How to Share One iTunes With Two or More iPods

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Create an individual User Profile for each person with an iPod.

   Choose this option if you have very different musical tastes and want to keep your music libraries separate.
   
   Mac OS X users:
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   Step 2: Create a new user by choosing System Preferences from the Apple menu

   , You can give a user administrative privileges or not, or password protect if you wish. ,, Note:
   Automatic login can be enabled, but to allow other users to login, the user that is automatically logged in at startup must choose Log Out from the Apple menu to bring up the login screen.
   
   Automatic login would also allow any user to have access to that user's documents. ,,,,,, Note:
   Windows users can also choose Add Folder to Library to add a folder of songs. ,, Windows users:
   You must have a computer administrator account to add a new user to the computer. ,,,, If you see an account named Owner, rename that account with a user's name.
   
   The Owner account is the default account which is created when there are no other users designated, and it has administrative privileges The first user you add to the computer must be assigned the computer administrator account. ,
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   Step 3: choosing Users from the View menu

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   Step 4: then clicking New User.

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   Step 5: Edit the user's information.

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   Step 6: Choose Login from the View menu.

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   Step 7: Click the Login Window tab and make sure that "Automatically log in" is not checked.

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   Step 8: Open iTunes.

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   Step 9: From the iTunes Edit menu

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    Step 10: choose Preferences.

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    Step 11: Click Advanced.

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    Step 12: Deselect the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library file" option.

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    Step 13: Click OK.

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    Step 14: From the File menu

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    Step 15: choose Add File to Library.

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    Step 16: Navigate in the Add File To Library window to the location where the other user's music is saved (the iTunes Music folder in the case above).

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    Step 17: Click Open.

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    Step 18: Open User Accounts in Control Panel.

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    Step 19: Under Pick a task

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    Step 20: click Create a new account.

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    Step 21: Type a name for the new user account

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    Step 22: and click Next.

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    Step 23: Click either Computer administrator or Limited

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    Step 24: depending on the type of account you want to assign to the new user

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    Step 25: and then click Create Account.

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    Step 26: Follow the Steps for Mac Users with iTunes above.

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