Multiple Itunes Libraries Mac

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Use multiple iTunes libraries on Mac. You can have more than one iTunes library. For example, you could have a library of holiday music that wouldn’t appear in iTunes the rest of the year. Or you could keep your music in a library on your computer and your movies in a library on an external storage device. 2017-4-10  By creating separate libraries for each device, you can save and sync files in your wanted library without affecting other iTunes libraries. How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer The simplest way to create a separate library in iTunes would be to: 1. Mac users： Hold down 'Option' when opening iTunes. Use multiple iTunes libraries on PC. You can have more than one iTunes library. For example, you could have a library of holiday music that wouldn’t appear in iTunes the rest of the year. Or you could keep your music in a library on your computer and your movies in a library on an external storage device.

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Sharing a Mac with others can be a headache, especially when it comes to things like separating each user’s iTunes, iPhoto, and other library-based content. Using multiple logins is one way to make short work of putting up some divisions – but that’s not always the ideal solution. Fortunately, there’s another way: You can create and switch between different iTunes libraries on a single Mac login! Here’s how it’s done!

There are a variety of reasons why someone might like to use multiple iTunes libraries. One example might be that you have multiple people with iOS devices that each want their own music and apps, but you don’t feel the need to have separate logins in OS X.

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Here’s how it’s done:

  • Make sure iTunes is closed.
  • Hold the option key, and keep holding it while launching iTunes.
  • Select a library you’d like to load, or create a new one.
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Switching between various libraries is a simple matter of repeating the process. In my case, I have an 8GB iPod nano that I use to store my meditation music. Keeping the nano on its own library (with only those tracks) makes it easier to separate its special content from my main collection of content that I load onto my iPhone and iPads.

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Multiple Itunes Libraries

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