Two ipod users on one computer

Does anyone have any info on how to set up different iTunes for two different users? My wife and I both now have nanos, and very different tastes in music. How best to handle? Two different iTunes on one computer? Thoughts?

The best way to have completely different iTunes libraries would be to set up separate accounts in Windows for each of you. That way you can each maintain completely separate music libraries.
If you just want to have different sets of music on your iPods, set them either for manual updating or to update only selected playlists, then keep individual playlists for each of your iPods.

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Help with two ipod users on one computer???

Ok heres a quick rundown of the problem. My girlfriend and i both have ipod minis and i am having difficulty getting I tunes to work for me. Her I tunes works fine for her I pod, but when i try to add music files to my ipod using her I tunes, it keeps telling me that my ipod is attached to another music library, then it asks me if i want to erase the music on the ipod and download her music. I thought that maybe i was doing something wrong so i decided to install my copy of itunes to remedy the problem. I tried to install my ipods i tune disc onto the computer, everything looks like it installs well but for some reason its seems as though you can't have two versions of itunes on one computer. Can someone help me? Is there an easy way to fix this?

OH good lord! Go into your start up menu and find Tour Windows XP and it will show you how. OR GO into your Control Panel, click on USER ACCOUNTS and go from there...its not rocket science, trust me

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Multiple Ipod users for one computer

How do you set up Itunes for 2 Ipods running through one computer/Itunes?
Thanks!

If both iPods have all the same music in their iTunes libraries (or if they're using the exact same iTunes Library) and both have the option selected to Sync All Selected Songs ... then they'll both have everything on them.
If you go by the two user accounts method, make sure the iPod is set to sync only selected songs/videos/etc, and then that ONLY the songs, etc, they want are selected.
If you use the playlists method, make sure that each iPod is set up to sync only the playlists they want. Personally, I'm using the playlist method for my two iPods. The other iPod's in the house use yet another method that is much more complicated and involves creating multiple iTunes libraries for the same account.
To answer the question of the "Privaledges" question, I think you were trying to go by the two accounts method. If so, the account installing iTunes has to have Administration rights. But once it's installed once, you can RUN it from multiple accounts without installing it again. Just browse to the iTunes.exe file and run it in the other account. When it runs, iTunes will probably load with an empty Library.
This happens because iTunes just created a new library file in the new account's "My Music\iTunes\" folder. That's a good thing. Then if you go to iTunes Preferences and change the location of the iTunes library to where all the music is, and let iTunes manage your music folders, it will add everything to the new library file.
Now, both accounts have the exact same files added to their independent Libraries. From here, they can Un-click or delete the songs they don't want in their library--just make sure to let the users/kids know NOT to Click "Move to the Recycle Bin". That will delete the file so that neither account can access it. When they delete files the other user may want, they'll have to select "Keep File(s)".
But then, they should have their own private music libraries WITHOUT actually having the music stored in two separate locations, possibly making lots of duplicates and wasting hard drive space. I'm pretty sure in both Windows XP and Windows Vista you can change the permissions of user accounts to where they CAN'T delete files, and that may actually be something you'll want to try if you think they'll just end up deleting each other's music permanently.

Multiple ipods users and one computer

Our household has several iPods but use one computer. I just purchased a new iPod and when I connected to the computer (Windows XP) it allowed me to identify my ipod but sunced the other ipod user's music. I'm lost - how can I or can I maintain 2 different syncs?

When the iPods belong to different people, there are basically three ways of using multiple iPods on a computer and these involve:
a) Sharing a single iTunes library
b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
Note: When you are sharing an iTunes library, you don't have to set each iPod to update in the same manner, you can mix and match from the options below as each iPod has it's own update settings
Sharing a Library and/or User Account
If you want to share the one library, you can set either or all of the iPods so that they only get updated with only certain playlists (you can update from more than one if you wish): Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Windows
Choosing the update option "Sync Music - Selected playlists" allows you to create a playlist specifically for the iPod and drag the tracks you want into it. If you tire of the list and want to change it, you just add or remove the songs you don't want. The ones you take out out remain in the library to be used some other time if you choose. You can read more about playlists at these links:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Or you can choose to update any or all of the iPods manually and just drag whatever content you want to them: Managing content manually on iPod
Loading the iPod shuffle differs slightly but it can still be used with the others, for details have a look at this page: Loading songs onto iPod shuffle - Windows
Multiple Libraries
It's also possible to have multiple libraries in a single account. To create or access a second (or more) library, hold down the Shift key (or the Option key on a Mac) when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
Note: You can only have one Library open at a time and iTunes will default to the last library opened if you don't use the keyboard command to choose one. This can prove tricky when using multiple iPods, if you don't use the keyboard command you can risk syncing to the wrong library: Using multiple iTunes libraries -Windows
Separate User Accounts
Another option is to create a separate User account for each person on your PC or Mac. Different accounts by definition would give you completely separate libraries. Each account has it's own iTunes folder, Library and iTunes Music folder and you load it with CDs etc just as you did with your original one. The iPod can be set to update however the owner chooses, sync all, manual or sync specific playlists
I don't use Windows so I can't give you a step by step on that one, however I can point you to another web page which should help you out. You can read about Windows user accounts here: Using Windows XP User Accounts

Two Ipod users on one home computer

If two Ipod Touch users use the same computer, how do you set things up so that my contents are not loaded automatically into his Ipod and his are not loaded into mine? I didn't anticipate this when I bought my Ipod so perhaps there was something I should have done in the initial setup. Thanks for your help!

Hello Cosiena,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
There are several ways to manage multiple iPods with one computer. For more information on these different methods and how to accomplish each, see this Apple support document.
[How to use multiple iPods with one computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495]
B-rock

How do two ipod's use one computer to download itunes?

New to ipod's/itunes. Family member already has an itune account set up on my computer to download music. Can I set up my own account on the same computer to share the itunes program?

Do you want to share all the same media and the same iTunes account/Apple ID with that other family member?
Or do you want to keep your media separate, and/or use a different iTunes account/Apple ID?
If you want to use all the same media and share the same account/ID, just connect your iPod to the computer using the USB cable and perform a sync.
Otherwise, you might be best off setting up a new user account on your computer first, so that you will have two different iTunes libraries. This will allow you and your family member to both use the same computer but have completely different (and separate) data accessible via iTunes and on your iPods or other iOS devices.
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495

Two ipod's on one computer

hi!
i have a problem, me and my sister have two I-pods but we have only one computer.
we can't use the Itunes becuase it dosen't read the other i-pod.
how can we use the Itunes with both Ipods? and how can we make 2 playlists?
thanks very much!!!!!

hi NW123!
a preliminary question. do you have that PC set up with different user accounts? (one for you, and one for your sister?) that might give us some pointers as to what is happening with the second ipod.
could you describe the problems you are getting with the ipod that doesn't work? err on the side of too much detail, rather than too little.
love, b

Two Ipod minis on one computer???

I just installed a second Ipod mini on my computer for my husband and I was able to download all his music onto it. But when I went to update my Ipod, iTunes doesn't recogize my Ipod now. What do I need to do to be able to have two iTune programs that work with two different Ipods?? I created the 2nd iTunes under a different user name. I thought I did everything right. HELP!!

Just resetting your iPod may cure the fact that iTunes doesn't recognize your iPod. Hold down the menu/select buttons until you see the Apple logo. Do this whilst it's connected.
See also: Multiple iPods/iTunes Installations.

Two ipods accounts on one computer?

hellow, i'm new to this site, as you can tell(# of posts). anyway, i already own a ipod (4g),and just got my wife a ipod(1g). the problem is, i don't know how to get her, her own account. i tried to run her ipod+itunes disc, but i almost lost all my stuff.......can someone please help? any info would be greatley appreciated. thanx.

Welcome to the discussions. See this:
Using two iPods with One Computer
JC

Multiple iPod users on one computer, one iTunes

Need help.
We have 3 iPod 5th generation using one computer and each of us have different tastes in music/movies/games etc. I just spent 6 hours redoing my personal setting to resync my iPod after my son reset it for his tastes. Is there any way of setting up preferences within iTunes for each iPod to prevent or elivate this total waste of time. When adding new music, audiobooks, and/or movies it should be a no-brainer to resync them but it is a total pain-in-the-arse.
Thank you

When the iPods belong to different people, there are basically three ways of using multiple iPods on a computer and these involve:
a) Sharing a single iTunes library
b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
Note: When you are sharing an iTunes library, you don't have to set each iPod to update in the same manner, you can mix and match from the options below as each iPod has it's own update settings
Sharing a Library and/or User Account
If you want to share the one library, you can set either or all of the iPods so that they only get updated with only certain playlists (you can update from more than one if you wish): iPod - Syncing Music
Choosing the update option "Sync Music - Selected playlists" allows you to create a playlist specifically for the iPod and drag the tracks you want into it. If you tire of the list and want to change it, you just add or remove the songs you don't want. The ones you take out out remain in the library to be used some other time if you choose. You can read more about playlists at these links:
iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Or you can choose to update any or all of the iPods manually and just drag whatever content you want to them: Managing content manually on iPod
Loading the iPod shuffle differs slightly but it can still be used with the others, for details have a look at this page: Adding songs to iPod shuffle - Windows
Multiple Libraries
It's also possible to have multiple libraries in a single account. To create or access a second (or more) library, hold down the Shift key in Windows when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
Note: You can only have one Library open at a time and iTunes will default to the last library opened if you don't use the keyboard command to choose one. This can prove tricky when using multiple iPods, if you don't use the keyboard command you can risk syncing to the wrong library: Using multiple iTunes libraries -Windows
Separate User Accounts
Another option is to create a separate User account for each person on your PC or Mac. Different accounts by definition would give you completely separate libraries. Each account has it's own iTunes folder, Library and iTunes Music folder and you load it with CDs etc just as you did with your original one. The iPod can be set to update however the owner chooses, sync all, manual or sync specific playlists
I don't use Windows so I can't give you a step by step on that one, however I can point you to another web page which should help you out. You can read about Windows user accounts here: Using Windows XP User Accounts

More than 1 ipod user on one computer

We have only one family computer, but 3 ipod NANO users.
How does each ipod user create their own music library?
Once the first ipod user was set up with their music, the
second ipod user started getting the music automatically downloaded, which was not wanted.

Try the instructions in this article.
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Is it possible to have two iPods loaded on one computer.

I, currently have the first generation iPod and my brother was wanting to buy the iPod with video. I was wondering if have two iPods on one computer is possible. I have before tried to do this and ran into many problems with the older iPods software.
Please i would like some feed back ASAP
Thanks,
Karol

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Yes, it is certainly possible. I use 3 on my PC without any problems. You will need the latest versions of iTunes and iPod software updater.
Install iTunes followed by the iPod software updater, then run the updater, connect the new iPod and choose to restore. If successful make sure you choose a name for the new iPod different from the old. Then take a look at this: Using Multiple iPods with one computer

Can I use two iPod touches with one computer?

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I own an 5th Gen IPOD, I am buying my wife a Nano for Christmas. How do I connect both to the same computer, yet keep the ITunes and therefore IPOD update seperate?
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See these articles about using more than one iPod on one computer, and with either one or more iTunes libraries.
Multiple iPod installations.
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