Switching Between Itunes Libraries On A Mac

Switching Between Itunes Libraries On A Mac

2021. 1. 9. 04:55ㆍ카테고리 없음

Mac clean up library folder download. It's possible to have multiple iTunes libraries, with separate content, on one computer. This lesser-known feature helps you keep multiple people's music, movies, and apps separate and lets you sync multiple iPods, iPhones, or iPads to a single computer without getting other people's music on your device unintentionally. Dec 10, 2013 However, that doesn’t always happen – and when it doesn’t, using personalized things such as iTunes and iPhoto libraries can become a concern. Fortunately, just as we showed you how you can use multiple iTunes libraries on a single Mac login, the same trick can also be performed with iPhoto! Besides the shared/family computer scenario.

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Sharing a Mac with others can be a headache, especially when it comes to things like separating each user’s iTunes, iPhoto, and other library-based content. Using multiple logins is one way to make short work of putting up some divisions – but that’s not always the ideal solution. Fortunately, there’s another way: You can create and switch between different iTunes libraries on a single Mac login! Here’s how it’s done!

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There are a variety of reasons why someone might like to use multiple iTunes libraries. One example might be that you have multiple people with iOS devices that each want their own music and apps, but you don’t feel the need to have separate logins in OS X.

Here’s how it’s done:

Make sure iTunes is closed.
Hold the option key, and keep holding it while launching iTunes.
Select a library you’d like to load, or create a new one.

Switching between various libraries is a simple matter of repeating the process. In my case, I have an 8GB iPod nano that I use to store my meditation music. Keeping the nano on its own library (with only those tracks) makes it easier to separate its special content from my main collection of content that I load onto my iPhone and iPads.

I hope you have found this as useful as I did! Let us know in the comments!

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What you need to know

Apple has confirmed that macOS Catalina only supports one iTunes library.
Users who update to the beta will have to select the specific library they want to use.
The other libraries will remain in the location where they are saved.
Apple does suggest that support for multiple iTunes library in macOS Catalina could arrive in the fall.

Apple has confirmed in a new internal support document that the current betas for macOS Catalina do not support multiple iTunes libraries. First spotted by MacRumors, the minor change throws in wrinkle for users who have multiple libraries.

With the introduction of macOS Catalina, Apple is introducing far reaching changes to iTunes which breaks it off into three separate apps: Music, TV and Podcasts. One area that is affecting are iTunes libraries.

For the time being, the first two developer betas and the first public beta of macOS Catalina do not support switching between multiple iTunes libraries. You'll have to select one library to use as your default prior to installing the macOS Catalina beta and the rest of the libraries will remain in the location you saved them.

To select a specific library, just quit iTunes, press on the Options key as you open it again and you'll be greeted with the option to select your library of choice.

Apple does suggest that future support for multiple iTunes libraries could arrive with the official release of macOS Catalina in the fall. Until the, you're stuck with one if you're using the beta.

Some things you may need for the public beta of macOS

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Switching Itunes Libraries

Switching Between Itunes Libraries On A Mac

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