Two ipods on one PC - help please

[Wapping]

My daughter’s ipod Nano and its associated itunes library is installed on my PC.

I understand that if I went out and bought my own ipod and connected to the same PC all the songs in my daughter’s library would be copied into my ipod. Similarly, I guess, any songs I put into the library would be copied onto her Nano too.

As much as I love my daughter I cannot stand the thought of Black Eyed Peas taking up valuable disk space on my ipod, whilst I am sure she won’t want the Grateful Dead clogging up hers.

(A) Is it possible to create two separate itunes libraries, each associted with its specific ipod, on the same PC? If so, how?

(B) If it is possible to create two different libraries on one PC. Would each library recognise its 'own' ipod on its connection and update automaticaly? If not, how should I go about it?

Thanks for any help.

Richard

 

[Nick Marshall]

ipod info

in the options, you can select not to autoload. 01869 346186 if you need to talk. regards nick

 

[NeilF]

Richard

I posted a similar question before Christmas but can't find it as a thread - I guess I must have hijacked someone's thread with my question.

But - are you running XP with multiple user domains (one for you, one for your daughter)? If you are, I found the best solution was to create an iTunes library on my daughter's domain, and then associate her music to that library. ITunes will recognise "Daughters iPod" and "Dad's iPod" on their respective accounts and you can then link your own music files to your own libraries.

I'm sure some kind soul on here will reiterate their advice given to me, and the links to the iPod website where it is all explained.

Cheers,

Neil.

 

[Stocka]

Here's a link to an Apple article:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432

 

[Wapping]

in the options, you can select not to autoload. 01869 346186 if you need to talk. regards nick

Richard
I posted a similar question before Christmas but can't find it as a thread - I guess I must have hijacked someone's thread with my question.
But - are you running XP with multiple user domains (one for you, one for your daughter)? If you are, I found the best solution was to create an iTunes library on my daughter's domain, and then associate her music to that library. ITunes will recognise "Daughters iPod" and "Dad's iPod" on their respective accounts and you can then link your own music files to your own libraries.
I'm sure some kind soul on here will reiterate their advice given to me, and the links to the iPod website where it is all explained.
Cheers, Neil.

Here's a link to an Apple article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432

Got it. Thanks guys I had tried a search but couldn’t find Neil’s thread.

I knew the Tossers would have an answer.