Two users, one ipod

Hi,
i want to share my ipod with someone else.
All music is put in one itunes on one ibook, and i want to have two different selections for uploading to the ipod: one selection for me with my songs and one for my friend with her songs.
is this possible?

i think i need to share my itunes library with her account on my mac? so she can set up her own preferences.
if i do this and add music to my library, will it be added ti her library?
Share? You mean the sharing option in iTunes? If so she cannot copy your songs. The sharing option in itunes uses auto streaming. She only can play the songs and unable to sync to the ipod
i think i need to share my itunes library with her account on my mac
I thought you said all the songs were on the same music library. So why share? isnt all of them in the same library?
plus i want to use my own lists and she hers.
You can add more playlist and smart playlist. Setting the smart playlists like "top rated songs" might be quite tricky. Edit the smart playlist to include songs only from another playlist. For example: Your main playlist for all the songs you is "My Playlist". Then if you want a top rated list, you add the playlist option in in smart playlist editing window, choose "my playlist". Then set the rating option. Just name your playlist differently than hers
As for the space issue i cant help with that. You have to choose the songs you think worth listening to on the ipod.

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