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Sharing with multiple user accounts


If you have multiple user accounts set up on your machine, e.g. for different members of your family, you can use PowerTunes to allow one or more users to access your music without needing to keep around mulitple copies of everything. There are two methods of sharing:


Media folder sharing. This shares the contents of a media folder so that more than one user can access the same music. This shares only the music files themselves, and does not share iTunes specific information such as playlists or song options.


Library sharing. This shares the contents of an iTunes library, including the library's playlists and other information. In order for a user to be able to use a library, they must also have access to the library's media folder, so when you share a library using PowerTunes, that library's media folder will automatically be shared with the same set of users as the library.


Note that this kind of library sharing is only useful if you have set up multiple user accounts on a single machine. If you are interested in sharing music or libraries between multiple machines on a network, you can read about doing so here.

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