Separate itune accounts on same mac

We have one macbook pro. My wife has an ipod touch and I have an iphone 4. My spouse wants different music on her ipod than I want on my iphone. Is there a way to have two separate itune accounts on the same computer?

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HT2542 Can we have two separate itunes accounts using the same mac?

I am wanting to download music to my Thunderbolt smart phone (i know, no iphone yet, next upgrade) and I want to use itunes to do it. My partner has an itunes account and I thought I opened my own itunes account, but apparently I didn't. I don't like the same music and only want to download music I like to my phone. Can we just have one account and be able to download checked music from the itunes to multiple devices?

I'm confused
Can we have two separate itunes accounts using the same mac?
Can we just have one account and be able to download checked music from the itunes to multiple devices?
Do you want one or two?
By the way, and iTunes account is really the thing you use online to purchase music, not what you have on a computer. You have user accounts on a computer, and you have iTunes libraries or collections of media. You can have multiple user accounts on a computer. You can have a single or multiple user accounts use a single or multiple libraries. We need to know exactly what it is you have/want.

How can I set up my Mac Pro so that my wife and I can use our separate iTunes accounts? I keep getting an error message that the computer is already associated with an Apple ID even though the two accounts are associated with separate log ins!

I'm getting very confused with setting up multiple user accounts on my Mac Pro for my wife and I. We each have a separate iTunes account, and we want to keep our music libraries seaprate. I've set up two user accounts on the Mac Pro and I have my iTunes authorised and logged into my user account on my user account. Under my wifes user account (i.e. a separate log in on the computer) I'm trying to set up her iTunes account, but I can't download or play anything from the cloud - it just says "This computer is already associated with another iTunes Account" and tells me that if I 'transfer' then I won't be able to use the other one for 90 days! This is really annoying as my wife can't access music she has purchased on her iTunes account on the home machine. We're not trying to do anything dodgy, just access our music on our own accounts on separate log ins on the same machine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi Allan, thanks for that. I've already set up a log in for my wife and that is all working fine. The problem is that when she logs in and opens iTunes and trys to associate her library with her iTunes account she gets the error message "This computer is already associated with another iTunes account". Whilst this is true, the computer is associated with my iTunes account under my separate log in, which should have nothing to do with hers. If she transfers the association to her account it will lock me out of my content on my log in for 90 days - I'm trying to work out how to associate each of the log in accounts with a separate iTunes account so we can access our music independently of one another without locking each other out. Hope that makes sense!

I have an IPhone with music on it and I have an iTunes account on my Mac book pro, its the same itunes account as my phone and it wont let me put music on my phone nor will it allow me to sync the music from my phone to the itunes on my computer. ?????

I have an IPhone with music on it and I have an iTunes account on my Mac book pro, its the same itunes account as my phone and it wont let me put music on my phone nor will it allow me to sync the music from my phone to the itunes on my computer. Can you please help me out???? thanks

If iPhone music is not on iTunes Library, you need a 3rd party tool to help you
Mac: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
PC: http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php

Two separate itunes accounts on the same computer

Ok I need help before I throw my computer and iphones.
I have two separate itunes accounts, and two separate iphones. I'm using the same computer.
I'm trying to sync my wife's iphone to her itunes account on my laptop, but it keeps wanting to load my apps to her phone.
Now I signed out of my itunes, and signed into her's.
How come itunes is pulling my apps up and wanting to sync them to her phone?
I authorized her phone to my laptop as well.
This doesn't make sense at all.
How can I just start from scratch and just have itunes backup what's on her phone, and thats it?

The issue is this is referring to music, I'm asking about applications.
If I setup a new user on my laptop, when I open itunes, isn't it going to just pull the same data in itunes already?
And if this is the way to fix it, I would need to have a separate user on my laptop for every device that isn't linked to my itunes account? (seems extreme)

Can I have two separate iTunes accounts on the same computer?

Can I have two separate iTunes accounts on the same computer? My wife's music is much different than mine. Can we have different iTunes libraries to work with on the same computer?

Yes. Launch iTunes with the Shift key held down as needed, or use separate Windows user accounts on the computer.
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Can I home share two separate itunes accounts to the same homeshare?

I would like to home share two separate iTunes accounts we have at the house. Has anyone done that? Or am I forced to consolidate to one iTunes account which only allows 5 authorized computers?

Yes you can set up homesharing on more than one library to be shared with other devices, just use the same homesharing ID and password on all of them.

Can I have two separate iTunes account on the same pad?

My husband and I have two separate iTunes account. He has a iPad (his iTunes/icloud login) that I would like to be able to download movies on from our family account (my iTunes) but keep his iCloud messaging, etc intact on his iPad. Is this possible?

No, you can only be signed into a single iTunes account at a time. And once you download a previous purchase from and iTunes ID you can't switch to another ID to download previous purchases for 90 days. However, you don't have to use the same ID for iMessage that you do for iTunes. You can create a new ID to use for iMessage, FaceTime, etc., then go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive (and Settings>FaceTime), tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with the new ID. Using different IDs for will keep you from getting each other's text messages and FaceTime calls.

Can 2 separate itunes accounts be on 1 mac?

Can 2 separate itunes accounts be on 1 MacBook Pro?

I'm told yes to 2 accoounts but when I try to log in with another device plugged in my MacBookPro won't recognize the different login and pw. I don't see any link to authorize or de-authorize another device? Help!

Multiple iTunes Accounts on One Mac

For years my kids have shared our family iTunes account. However, they are getting to the point where I want to give them their own iTunes gift cards as presents for purchases, as well as giving my wife her own card to purchase items. If I buy one card for the family account, invariably either my wife or one of the kids will use the card up without the other being able to purchase what they want.
So I just want to set up iTunes so that they each get their own iTunes account and they are able to access their prior purchases that were made on the family account. Both kids have mac laptops, iPads and iPhones (a bit spoiled I know, but mostly hand-me-downs).
Ultimately, my question is whether each kid can have their own separate iTunes account and still have access to their old purchases from the joint account and access to their new content? Really, it's whether macs and iDevices can play content from different iTunes accounts.
I've tried to sort through the forums to find this, but can't find if this was addressed before. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Seperate iTunes accounts should be dealt with by using seperate user accounts on the Mac itself. You shouldn't be logging in and out of iTunes accounts in the same user account.

Can I have an iTunes account in my Mac and another in Parallels?

I download books from my local library and a small number of the books are in mp3 format; however, many more are in wma format, for PC. I tried the following: I opened Parallels and downloaded the Overdrive Media software for PC and then successfully downloaded a book. However, when I put my iPod in, it could not be recognized by OverDrive Media for pc, even though the iPod happens to be formatted for PC. The only way for me to get this book out of there seems to be to make 31 CDs and then import them all into iTunes on the Mac, but that is not an appealing option. Would it be possible for me to download iTunes in Parallels and get the files into that and then onto my iPod? If so, would I need to establish a different iTunes account? I would want to use the same name and credit card number, obviously. If this is possible, would it cause any problems with the iTunes account in the Mac side of the computer? By the way, I do NOT sync my files, since I like to keep different things on my iPod and in my iTunes.
Thanks for any help you can provide. Barbara

Barbara Hunt wrote:
Would it be possible for me to download iTunes in Parallels and get the files into that and then onto my iPod?
Yes, you can download iTunes for Windows using Parallels. If planning on making purchases here and/or authorizing already purchased tracks (from your Mac iTunes library), you are permitted to authorize five (5) computers as per iTunes Store terms of use, regardless of computing platform. No need to create a separate new iTunes Store account.
However, judging from what you would like to do, your best bet would be to convert the WMAs to AAC/MP3 in iTunes-Windows (iTunes-Mac cannot import WMA files), and drag the files from the Parallels window to your desktop to add to the iTunes-Mac library. (as the iPod itself is currently linked to your iTunes-Mac library)
Hope this helps,
Steve

My wife and I both have iPads and two separate iTunes accounts, and do NOT want to share apps

My wife and I share one MacBook. We both each have an iPad and we each have our own indvidual iTunes accounts. That is we have two separate individual iPads and two separate iTunes accounts. I do not want her apps on my iPad, and she does not want my apps on her iPad.
When my wife tries to update her apps on her iPad, it shows my user ID and requests my password. It does not even give her an option to put in her own iTunes account ID and password. This happens even though she is clearly logged in on her iPad under Settings --> Store with her own iTunes account, and have the same setup on my iPad (my own user ID and password for my iTunes account). I do not have this problem on my iPad.
How do we keep our apps separate? This is very annoying!
Thanks!

There's info here on setting up separate libraries and user accounts. You won't have to reload (or re-import) all the music, just copy it.
The reason I suggest separate accounts on the Mac is because if you have the two libraries under the same user account, iTunes will also open the last library that was open in that account, and you'll always have to be mindful of which library that is. If you open iTunes and find it's not your library, you'll have quit, relaunch holding the option key and select the other library.
No, you won't have to log in and out of the Mac. (If I'm understanding your question here.) Multiple accounts can be logged in at the same time. And with fast user switching, you can toggle between user accounts.
I'll admit that maintaining the two libraries gets a little tricky, because if you share all the same music, you'll have to add it to one and update the other. (That won't happen automatically.) But I think Home Sharing makes this much easier to do.
Hope that helps!

My wife and I want to combine our separate iTunes accounts. Possible?

My wife and I have separate iTunes accounts and want to combine them. We each have personal iPhones, iPads, and Macs which we use for work and a third iPad for our three kids. As to be expected, we have games and applications loaded on our personal iPads for kids so no one gets left out. However, invariably, one of us has an application or in app urchase that the other doesn't so at least one of the kids feels 'left out'. We use an Airport Time Capsule to store all of our itunes media and have authorized each of our devices to play iTunes media, but ultimately, we would like to delete both of our accounts and start over with a fresh 'family' account so everyone has access to the same media and applications. Is it possible to do so without keeping both of our existing accounts and creating a new account that is authorized to play our existing media?
Thanks,
Pete

No it is not possible. Content purchased from the iTunes Store is permanently tied to the account from which it was originally purchased, and Apple does not provide a way to change it.

Two iPhones, two iTunes accounts, only one Mac

I am sure hoping there is a simple way to use my iphone, my wife's iphone, our own separate iTunes accounts [and music libraries] on one MAC. How do you set that up and keep it all in synch??? Please help?
Thanks!

My wife and I have done that, and yes, it gives you two separate music libraries, two separate address books, two separate calendars, etc.
In fact, many (but not all) of our contacts are the same; many (but not all) of our calendar entries are the same; many (but not all) of our iPhone apps are the same, etc. Is there a convenient way to sync some of this stuff, or keep some of it in a shared database?
And it's sort of a pain having to know my wife's App Store password as well as mine, just because sometimes my phone develops the misapprehension that it should be synced with her account rather than mine (or vice versa).

HT1203 My gifriend and I have separate iTunes accounts, we would like to combine them into one, is this possible?

My girlfriend and I have separate iTunes accounts and would like to combine then so we can have all the same music and books on our iPads and iPhones. Is it possible to combine the two accounts or somehow sync hers to mine and just use one from now on?

iTunes- How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
iTunes- How to share music and video
Understanding Home Sharing
iTunes- Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
iOS- Setting up Home Sharing on your device
Do these help?

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