[MacDrummer88]

Hi all, I'm sure this has been asked before so please forgive my ignorance. I just set up an account for my son on our I-Mac(OS 10.2.8), and I want to transfer some songs (or better yet playlists) from my I-tunes library to his. How do I accomplish this so that he can download the music to his i-Pod, and I don't loose the music from my library?
Thanks,
HRF

[Nobody]

You won't loose any music from your library if he hooks/connects his ipod to your itunes.

[MacDrummer88]

Thanks for the response, but I believe he would think it was "cool" to have his own library. He's getting the i-pod for his birthday next week, and I wanted to have the library set up for him then. That way he can download music from his own I-tunes. It seems to me that this should be possible. After all, the music is already on the hard drive of this computer. There should be a means to transfer it to his library.
HRF

[Grant_G]

I'm fairly certain that iPods can only be linked to a single computer at a time. Meaning if you connect it to iTunes from your iMac and it imports your music library, then later he connects it to his computer it will ask if he wants to delete the music presently on the iPod and create a new host computer. That's what happened at our house anyway, when my wife asked if she could have some of my music on her iPod. It wanted to "switch allegiance" so I clicked cancel.
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[Nobody]

of course you can copy the songs from your itunes to his itunes. It might be a good idea to burn a cd/cd's of al ITMS songs as a backup. He can then use those CD's to import into his iTunes. If it is music that you imported from your own CD's, then he can easily do the same thing in his iTunes. I hope you have a large hard drive!

[MacDrummer88]

OK, I figured it out. I was able to drag a bunch of songs into the "drop box" of his "public" folder. Then I just logged in under his user name, and dragged them into his I-Tunes Library. Now he'll have plenty of songs to load onto his new i-pod. Thanks to all for your assistance.
HRF

[Nobody]

That's great! for future reference, were the songs purchased music and did you have to authorize to play in his itunes?

[dcipjr]

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OK, I figured it out. I was able to drag a bunch of songs into the "drop box" of his "public" folder. Then I just logged in under his user name, and dragged them into his I-Tunes Library. Now he'll have plenty of songs to load onto his new i-pod. Thanks to all for your assistance.

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I was just about to pop in here and suggest that. That's what I would do -- just make sure to uncheck the "copy to music folder when adding to library" so you don't have multiple copies of the songs on the hard drive.
By the way, I'm curious as to what kind of music this is -- I sorta got hooked on classic rock and oldies through my dad, but I don't know too many people who listen to the same music as their parents. All my friends listen to modern stuff, but as the immortal Bob Seger song goes, "I like that old time rock and roll!". /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[dougster]

Its been some time since running Jaguar, but is 'Drop-Box' the same as Shared? The reason I ask is I was going to also poP in and suggest placing your iTunes Library into the Shared folder which other Panther users do in your type of situation and when you Import tunes you just have to remember to navigate, or make your destination place where you have moved it. Just curious /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Daddymac]

The 'Shared' folder would have prolly worked too.
I actually have my entire music library in the Shared folder, and I've made aliases of the library and placed them in each of my User folders on the machine...
Works great, and all users can have the same songs!- only catches are that if someone deletes or adds a song, EVERYONE is affected and you also have to close down iTunes under one user before you can open it under another...
No biggie for me, but some might not like the limitations...

[dcipjr]

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Its been some time since running Jaguar, but is 'Drop-Box' the same as Shared

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Nope. Here's a mini-primer:
"Shared" folder - a folder in the /Users directory which allows for file exchanges between all users. If you stick a text file in there, for example, anyone can read and edit it.
Public folder - a folder that each user has in their home folder. Users can read from (not write to) the contents of each other's public folders. For example, if I stick a document in my public folder, anyone can see it by going to /Users/(my username/Public, but only I can edit it.
Drop Box - each user has a drop box inside their public folder. Anyone can add a file to the drop box, but only the owner open it or see its contents. Think of it as sending an e-mail -- you create or edit a file, then drop it in another user's drop box, but once you drop it, you can no longer get it back or delete it. Probably most useful in offices.
Hope that helps.

[dcipjr]

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only catches are that if someone deletes or adds a song, EVERYONE is affected

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Right. If those songs had been in your Public folder, only you can make changes -- so if you don't want people deleting your files, keep them in Public and others can only play them, not change them.

[MacDrummer88]

The music I transferred was both ripped from CDs, and purchased from the music store. That didn't seem to make any difference (Hopefully I won't cause any problems downloading to his iPod). Reference the type of music, it was mostly classic rock. At 14, he still likes a lot of the music I like (He grew up listening to Meat Loaf, Jimmy Buffet, Guns & Roses and the like). There are some newer songs that he bought from the music store on my account. They are not exactly my type of music, but (as music goes these days) they aren't that bad. Again thanks for all the help.
HRF

[dougster]

Hey -dcipjr,
Thanks for the explanation of the 3, and yes...I do indeed have MY Drop Box with OS 10.3.5. I'm sure if I had a need for the Drop Box I'd be much more aware of it.