Manage Multiple Libraries in Windows Computer

You got a taste for Jazz while your kids like Rock. All the music is being managed under the same iTunes library and all of these just gets into your iPod every-time you plug the iPod to computer? Are you in search of a solution to get this issue fixed?

There's a wonderful solution to this and that is to Manage Multiple iTunes Library on the same windows account.

Follow the steps below to create multiple iTunes Library in windows computer.

1. Make sure you have got a iTunes icon in your desktop.

2.Hold down the shift key and then without letting the shit key, double click on iTunes icon from desktop.

3.Yo will get a Library Pop-up

4.This pop up box will have options, "Choose Library" and "Create Library"

5. We already have a default iTunes Library in wich all our music is in there and its name is "iTunes".
We are here to create a new library for our kids. Lets name it "Kids Library". Cool

6. So from the pop up box click on "Create Library"

7.It will pull up another pop-up box as shown below and would wait for you to give the name to this new library. Say "Kids Library" and save it.

8. After you click on save , iTune will open up and it will be all empty. A fresh new Library exclusively for your Kids.

Similarly you can create as many libraries as you want.

Now that we have created library for our kids(Kids Library) and we already have a default library(iTunes), So every-time you or your kids want to open the iTunes , you need to choose the appropriate library.

So everytime you open iTunes, Just make sure to hold down the shift key and keep holding it, then double click on iTunes and keep holding the shift key until the library pop-up window comes. And this time, you just have to click on Choose Library option and then get in the appropriate Library. And that will pull up the respective libraries.

The key to the whole process is to hold Shift when clicking the iTunes icon. That will cause the Choose Library box to pop up. From there you can create libraries or select specific libraries you already have.


I hope this article will help you in managing multiple itunes library.

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