Really want this answered...

[BrokeTechLover]

Okay so we have one home computer and that's it. I've turned on home sharing but I realized that 1). I'm the only person in my family that uses it,& 2). I don't like sifting through everyone else's music.
So is there a way I can either home share a particular playlist,or have 2 different iTunes libraries open at once? Cause I'd like for the library I call my own to be open all the time

 

[MFL2012]

Not really sure what devices you're sharing with, but with an iPad, iPhone or ATV it is very easy to homeshare playlists. I don't think you can have multiple libraries open at the same time, though.

 

[AppleDApp]

Why not use separate user account for each user and log in to said user to listen to that music?

 

[BrokeTechLover]

Why not use separate user account for each user and log in to said user to listen to that music?

As in different user accounts on my computer?

 

[AppleDApp]

As in different user accounts on my computer?

yes

 

[BrokeTechLover]

yes

Oh. Well 2 of my other family members probably wouldn't love having to switch all the time. And I want to use home sharing,which is why I wanted to be able to use 2 different libraries at once...

 

[AppleDApp]

Oh. Well 2 of my other family members probably wouldn't love having to switch all the time. And I want to use home sharing,which is why I wanted to be able to use 2 different libraries at once...

It takes seconds to switch users. It isn't possible to have multiple libraries open at once.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2553087?start=0&tstart=0

 

[BrokeTechLover]

It takes seconds to switch users. It isn't possible to have multiple libraries open at once.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2553087?start=0&tstart=0

Would my seperate iTunes library still be running in the background?

 

[stiligFox]

Would my seperate iTunes library still be running in the background?

In theory, yes, do long as you use fast user switching as opposed to logging out.

Now, I don't know if it will be available for Homesharing, though.

 

[Mike in Kansas]

You can share an iTunes library via home sharing if you do fast switching on your Mac. I do this all the time as a way to copy songs from 1 library to another on the same machine.

 

[BrokeTechLover]

You can share an iTunes library via home sharing if you do fast switching on your Mac. I do this all the time as a way to copy songs from 1 library to another on the same machine.

Good to know for the future bur We're using a pc for right now while the Mac is being repaired,so is home sharing still available?

 

[AppleDApp]

Good to know for the future bur We're using a pc for right now while the Mac is being repaired,so is home sharing still available?

Yes

 

[BrokeTechLover]

Alright I'll give it a shot ! Thanks for the help!

 

[BrokeTechLover]

So I created another user account and apparently iTunes just won't open separately on one computer

 

[bobsax]

hi
Please put pertinent info regarding the question in the title of your future threads.