Sharing iTunes Movies

My spouse and I both have user accounts on my iMac.  As well, we both have our own itunes accounts.  Is there any way to share purchases, like movies, between our accounts?

You can share content via homesharing, but each others libraries will need to be authorised to play protected content from the other.

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  • Sharing iTunes movies with family member

    Hi everyone and thank you in advance if you can help me at all.
    At home my partner and I share my MBP (using only one account), which contains my iTunes library that I use with several of my own devices (ipad, iphone, ipod). My partner is going to buy an iPad this week and I want us to be able to share TV/Movies whilst maintaining separate iTunes libraries on the MBP (we have very different music tastes and do not want to 'pollute' each others' libaries). Any future TV/Movies purchases will not be made from a shared itunes account - in case we break up we'd want to walk away with our respective movies.
    Apart from creating a new user account on the MBP for my partner and re-locating both iTunes libraries to the shared 'public' folder so that we can manually add movies and TV to our individual iTunes accounts (which seems like a clunky and hard-drive consuming solution) I'm not sure what to do.
    Is there another way?
    Thanks
    Carrie

    Hi bcarrie,
    Welcome to the Support Communities!
    The method you mention above is the best way to share your iTunes libraries:
    iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
    The other option would be to backup the iTunes library to an external drive, and then copy it to the new User Account if you want to develop the two libraries independently.
    iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    Cheers,
    - Judy

  • Sharing iTunes movie rentals with Apple TV

    I've downloaded  a rental movie from iTunes on my iPad but cannot see it in the menu for rentals on the Apple TV. I have the home sharing function selected on all devices. Any suggestions on how to resolve so I can view on the Apple TV?

    Do you mean you rented on iTunes on a computer or on AppleTV from iTunes store?
    If in iTunes on a computer check it's still there otherwise it won't show.  If it's more than 24 or 48 hours (US or some other countries) since you started watching the rental will have expired even if you've not finished watching it.
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  • Sharing Itunes Movies wih another account on my Imac

    I wanna be able to share my movies with my wife. She has her own account on my computer with her own music can we share the movies. I want her to be able to watch them at any time without accesing my account. Is this possible?

    Hello Alex, I've also posted questions on this forum that have gone unanswered. I don't think that they are being ignored. Perhaps nobody knows the answer. iTunes seems to have a lot of quirks. I've been to the "Genius Bar" and they don't know much at all about the application. Hang in there.

  • Itunes 12 can't import shared home movie to iTunes library

    HI. I am trying to import, or add to my desktop iTunes library, a shared home movie. I have file sharing turned on with both my laptop and desktop. I can see, from my desktop, the shared home movies, and I can even play them, but I cannot find an option to import them into the desktop library. I use my desktop to sync my iPad and ultimately I want to add the movies to my iPad. How do I import a shared home movie from my laptop to desktop, not just see it and play it from sharing?

    Join the crowd. If you search this and other forums on the web, you'll find that Home Sharing has limited functionality on PC and Mixed PC-Mac networks. It works fine, Mac to Mac, it appears, but PC's seem unable to talk to Macs or one another on many, many, many people's home shared networks. I hope that Apple finds a way to improve this aspect of iTunes or at least expands its troubleshooting recommendations in the support database.

  • I receive Security Information Required message when I try to rent an itunes movie from my apple tv. I rent fine from my macbook, and have sharing turned on, WTH?

    My apple tv appears to work fine, watching netflix and other apps. but when I try to rent an itunes movie I receive the Security Information Required message. I have sharing turned on, the apple tv and macbook are logged into the same apple ID.
    WTH?
    pretty frustrated.

    It's telling you to verify your payment details. You need to go into iTunes on your computer and check that your address and credit card info are accurate. You will also need to make sure you have put in your security code.

  • How do I view a movie I rented and downloaded to my computer on my apple TV. The ATV is not seeing the rented movie in my shared itunes library? I can't seem to transfer the rental to the ATV from the computer!

    How do I view a movie I rented and downloaded to my computer on my apple TV. The ATV is not seeing the rented movie in my shared itunes library? I can't seem to transfer the rental to the ATV from the computer!

    Dear friends,
    Thank you for responding to my problem so promptly. Frankly, I did not expect to hear from people so soon! The fact is that as soon as I posted the question, I was shown a number of similar queries and managed to find the answer. I have to say it's not intuitive! I have an apple TV original version. Apparently I had the ATV on streaming and not syncing. Streaming does not allow you to stream a rental from your computer whereas you can sync and transfer the rental from the computer!
    Thanks again.
    Colin

  • Movies iMovie Sharing iTunes surely duplicating iTunes on HDD?

    I'm trying to free up space on my internal drive. In an ideal world I'd keep the really important stuff on the internal drive (as its faster and I regularly back up the internal drive).
    I've successfully managed to relocate my iTunes music folder to an external drive, but in the process learnt a few things I'm now confused about.
    When I 'share' an iMovie project to iTunes, it appears in my iTunes music folder. However, it also appears in Movies>>iMovie Sharing>>iTunes. Surely this is duplicating files on my internal drive? I have several long HD home movies and so my drive is filling up quickly.
    Q. Do I need to keep both versions of the files?
    Q. Is there a way to move this iMovie Sharing file to an external drive while keeping the events and projects on my internal drive without upsetting iMovie?
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    I'm still struggling with this, so any help would be appreciated.
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  • Deleting movie files in iMovie Sharing - iTunes -folder

    When I share a project to iTunes a movie file is created not only in Music>iTunes>iTunes Music>Movies but also in Movies>iMovie Sharing>iTunes. If I then delete a project, no movie file is deleted. In iTunes I can delete a movie file. But then the movie file in iMovie Sharing>iTunes still exists. Is it ok just to manually (using Finder) delete the movie files in iMovie Sharing>iTunes I don't need any more or is there a logic behind this behaviour I don't understand.

    This is because with iTunes you have the option of copying files into the iTunes library, or leaving them where they are. iMovie doesn't have anyway to know which option you're using. All iMovie does is create the file in the "iMovie Sharing" folder then alert iTunes to import it.
    Once the import is done, if you have iTunes copying content into the library, you are free to delete them from the sharing folder since they are duplicates.
    BTW: You will still have yet another copy contained within the project itself which is used for iLife sharing. Sharing one movie for example, in three sizes, actually puts 9 copies of the movie on your hard drive! Three copies for each of the three sizes. It can add up quickly.

  • How do i move only my library from a shared itunes account to my new account

    How do i transfer only my library from a shared itunes account to my new account

    I am confused by terminology, not knowing what you mean by "iTunes account".  You have a computer account which is your user area on a computer.  You have an Apple ID that you use to buy items from the iTunes Store.  You have a media collection which is an iTunes library.  So what is your "iTunes account" and what exactly do you want to do?

  • HT1449 move shared iTunes music folder to a new computer and set up

    Hello;
    I am trying to set up 2 new iTunes accounts on our new computer...
    In our old we each had an iTunes accounts with our own libraries but the music files were in a shared music folder. 
    I copied the shared music folder from our old computer on to an external drive and then copied it to Users/shared/itunes music
    I then pointed both new Itunes to that location for the music but when I open itunes in both it does not show anything..
    I also copied the old iTunes folder to each new account
    Why are the 2 new iTunes acct not seeing the music?
    I do not care so much about playlists etc..just wanted the music transferred over in the shared file..(music combined Itunes purchases plus ripped CD..)
    Thanks
    mac

    You are encountering one of the major disadvantages with having library files in one place and media in another.  You do not get iTunes to see moved media by changing media storage location in preferences.  That only changes the location for anything added from that point on, it does not get iTunes to actively search the new location.  This problem is really amplified by you moving media to a new drive.
    If it were just one user you could use iTunes to do the moving by using consolidate/organize your media to the new location and the library doing that would work, but the other one wouldn't.
    Try this.  Play a track.  iTunes will ask you to find the file it should use.  Find it in its new home.  iTunes should ask if you want it to find others and see if it can.  This only works if you have iTunes set to automatically organize your library.

  • How can I get an itunes movie from macbook to apple tv via airplay, how can I get an itunes movie from macbook to apple tv via airplay

    how can I get an itunes movie from macbook to apple tv via airplay?

    You don't use Airplay.  You set up Home Sharing on both and under the Computers section of AppleTV you'll then find it under Movies (or Rentals if rented), assuming it's in a compatible format.
    AC

  • Sharing iTunes between user accounts no longer works in iTunes 10.4

    I recently upgraded to iTunes 10.4 (80). Still running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
    I have two user accounts on my MacBook Pro and my iTunes Media folder is shared i.e. /Users/Shared/ITunes/iTunes Media
    This has always worked with no problems but since upgrading to iTunes 10.4 I can no longer see my iTunes content from both accounts.
    First time I opened it after the upgrade it just presented me with an empty library. I eventually managed to see my iTunes content by deleting the iTunes library and xml files and relaunching iTunes. However when I quit and switch to the other user account I can't open iTunes - it keeps telling me that the library is locked or I don't have access to the files.
    I have to keep manually resetting permissions on the iTunes folder & subfolders in order to be able to launch it but even when I manage to open it from the second user account I just see an empty library again.
    I always used to be able to just quit iTunes in one user account and then launch it from the other; no permissions changes required. Now it just doesn't work.
    Please can someone offer advice or is this a known issue with the 10.4 release?
    Many thanks in advance.

    I've been trying to do this same thing. My wife and I share one computer and she has her own login account to check email etc. I moved all the music, movies, videos to the shared folder. We can now "share" that music without having two iTunes media libraries. However, I want to remedy the situation of adding music from different accounts, adding and deleting playlists. How do I have that type of library data automatically get updated from account to account? I've asked this question in it's own thread about a week ago and it got buried with no responses or solutions.

  • Sharing Itunes library with another User Account & Fast Switching

    Hi. I recently purchased a new iMac G5 and am in the process of setting it up to be used by 2 separate users (girlfriend and me). I apologize in advance if this is more of an Itunes issue and not solely an Administration issue.
    My question deals with creating a new user account on my Mac (with Fast Switching) and allowing my girlfriend to share my iTunes library with the ability to transfer music to her ipod when she is logged into her own unique account. I will be the Administrator on the Mac.
    We are trying to avoid loading our music two times into the Mac under each of our logins. Is there a way that we can share the music I have already loaded into my Itunes library when she is logged into her account so that she can transfer to her ipod and create her own distinct playlists? If so, any advice on how to enable this would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.
    Seth
    iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

    Unfortunately, baltwo's solution will not allow your girlfriend to create any playlists or copy songs to iPod.
    The easiest thing would be to share the entire music folder, so anyone of you can listen to your music.
    You'd have two options.
    If you want to be using the exact same library, so any playlist you created can be edited by your girlfriend and vice versa:
    1. Go to yourusername/Music/iTunes. You'll find two files called "iTunes library" and "iTunes music library" Copy them to your desktop, so you'll have a backup just in case.
    2. Move your yourusername/Music folder to computer/users/shared. (The folder will be copied ONLY in case your using FileVault, so you'd have to delete the original User/Music folder after making sure you'd got a functional copy at computer/users/shared) Select users/shared, press "apple+i" to get the info window, go to "Ownership" change all permissions to "read & write" and hit "apply to enclosed items"
    3. In case you're using FileVault, either delete or rename the original Music folder within your own account. Again, not necessary as long as FileVault isn't enabled.
    4. Select computer/users/shared/music, hold down "ctrl" while clicking on it and choose "create alias" from the contextual menu. Copy that alias into your homefolder as well as your girlfriend's account (need to log in) and rename it to "music" without the "alias" at the end.
    5. Launch iTunes. Done.
    6. Don't worry, in case you don't see your music. I've used a slightly different approach, yet this one should work totally fine.
    If you want to listen to the same music, yet be able to set up your own playlists, ratings etc.:
    For your account:
    - go to yourusername/Music/iTunes, move "iTunes Music" to computer/users/shared and change ownership according to #2.
    - If FileVault is enabled, check #3. Of course, you want to rename the original "iTunes Music" in this case.
    - create an alias for computer/users/shared/iTunes Music and copy the alias to yourusername/Music/iTunes. Rename it to "iTunes Music" without "alias".
    - Launch iTunes. Should be working the way it used to. Quit.
    For your girlfriend's account:
    - log in, copy alias to username/Music/iTunes, rename alias.
    - Launch iTunes, go to File-> Add to Library, select username/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music, choose.
    That's it.
    The only downside is, only one user at a time can access the music folder, so if you're logged in and running iTunes, you're girlfriend, logged in via fast user switching, won't be able to open iTunes until you quit it for yourself. Haven't found a way around this yet.
    Fell free to report any issues.
    huhh...rather long posting...

  • Sharing Itunes Library with multiple users on same computer

    Several people in my house share the same laptop and we all have our own user id. I am the administrator. How do I set up itunes so that all of the music, the entire library, is accessible to all user id's when each person is logged in? I thought I had it figured out but whenever I download new music the others don't see it, only what was already there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

    Give this ago, This is what I am trying at the moment and is a bit experimental, I haven't Tested it yet with iPhone/iPad/iPods sync yet. (will do this soon and will report back)
    1. BACK UP!!! (just in case) Copy your itunes folder normally found under (user - "username" - Music folder) to a usb drive or just copy it into the music folder. (in fact do a full system back up I'm guessing you haven't done it in a while)
    2. Create the new user account if not already done so. (I am setting up my other users as a new users with no existing iTunes content.)
    3. Move the itunes folder under (user - "username" - Music folder) into (user - shared)
    4. Change the read/write access to the (user - shared - iTunes folder) Right click on the folder - +Get Info+ - Under Permissions allow all the users Read & Write, Click the cog and select apply to enclosed items.
    5. Make an alias of the "iTunes folder" and move it back to your original itunes folder location +(user - "username" - Music folder)+
    6. Remove alias from the name.
    7. Start itunes check to make sure every thing is ok, play a few tracks.
    Under iTunes preferences - Advance
    make sure the itunes media folder location is (user - "shared" - iTunes - iTunes Media)
    I also have Keep iTune media folder organized checked
    & Copy files to iTunes Media folder checked. (When music, vids, or update Apps for my iPhone/iPod, it should now show up in the other user's account)
    8. Close out of itunes User done.
    9. Log into user 2's and go to (user - shared) folder Check to make sure this user has read & write permissions. Make an alias of the "iTunes folder" and move it to user 2's music folder +(user - "username" - Music folder)+
    10. Start itunes check to make sure every thing is ok, play a few tracks.
    Under iTunes preferences - Advance
    make sure the itunes media folder location is (user - "shared" - iTunes - iTunes Media)
    Make sure Keep iTune media folder organized & Copy files to iTunes Media folder are checked.
    Log this user into the iTunes store if need (it shouldn't effect the the other users)
    11. YOUR DONE, Unless you have more users, then just repeat steps 8, 9 ,10 (and 11 if needed)
    Just note that only 1 user can access the Shared iTunes account at a time so close iTunes if you not using it.
    Each user should be running off the same iTunes library now. Once you are happy with the set up and nothing has happened to your music then delete the back ups in step 1.
    Hope this helps, Let me know how you get on?
    I will let you know how I get on with 2 iPhones and 2 iTunes store accounts under each User syncing.
    AND I cant see why this shouldn't work for iPhoto.
    Message was edited by: Gmor

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