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Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast user switching
Authored by: jspivack on Jun 22, '04 02:42:14PM
I am planning to do something similar using Libra . It would have the advantage of not having to FUS and create and login a second user. I'm not quite sure yet how I'm going to get it to happen (just haven't had the time to investigate it yet), but I'll update this thread with the results. One question for other Libra users: there's no app-specific ApplieScript library, is there? I would love to have a script which would check to see if the external drive is mounted, then tell Libra to switch to that iTunes library and then launch iTunes.

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Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast user switching
Authored by: jeaginsky on Jun 22, '04 02:57:40PM

of course, owning an iPod can take a lot of redundancy out of the picture.
PodWorks is a nice little iPod-> drive music exporter as well



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Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast user switching
Authored by: stepwallace on Jun 22, '04 09:30:22PM

I looked into using libra for keeping two separate libraries, but this meant you had to make a choice which songs you could view, or have duplicates in your portable and permanent library.

This way duplication was unnecessary. But I'd love to hear your successes.



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Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast user switching
Authored by: Anonymous on Sep 07, '04 07:27:54AM

I also have a powerbook with about 2gb of music and a full library( 25GB) on a firewire disk.

The only problem i have found is that you have to manually change your music location in preferences. If you don't then it will add new tunes to the location specified in your default library.

still not a bad solution...



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