Sync multiple users to single iPod

My partner and I have seperate profiles on my iMac. The Music folder is in a shared location and each user has their own playlists etc. Can I sync both users playlists. E.g. If I sync an iPod with my user profile and then attemtp to sync while switched to the other users profile will it store both profiles music and play-lists, or will it get upset? Thanks

kia ora Dave.
if you associate the ipod with the library in a different account, and sync automatically to that account, it will replace all the songs currently on the ipod with the songs you have set up to transfer from the new library.
to transfer music from both accounts to the ipod (keeping the music that is there from a different account on the ipod), you would need to be manually managing content on the ipod. see:
Managing content manually on iPod

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