Two annoying iTunes problems

I've noticed two iTunes problems that are quite annoying; one of which has been there for several versions.
The first, which I have just noticed since iTunes 10, is that when modifying the information for several mp3s at the same time (eg., an entire album), the new information won't stick to one of the songs. For me it doesn't initially happen when I start iTunes but after I've changed about 3 albums' information, it starts and then is repeatable for every change. This means the work takes twice as long since I have to enter the information again so that the other song gets the same info.
The second problem is that when I start iTunes and the external hard drive where my songs (not library file) is located, and then start the external drive, any songs added to the library will be saved to the local drive and not the external drive. iTunes can see the external drive since it's able to play songs from it. There is also no message nor a way to see file path as a header option.
I'm glad they fixed the bug where the songs in an album would show up as separate albums.
Has anyone else had these problems? Any work arounds?

The second problem is that when I start iTunes and the external hard drive where my songs (not library file) is located, and then start the external drive,
Fire up the external drive and make sure it is ready and mounted before launching iTunes.

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Unfortunately this does not work because iTunes still keeps one account with the store active regardless which library I open. So when I switch the account in the store it will be switched for both libraries. That means that I can not separate the iPhone applications and all the other specific sync parameters.
I thought about using my wife's account on the Mac and pointing iTunes to the new library - the problem here is that then the iPhoto library is not accessible any more......
I can't really believe that there is no solution from Apple - I mean there must be more couples and families out there with 2 and more iPhones syncing with one iTunes / iPhoto etc libraries.
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