Sharing photo's, two users on one computer

Hi,
I have two user's on my computer, both with different log on's etc. How can another user look at my photo's that are currently in aperture with out having to move folders around. Is there an easier way then just making multiple copies and saving them else where?
Can this also be done with iTunes so that we can share music without having to make duplicates?
Thanks.

You could probably move your Aperture library to a location outside your home folder, where the second user could open the library. You'd need to be careful about permissions, and I'm not 100% sure how it would work.
For iTunes, sure you can do it. Often it's easiest to just put the songs in a shared location, and have both people maintain their own iTunes libraries (thus playlists and playcounts aren't shared, but the song files themselves are). You can also share the library file, but it's more difficult.
Not too tough to do, but I don't feel like typing it up and helping with troubleshooting (especially in an Aperture forum)... do a Google search; it's been documented fairly extensively out there and I'm sure MacUpdate also has tools to help with this.

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