Shareing playlist between 2 users on one iMac

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Shareing playlist between 2 users on one iMac

I'm sure there is info about this , but here goes- WE have one iMac, two user profiles. both users want to be able to have access to full music library on our own profileso we can drag music to individual playlists and sync our own phones separately. Was able to do this when one person had an iPhone and the other had a ipod, but something must have changed and I don't see new music downloads on the second user's music library. Hence, she can not drag music to the playlist she syncs her phone to. Hope this makes sense. bobbabe

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Feb 26, 2012 7:47 AM

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Feb 26, 2012 9:56 AM in response to bobabe

If you have two users sharing media but with two independent library files, things added to one will not automatically show up in the other. The second user will need to go to where the files are located and add them to their library.

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Feb 26, 2012 10:41 AM in response to Limnos

I was not clear perhaps- WE have ONE music library. It has only been recently that music downloaded by one user does not show up on music library when viewed by second user. This means second user can not drag that new music to her own playlist when on her own profile.

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Feb 26, 2012 11:09 AM in response to bobabe

Don't confuse media and library. The library is actually one database file which is what you see when you open iTunes. Music added to iTunes is entered in the library file database, pointing to media files. If you truly had one library then both of you would see the identical content right down to the last detail. Since you don't you probably have two library files with different database content pointing to the same media files (except where some of that media hasn't been entered into to the second database).

What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660

More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

iTunes 9: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

Image of iTunes folder structure Dec. 2011 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3547807