Need help with music-about to return x

If you create a new username for yourself on your Mac you should be able to each have your own iTunes where the music isn't mingled so you can sync your device.

https://www.imore.com/how-use-multiple-iphone-or-ipad-devices-one-computer

Alternately uploading to a cloud service might be an option.

https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/put-music-your-iphone-without-using-itunes-0147391/

There may be a better way to do what you want but thought I'd post these just in case. Best of luck.

 

You can switch between different iTunes library by holding the option key (i think) and opening iTunes at the same time

 

The one thing I hate about Apple is the overly complicated and unintuitive iTunes program. Good luck with adding your own music and having it organized properly. While iTunes attempts to organize songs by artist and album, it took me literally months to edit tags so that individual songs were organized in albums and artists properly.

The best way to keep things seperate as you are attempting is to have different computers. Baring that, seperate user accounts on a single computer is the next best option. My wife and I have separate computers.

 

Why don't you just have separate accounts on the computer?

 

Try iMazing

 

Upload to a cloud service and then add that service to your X. Easy.

 

I organize with playlists and treat them just as I would a folder for the most part. Just select the Albums I want, right-click, New Playlist or add to an existing playlist. I suppose it could be done with individual songs too. Playlists can hold other playlists, so it's not too hard to organize. Not sure if it's a good solution for everyone, but it gets the job done for my needs. On my device, I just live in the Playlists section. Everything is there, organized exactly how I want it and everything is easy to find.

 

Use Google music and setup a family plan. Voila. No more issues, independent libraries and no need to transfer anything, plus it's all playable on any web connected device that has a browser. In fact, there really isn't much on my iPhone I use that's Apple - stuff is either Google or other social media stuff. Only reason I have an iPhone at all is because I had an iPad first, and so it made sense when I finally got an iPhone 4S. No other reason, just shared apps. I happen to like the simplicity of the iPhone as I don't bother tweaking things, which is why I've stuck with it, but I ditched iTunes as soon as I could.