i.e. GUI based applications provide a 'Save' dialog box which while allow selecting second drives or any drive. The dialob box initially shown might be in the simple mode but you just need to click on the triangle to show the full set of options. You should then see the different drive names amongst other options.
    If your referring to an application your writing yourself then you need to build a pathname. This can be in one of two styles depending on the programming system your using. This could be a POSIX style path or a Mac style path.
    POSIX = /Volumes/volname/foldername
    Mac style = Volname:foldername:

  • Sharing one iphoto library between multiple user accounts

    I hav an extensive photo library and would like to share this across multiple users on the one computer. Am I able to do this without having to move the library to an external hard drive?

    What you mean by 'share'.
    If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
    Any user can drag a pic from the Shared Library to their own in the iPhoto Window.
    Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
    If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. The problem here is that OS X works very hard to keep your data safe and secure from the other users. You're trying to beat what's built in to the system. So, to beat the system
    Quit iPhoto in both accounts
    Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
    In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
    However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
    Lastly: This method seems a little clunky at first, but works very well. Most importantly, it uses the System to do the job for you.
    Create a new Account on your Mac, call it Media. Create an iPhoto Library there. (BTW: This will work for iTunes too.)
    Enable Sharing on the Library:(Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other accounts. In those accounts, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. The Library will appear in the other source pane.
    This means that both users will be able to see the pics. If you want to use a pic then simply drag it from the shared Library to your own in the iPhoto Window. This means that each user can have their own edits.
    If you want to add photos to the Library: Log into the Media account for that purpose.
    To make it all seamless: Set your Mac to log into the Media Account automatically. Set iPhoto to launch on log-in. Then switch to your own account using Fast User Switching.
    Net result: a Library that's permanently available to all users but also protected. Each user can have their own versions of the pics if they want.
    No partitioning, no permissions issues. Uses no extra disk space. What's not to like?
    Regards
    TD

  • One workflow, edited by multiple users

    Hi,
    can anyone tell me if it is possible to have one workflowtransaction that is edited by multiple users? My customer wants the transfer workflow to be initiated by the supervisor, which will fill several fields, and then be sent to an HR Representative, who will fill another set of fields, and then sent to a payroll administrative worker who has to fill in the rest of the fields. Then it will go into an approval workflow.
    The latter I know how to do, but I don't know if you can have multiple roles into one workflow.
    Please help.
    Corné

    An approver can update the transaction if the Edit Transaction profiles are set to Yes.
    Please note, it is not function specific . So, all functions with HRSSA workflow will be enabled for edit by approvers.
    I don't remember the profiles names now, but SSHR Implementation guide has the details.

  • One iCal File - Multiple users

    Hi,
    Is it possible to have one calendar which can be updated by users on two or three other Macs.
    This is one reason stopping me from getting rid of all the PC's at work in favour of Macs!
    Currently we are using Lotus Organizer with the calendar file on one PC, which is also accessed simultaneously from three other PC's. It pains me to say, but it works like a dream, so any alternative on a Mac would have to be good.
    Is this scenario possible with iCal or a third party application?
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Just last week, IBM publicly promised to deliver Lotus Notes for Mac OS X and Linux in the near term, with all of the capabilities in the present Windows release. You might want to see what options are available to cross-grade from you present package to the new OS X package.

  • Using one music library with multiple user accounts

    I want to use one Music Library and be able to have all my computer user accounts be able to access it. Article 93195 does not work for some reason. It is easy to share music over a network but not on the same computer? This can't be. I have talked to several Apple "Geniuses" and they all scratch their head. One guy could do it in Leopard, but not in Tiger. Could it have something to do with the permissions of the Itunes Music Folder? Any help would be appreciated. This is driving me crazy.

    1 Quit iTunes.
    2 Drag your entire *iTunes folder* from /Username/Music to /Users/Shared.
    3 Log out.
    1 Log in on your other account(s).
    2 Start iTunes and immediately press an hold the Option key.
    3 iTunes will ask to *Create new library* or *Choose existing library*. Select *Choose existing library*.
    4 Select the *iTunes library file* in the *iTunes folder* in /Users/Shared.
    5 Now go to File -> *Add to library* and select the *iTunes music folder* located in /Username/Music.
    6 - iTunes will add all the music in from this account to the main iTunes music folder/library.
    7 Delete the *iTunes folder* in /Username/Music
    8 Restart iTunes normally (don't hold Option). Everything should be there.
    9 Quit iTunes and log out of the account.
    10 Do the above steps for all users. Don't do the first 1-3 steps. Start at the second series.
    Log into your account, start iTunes normally and all music should be there.
    Whenever any of you do anything in iTunes, it will be seen by all since you are using one and the same iTunes library file.
    Create a "main" playlist for each user with their own music. Create a smart playlist and set it to Playlist is not the playlist you created above. Select this and it will show you everything NOT in your playlist. Do the same for the others. This will help when adding only the music you want your own playlist.
    Note that iTunes can only be opened by one user at a time. If you have Fast user switching enabled, the other users must quit iTunes in order for anyone else to use it.

  • Sharing one Aperture Library between multiple users on the same machine

    Is there a way of setting up Aperture so that two different users on the same machine have full rights to do everything?

    Ian,
    Thanks for the suggestion. It certanly better than nothing, but in my case there is no partition with permissions off and there are other users to whom I wouldn't want to give full rights to the library. As an alternative I thought of simply creating a special user and do all editing from it.
    At any rate, it would have been useful if Aperture had something like that built in - like a preferences option, where one could specify a MacOS group name, and Aperture would do all its file/folder create operations within a given library with setgid()/setegid() of that group and corresponding umask() to give rw permissions to that group. Not too hard to do, either.

  • How do I use one downloads folder for multiple users?

    I recently added my girlfriend a profile in my Imac. We both have seperate Profiles and logins however I would like to find out, if the the Downloads folder can be used by both profiles. I found that each profile has their own Downloads folder, and goes to their own locations.
    I would like to find out, if its possible to re-direct my downloaded files as well as her downloaded files into just ONE "Downloads" folder. The default destination of the downloads folder would be /users/girlfriend(name of girlfriend). I want to change it to /users/(me) so that all downloads would just go to one folder.
    Thanks in advance!

    Direct your downloads to Users-Shared

  • How to set emails for multiple users?

    Hello,
    We have a scenario, where there are several users whose email is not set in "My Account". We want to set this in one shot, what is the best bet for us?
    Also we want to send email to a person outside OBIEE infrastructure, how can we do this?
    Please reply

    I've found the same problem in OS X Lion, with Mail, iCal and Address Book getting confused when two Exchange accounts on the same server are configured, resulting in either missing or duplicate entries (despite everything appearing fine when accessing the accounts individually via Outlook or OWA).  iOS doesn't have any problem with this setup; two Exchange accounts on the same server work perfectly; the issue seems specific to Mac OS X.
    After some experimentation I've found a workaround.  Since the issue crops up with two Exchange accounts on the same server, it seems possible to trick OS X into thinking the accounts are on two separate servers through a little DNS manipulation (which I realize may not be a practical option for everyone).  Here's what resolved the issue for me:
    My external and internal DNS FQDNs for the mail server were mail.mydomain.com.
    I set up a new DNS entry - mail2.mydomain.com - as a CNAME for mail.mydomain.com.
    On my Mac, I set up Exchange account #1 with the server set to mail.mydomain.com.
    I then set up Exchange account #2 with the server set to mail2.mydomain.com.
    Even though both FQDNs resolve to the same IP, this seems sufficient for Mac OS X to consider them as separate servers, elliminating the problems I had before when I set both Exchange accounts to the same mail server FQDN.
    I've only tried this on OS X 10.7 Lion, and the recent 10.7.1 update, although I wouldn't be surprised if the same trick works for earlier versions of OS X.

  • Can I copy Keywords from one set of files to another?

    I added Keywords to many jpg files when I should have added them to their scanned source files (tifs). Is there an efficient way to copy them from the jpg versions to their tif “originals?” Except for their suffixes, they are identically named. Obviously the keywords assigned to any one jpg can be dragged to its tif version (or to any any other image file). But I have about nine thousand of them, each with its own set of keywords, and each with its own tif source file (with no keywords). Is there a way to automate this? Is there a way to tell the jpgs to transfer their metadata to other files with the same names (minus prefix) or to any other files?
    I’m working in Bridge3 MacOSX.

    The link was for the Photoshop Scripting Forum where you can search the existing threads or ask for help in a new one.
    Seems like this should be a simple procedure expecially with so many people making books from photoshop documents.
    It is not that complicated if you know a little JavaScript and the Photoshop Document Object Model.
    But if you are willing to start from scratch instead of transferring existing guides an Action might also work.

  • One JACK server for multiple users

    It seems that support for JACK_PROMISCUOUS_SERVER has been removed, so JACK only allows programs to connect which were started by the same user who started the JACK server. Is there another way to tell JACK to accept connections from other users? Or do I have to start two servers (one for each user) communicating via the local network?
    Why I'm asking:
    My browser is running with the permissions of the user "browser" to prevent malicious code executed by the browser to seriously affect my files. This leads to the problem that audio playback in the browser is rendered mute, as it cannot connect to the JACK server that has been started by my main user account.
    Any ideas on how to make this work?

    I don't think this was ever "supported". I somehow assume that the hack still works (with JACK_PROMISCUOUS_SERVER) but I have yet to go back to it since the last discussion about it. According to Torben H. (read the last few messages of that topic) it should work.
    NetJACK works in a different way and allows different clients to connect, AFAIK. It has been suggested that some form of this exact functionality can be used in lieu of the promiscuous trick for JACK itself.
    Anyway, for MPD, you can try the alternative setup.

  • 1 file - multiple user access...???

    Our studio has tradtionally always worked on 1 file = 1 person works on it, but we now have a situation where we need to set up a system where there will be 1 main Indesign file (on a server) that can be accessed and worked on by several people  - all at the same time.
    Is this a viable proposition at all???
    As I say we've never had to really do things in this way previously but was wondering if it can be done.
    Thanks in advance,
    Andy

    Not really.
    If you want to split the file up into sections or chapters then combine them in a book. each person could access each file, but only one person could work on a file at a time.
    Layout Zones would be a way to let others work on specific areas of a page or pages
    InCopy could be used, where assignments are issued, each person makes edits to predefined areas of the document, and then they are sent back to the person in control of the InDesign file.
    But two people can't work on the same document at the same time.

Maybe you are looking for