Two Instances of Itunes

ballington · Oct 24, 2009, 03:01 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to have 2 instances of Itunes with one User?

I am a music producer/composer and am frequently given reference music to work with. Additionally, I often go through several revisions of the tracks I work on. I would like to have two versions of itunes I could open...one with my music collection, and another one with all of my work related tracks in it.

Thanks!

swiftaw · Oct 24, 2009, 03:02 PM

If you hold the alt/option key down while launching itunes it will give you an option to choose which itunes library to open or to create a new one. So yes, you can have multiple itunes libraries.

ballington · Oct 24, 2009, 03:10 PM

Perfect! thanks so much!

Bigmoose153 · May 3, 2011, 07:16 PM

can you run both libraries at the same time?

wrldwzrd89 · May 4, 2011, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigmoose153

can you run both libraries at the same time?

I don't think this is possible, because both instances would share a common preferences file. You certainly can open as many instances of a program as you'd like (via the Terminal and a little trickery) but don't expect things to work smoothly.

Nero Wolfe · May 4, 2011, 07:22 AM

For those of you wanting to do this, here is an App that I use to help with managing multiple libraries:

iTunes Library Manager

If you want to *listen* to one library while working on another, I'd suggest getting something like SongBird and linking it to one library while having the other open in iTunes.

Oct 24, 2009, 03:01 PM	#1
ballington macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	Two Instances of Itunes Hi, Is it possible to have 2 instances of Itunes with one User? I am a music producer/composer and am frequently given reference music to work with. Additionally, I often go through several revisions of the tracks I work on. I would like to have two versions of itunes I could open...one with my music collection, and another one with all of my work related tracks in it. Thanks!
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May 4, 2011, 07:22 AM	#6
Nero Wolfe macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA	For those of you wanting to do this, here is an App that I use to help with managing multiple libraries: iTunes Library Manager If you want to listen to one library while working on another, I'd suggest getting something like SongBird and linking it to one library while having the other open in iTunes. __________________ 21.5" iMac, 2.5GHz i5 ; 13" MacBook Air, 1.8GHz i5 ; 16GB iPad mini ; 16GB iPhone 4S
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Oct 24, 2009, 03:02 PM	#2
swiftaw macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Omaha, NE, USA	If you hold the alt/option key down while launching itunes it will give you an option to choose which itunes library to open or to create a new one. So yes, you can have multiple itunes libraries.
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Oct 24, 2009, 03:10 PM	#3
ballington Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	Perfect! thanks so much!
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Bigmoose153 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2010	can you run both libraries at the same time?
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