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Can I have 2 versions installed?

I would like to keep my iTunes 10.7 for use when I DJ, because it allows me to keep multiple playlist windows open as well as the main music library window open, all simultaneously.


However, I can no longer synch my iPhone (5, OS 7) because it needs the latest iTunes 11. Is it possible to have both installed, one that I would only use for synching some musi

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 1, 2013 9:58 AM

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Oct 1, 2013 10:33 AM in response to eliezering

Well, what you could do is this:


1. Create a small partition of about 50 GBs.

2. Install a fresh copy of Snow Leopard on that partition.

3. Do not upgrade iTunes to 11.x or later.


Option boot from this copy of Snow Leopard when you need to use iTunes. Keep the iTunes Library on this partition.


Don't upgrade this partition should you decide to upgrade OS X. Upgrade only your main boot partition.

Oct 1, 2013 11:44 AM in response to eliezering

iTunes is stored in the Applications folder, normally. The new user account will create a separate set of support files in the new user account, but will run the application in the Applications folder. What differentiates each is kept separately in each user account.


Because the new user account is new, he will create a whole new set of preferences and support files for all the applications he normally uses. He will also need to have his own separate iTunes Library because he no longer can use the one you use. All purchased items in the extant iTunes Library are no longer usable by him. He will have to re-purchase for himself or you will need to create a sharing connection between each user such as by Home Sharing.


Understanding Home Sharing

iTunes- Setting up Home Sharing on your computer

iOS- Setting up Home Sharing on your device

Setting up Home Sharing for Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation)

Oct 1, 2013 8:02 PM in response to eliezering

As much as I hate to tell you this, find a new friend, because yours doesn't know what he is talking about. Here's how it's done, and it doesn't erase your drive to do it. To answer your second question, yes, you can do this on an external drive, but then your husband will have a slower system to work with, and that drive can never be disconnected or allowed to shut down.


To resize the drive do the following:


1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.


2. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.


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3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed. (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)


4. Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.


You should now have a new volume on the drive.


It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss. Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.

Oct 2, 2013 11:45 AM in response to Chris CA

I'm just now realizing/remembering that the computer came with 10.5 disc, which I still have, and will try that instead. Yes, I bought Snow Leopard later. All I want, though, is for other drive to be able to run iTunes 11 for synching to my iPhone occasionally. I want to keep using iTunes 10.7 as my #1 iTunes on my main drive, which 10.6.8.


Wonder if 10.5 will run iTunes 11, or if it will let me upgrade using my Snow Leopard disc....

Oct 2, 2013 1:01 PM in response to eliezering

eliezering wrote:


I'm just now realizing/remembering that the computer came with 10.5 disc, which I still have, and will try that instead. Yes, I bought Snow Leopard later.

You should still be able to just use the Snow Leopard disc.

See if you can boot from the original 10.5 disc. If so, try booting from the 10.6 disc again (before you install 10.5)

Wonder if 10.5 will run iTunes 11

It won't.

or if it will let me upgrade using my Snow Leopard disc....

It should.

Can I have 2 versions installed?

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