Syncing multiple users

Hi there. Two of us use our iMac G5 via just a single account, but we'd like to be able to sync our phones separately with Address Book and Mail, and not merge all the data together. This way my wife could have an address book with all her contacts synced with her phone, and I could do the same. Any way of achieving this, other than setting up two different accounts on the computer?
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iMac G5 PPC Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
There is no way to achieve what you want—to maintain separate databases—when you share an account. You need to establish and maintain separate accounts to do this. One of you can create the initial records and export them for import into the other account so that you start off with the same records set, then maintain you own from that point on. You can periodically exchange vCard files if you wish to share additions to either account.

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Not sure what you mean, but I guess the answer to your question is yes, although maybe not the way you want or expect. More precisely, it may work the way you want or expect for one account but not for the other, as the way POP and IMAP accounts work is completely different -- .Mac is IMAP by default, but can be set up as POP as well.
First of all, .Mac Sync services are for synchronizing Mail settings only. The synchronization of mail is achieved by storing it on the server, regardless of whether you have a .Mac account or not.
For IMAP accounts, mail stored on the server is fully synchronized between all computers and/or users that access the account, meaning that if mail is read/moved/deleted from one computer or user account, the same happens on the rest as well.
POP accounts, on the other hand, allow the same messages to be downloaded from multiple computers and/or user accounts independently of one another if configured to leave mail on the server for some time (Preferences > Accounts > Advanced), but don’t really provide any kind of synchronization, i.e. mail downloaded on one computer or user account can be read/moved/deleted without that having any effect on the mail downloaded on the rest.
IMAP is ideal for a single user that wants to be able to access his/her mail from multiple computers. If what you really want is multiple users to be able to access the same mail account, however, IMAP may be inappropriate, because if one user reads, moves or deletes a message, that message will also appear to the rest of users as having been read, moved or deleted.

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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.
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if you really want to be sure, that there is no confusion when synchronizing the iPad or your 4G you should create a second iTunes library. Just hold down the Shift button when opening iTunes. You'll be asked if you want to create a new library, or open an existing one.
This way you can switch between the libraries and no one of your data will be loaded on the iPad or vice-versa.
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Here is an article on using multiple ipods. I suggest method 1 and steer clear of method 3.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
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At home my iMac is set up with multiple accounts for my family members, 2 have iPod Nano's and I've an iPhone. Each of us has our own iTunes library. Now, a lot of the time I will stay logged in and just return to the log in window. Same goes with the kids who do the same (Time limited accounts means this happens quite often as they don't get logged off automatically).
Up until 9.1 iTunes (I think, could have been 9.0) everything worked fine. I would leave my iTunes running constantly - this allowed me to stream over to our Airport Express units using the iPhone Remote app whenever I felt the need.... However, we've now run into a problem.
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Chris CA wrote:
it used to be that the user who was CURRENTLY logged on
But according to your post, other users are still CURRENTLY logged on.
Ok, so 'logged on' is vague, the other users are still logged on. I mean the user that has the desktop focus. The active user.
a lot of the time *_I will stay logged in_* and just return to the log in window. Same goes with the kids who do the same (Time limited accounts means this happens quite often as *_they don't get logged off_* automatically).
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Yes, you can, but that does not solve the issue on 2 levels:
1. If I did that then I couldn't leave my iTunes logged in to be able to stream from it to my Airport Express units. I'd have to manually go to the iMac and log myself in - which would kinda defeat the benefit of being able to control this all remotely as I've been doing perfectly happily for the past couple of years. 9 times out of 10 I don't want to be logged off for any number of reasons.
2. As I said, some members of the household have Time Limits on their accounts via Parental Controls. This does not log users off, it merely drops them back to the login window. There is no way that I know of setting this up to actually log off. As a side issue, it'd be great if I could specify that for certain members of the family who use up all their time and get pushed back to the login window with Flash games running in a browser window consuming CPU unnecessarily... but that's a side-issue.
You can send suggestions for iTunes here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Um, ok, great, suggestion: Make iTunes work the way it used to work please . Seriously though, this is not a new feature request, I want to see if other people have experienced this and if there is a work-around out there.

What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users?

(I originally submitted this question under the "Mac OS X Technologies" section, but got no response. I'm submitting a duplicate here because this is where all the smart folks are! My apologies that my question is only partially related to OS X Server . . . )
What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users on iOS and OS X?
For example, suppose I have three collections of contacts: Bob's, Sally's, and Common. I want Bob to be able to access and sync Bob's contacts and Common contacts, and Sally to access and sync Sally's contacts and Common contacts. Bob and Sally never need to access or sync each other's contacts. Bob and Sally would both sync and share contacts in Common.
How would I best implement this? It's my understanding I have three options for managing contacts across iOS and OS X: 1. iCloud accounts, 2. Install OS X server, or 3. Install and manage Darwin CardDAV directly. Which method would best support what I wish to do?
I am a seasoned Unix geek well versed in the terminal, so I am prepared to get my hands dirty as much as necessary to achieve what I want. Also, it is sufficient if syncing takes place over WiFi on the local network, in fact, that is desirable versus syncing over the cloud.

Thanks for your reply Nick101. I see my example was oversimplified. When I say "multiple groups of contacts over multiple users" I'm really referring to N groups of contacts over N users.
So I need to add Fred, who can access and sync Bob's contacts, Sally's contacts, and Common contacts, as well as Fred's contacts. Can I do it with OS X server?
You mention you keep your and your partner's contacts administered locally. What keeps you from administering them through OS X server as well?
I am guessing this can all somehow be accomplished with multiple contact accounts, but I can't find any information on the web explicitly describing this.

How to best sync multiple collections of contacts between multiple users

What is the best way to sync multiple collections of contacts among multiple users on iOS and OS X?
For example, suppose I have three collections of contacts: Bob's, Sally's, and Common. I want Bob to be able to access and sync Bob's contacts and Common contacts, and Sally to access and sync Sally's contacts and Common contacts. Bob and Sally never need to access or sync each other's contacts. Bob and Sally would both sync and share contacts in Common.
How would I best implement this? It's my understanding I have three options for managing contacts across iOS and OS X: 1. iCloud accounts, 2. Install OS X server, or 3. Install and manage Darwin CardDAV directly. Which method would best support what I wish to do?
I am a seasoned Unix geek well versed in the terminal, so I am prepared to get my hands dirty as much as necessary to achieve what I want. Also, it is sufficient if syncing takes place over WiFi on the local network, in fact, that is desirable versus syncing over the cloud.

Thanks for your reply Nick101. I see my example was oversimplified. When I say "multiple groups of contacts over multiple users" I'm really referring to N groups of contacts over N users.
So I need to add Fred, who can access and sync Bob's contacts, Sally's contacts, and Common contacts, as well as Fred's contacts. Can I do it with OS X server?
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I am guessing this can all somehow be accomplished with multiple contact accounts, but I can't find any information on the web explicitly describing this.

Multiple users sync

My husband and I each have an iPhone but want to sync different contact, calenders and email. We also each have our own iPod. Can we set up for multiple users on the same iTunes, syncing the different information? If so, how? Can we use multiple computers (work and home) to sync one iPod?

Probably best for each of you to have your own computer login account on the shared computer at home. You can sync your contact information and calendar events with the supported application under your login account, and your husband will sync his contact information and calendar events with the supported application under his login account.
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