Two installations share one library?

Ok...because Apple refuses to support XP-64 I've had to make my machine dual boot. I have iTunes 9 on both my x64 and x86 installations, though had to use some hacks to get it to work on the former. Problem is, I can't run Ipodservice.exe on x64. Now what I would like to do, is have both installations run off the same library and files. There shouldn't be any conflicts as they are both iTunes 9 and aren't going tobe accessing the same files simultaniously. How can I do most of my editing on x64 and then just use plain XP to sync iPod?

ha i just figured it out sorry

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Can two computers share one iTunes library?

I am trying to map out a new plan for how we store and play music via iTunes at home. Currently, our music is stored on a windows PC and played via iTunes and an airport express. I recently bought a new macbook and am considering an airport extreme with the hope that I can store the music on a hard drive attached to the airport extreme and play music from either computer. Can the two computers share one library? I already have home sharing turned on and can access my library from the macbook, but if possible, I would prefer having the hard drive separate of the desktop. Any reason this won't work?
Thanks!
-JDJ

Ziatron wrote:
Yes, two computers can share the same library.
I periodically copy my iTunes library from my Mac Pro to the Mac Mini.
They aren't using a single library. Each computer is using its own copy and you have two sets of library files. It can certainly be done that way but if between copy sessions you edit a bit of each library then it is a bit of a muddle trying to make sure your versions are synchronized with each other. For example, ratings are stored only in the .itl file, so if you rate a song on your second computer it will get lost the next time you copy over from your first.

Can 2 windows users share one library?

Hi Guys,
apologies if this has already been asked, i did do a search but couldnt find anything relevant.
I have windows xp and 2 user accounts. is there any way both acounts can share one library without imports and exports. i want to be able to upload songs in my acount but also have my wife see them in her account on windows.
Any help is kindly appreciated.
Thank you.

No, you have to keep dragging new music over to the account that did not import it.
See the last paragraph on this article
How To Share Music Between Different Accounts On A Single Computer

Practical and convenient to share one library for two users, or unwise?

One iMac, two user profile logins. I've already gone through this with iTunes and with the help of the techs, have figured out the work around so that two users on one computer can share one set of music files. Without that trick, we'd be duplicating our music storage requirements.
Same problem with iPhoto. Sure, my wife and I have some photos that we would keep separately I suppose, but really.. most of what we shoot would be better shared in one location. I read in the help files that you simply move the iPhoto Library to the Users\Shared folder and then change a setting in iPhoto.
Is this practical and usable this way, or are there "gotchas" that the help file doesn't elaborate on?
Is this reliable and safe for the data? What would you guys recommend. Thanks.
- Rowan

HI Rowan,
I think I read in another one of your posts about maybe moving the iPhoto Library folder to an external. If you do, this library can be shared, but the external has to be set to "ignore permissions" if two users are going to be using the same library on the external. More info on this set up can be found in the documentation page of iPhoto Library Manager.
Anyway, there is also a method using ACLs with Tiger that might work for you also.
Here are the links I have for sharing ONE iPhoto Library between users.
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.

Two users share one Apple ID, on two phones. can they be separated without losing phone backups? IE creating a new ID for one of the users?

my in-laws share one apple id for two separate iPhones. They would like to create a new ID for one of the users but maintain his current backup. can this be done?

If you want to create a new account make sure you sign out of everything via the settings. (ICloud, iTunes, facetime, messages, etc) APPS: since the apps were downloaded with a different apple ID, you will always need to use the password for the apple ID that downloaded that particular APP when it needs to be updated. Unless it is free, you can simply delete it and download it under the new apple ID. As for the music, you can keep it on the IOS device, but if it's accidentally deleted, you'd have to sign back into the original account and download from the cloud. (But, you risk getting the 90 day lockout. )

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Letting two users share one synced iCal Calendar

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I'm looking for a way to share a single iCal calendar between two users, giving both users the ability to make changes to the calendar. Is this possible with Apple's iCal?
As an example, say I'd like to create a calendar for a trip itnerary. I'm in New York and my host ("Sara") is in San Francisco. I open my iCal, select the "Itinerary" calendar and enter a few events into it. Then, Sara opens her iCal and it automatically loads the "Itinerary" calendar, showing the events I've entered. Knowing San Francisco better than I do, she decides to alter my "Explore Chinatown" entry by extending the hours. The next time I open my iCal, I see the changes Sara made in the "Itinerary" calendar.
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If I understand .Mac's services correctly, it
features the ability to let users subscribe to a
calendar, that is read another person's published
calendar, but NOT to make changes on that calendar
and then send these changes back to the publisher,
transparently. Unless I'm mistaken in this regard,
.Mac does not provide a means to let two users share
a single iCal calendar which they can BOTH make
changes to and BOTH keep synced with the other user's
calendar.
yes it does!!!!!!!!
simply log into the single .mac account from any number of computers and use isync. We do this every day between our office & home computers. The calenders in ical are idendical on both. Any alteration can be synced to .mac and the other computer will pick up the change next time it is synced. If there is a conflict, isync will ask which version (either .mac or the computer being synced) to use.
I think that you are confusing publishing calenders and syncing them
However, even if that can be done with .Mac (and if
it can, I'd love to learn how), I require a solution
that doesn't utilitze .Mac because in my particular
situation, the other user with whom I want to share
calendars does not have a .Mac subscription and will
not be able to get one.
The other user does not need a .mac account. The whole point is that they are syncing to the one (ie your) account.
Therefore, I need a solution
that does not rely on .Mac.
Wrong. It would seem that .mac would work.
The only problem is that all the calenders in ical will sync.

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Two iPods share one iTunes Library, one ipod won't get music uploaded

I share an iTunes library and one of the iPods won't sync with iTunes and let music get uploaded on it. It used to work, but now it doesn't. Does anyone know how I can get the iPod to sync and get music uploaded on it? Thanks,

ha i just figured it out sorry

How do I share one library on two different computers?

I have a desktop G5 that has the majority of my music on it. I also have a MacBook Pro. They both have home sharing turned on. However, if I'm on the road with my MacBook Pro, I don't see a way to access the "shared" music from my home-based G5. Seems simple enough to figure out but I can't seem to get it.
I was going to copy the iTunes folder from my G5 over to the MacBook Pro but transferring 2.4 GB is kind of a drag. Any other solutions?
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Russ

The iCloud service would only work if you had a wifi connection when you are traveling. You could also use a flash drive to store your music. Same concept. I can see how a big hard drive would get a bit annoying, but since your iTunes library is relatively small. You could just get a small 4GB flash drive. That would work fine too. That is your only option unless you want to transfer that data whenever you travel, which wouldnt be too big of a hassle really, right? iCloud requires a Network connection to work.

Two operating systems, one library

I'm using iTunes 7.0.2.16 on Windows XP Pro with no problems. I just installed a dual-boot of Windows Vista RC2 for fun, and installed iTunes within Vista as well (in a separate "Program Files" folder, of course) but I can't access the XP iTunes library from the Vista installation of iTunes. I've tried the Shift-key library selection process while starting iTunes, and the library file opens, but there's nothing in it.
After trying this initially in Vista, I went back and confirmed that I can still access the library just fine in XP. The XP library files are not (yet) being overwritten from Vista.
The XP iTunes settings point to D:\Music for its library which consequently means the library files are in D:\Music\iTunes. I've set the Vista iTunes to the same path (D:\Music), and told it to open the "iTunes Library.itl" file manually, but as before I see a blank library.
I don't want to export/import the library from XP to Vista as I want to keep everything in its original XP location - ideally I'd like to be able to access the same library from either OS no matter which one I've booted into.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
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This is difficult to do because one, iTunes isn't capable with Vista yet, even if you enable the "Xp Compatibility mode" (it will only work some of the time!), two, your having two different OS's and iTunes editing one file and so even if you get it to work there might be some corruption.
First, I would change the iTunes Folder in settings (on both XP and Vista) to the folder (normally "iTunes Music")(my settings point to "C:\Documents and Settings\mjd\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music") with all of the artist's folders in it. iTunes will automatically recognize the iTunes library files and attempt to import them.
If that doesn't work I would try copying your initial (XP) iTunes folder to a new place and then trying iTunes within Vista. If the files show up then you know that it isn't a compatibility problem.
Then, if it works, delete that copied folder, THEN delete all of the songs in iTunes (on Vista) and then point iTunes to the old folder and then see if it works.
If the copied folder still shows up as blank then try uninstalling iTunes in Vista and then reinstalling it. IF that doesn't fix the problem, then you will have to wait till Apple makes a Vista compatible iTunes.

I want 2 xp users to share one library

My wife and I share a computer and each have a logon under XP. I have our iTunes pointing to my "shared" "my music" folder.
I have read several posts and find it hard to believe that every time one user adds a song or disc to their library, the other has to manually add that file or folder even if they are sharing the same library folder.
Post below mentions "sharing one common, identical Library database". How do I do this? Post I read is below.
It doesn't matter to which music folder location you have each User's iTunes account pointing: same directory or different directories. iTunes creates and maintains individual Library databases for each user (the 'iTunes library.itl' file), These are created and stored within the 'My Documents\My Music\iTunes' folder of each user.
As iTunes does not have an auto-scan or update feature, you need to 'Add' (as hudgie indicated), the main music folder (or individual sub-folders) within the opposite User each time you add music to the other User's Library.
Other than sharing one common, identical Library database across the two users, this is the best you can do.
Someone MUST know how to remedy this problem?
AMD Athalon 1.25 Windows XP Pro

To follow up on hudgie’s answer, both users will need to run TweakUi and designate the same path and folder for their 'My Music' special folder.
Once that happens, iTunes should use the same location for the 'iTunes Library.itl' file for each user.
I would suggest creating a 'C:\Data\My Music\iTunes' folder, have each user specify that 'My Music' sub-folder as the special folder within TweakUI. iTunes should now use the 'iTunes' folder in that path to store its database file.
You can designate any folder to deposit the music files, but I would suggest 'C:\Data\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music' for consistency and ease of backup.

Two users on one library?

I want to put my iPhoto library on my Time Capsule, and I want my fiancee and I both to be able to use it. Will this create any problems? What if we both have it open at the same time?

What do you mean by 'use'?
As Larry says, iPhoto runs very slowly on a wireless connection.
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and move to the other machine. There, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running on both machines for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a dmg. Some folks have tried this on a Time Capsule with no luck.
On each machine in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Regards
TD

Syncing two iPods to one library

I have two iPod Classics, an 80gb and a 120gb, which I sync identically to my library. I just bought my wife a Touch 8gb.
We share some musical tastes, but not all. Can I sync selected songs and podcasts from my library into her iPod? If so, how can I do it.
I'm willing to copy the selected songs into another folder if that will help, but that would mean I'd need to change the library location every time i switched from syncing mine to syncing hers and back, right?
Surely, we're not the only couiple who has run into this. Can anyone help, please?
Thanks.

Hello there,
There are several different methods for handling multiple iPods with one computer. I would recommend checking out this Apple support document that explains and provides step-by-step instructions for each method.
[How to use multiple iPods with one computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495]
Hope this helped.
B-rock

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My brother and I share this computer, and would like to have one iTunes library between us. We've changed the settings so that our iTunes music folder is in the "Shared Music" folder, but it keeps putting separate libraries for both of us in our respective "My Music" folders on Windows, so we have our music in one folder and the libraries in another. I've deleted the "iTunes" subfolder in "My Music" many times, but it always comes back when I open iTunes. How can we change it so that it doesn't do this?

Use tweakUI
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1175181&#1175181

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