Shared iTunes Library Only Allows One User to Add Music

On an iMac I have two Admin accounts, the original one and a recently added one. Rather than take up hard drive space with two iTunes libraries with the same songs I followed the instructions to let the users share the same iTunes folder.
Problem is, the new account is not allowed to add music to the folder through their iTunes. When I tried to import a CD it tells me that the permissions say they only have "Read" Access and to get info on the folder and change the access settings.
I did that, both users now have "Read and Write" access. But this did not fix my problem. I still cannot import any music into the folder. I tried restarting iTunes with no results then restarted the whole computer, still nothing.
What do I need to do to allow both users to import music into the same shared iTunes folder?

Stephanie Crammer wrote:
What do I need to do to allow both users to import music into the same shared iTunes folder?
this read may be helpful.
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