Sharing a common iTunes library among two or more Windows users is not easy. iTunes is designed to function as a personal product where each user has a unique music collection.<\/p>\n
But what if you and your spouse or roommate listen to the same music and subscribe to the same podcasts? Using Apple’s logic you’d have to store duplicates of everything in parallel libraries. This is a waste of disc space. Luckily there is an iTunes hack that makes it possible to have a common iTunes library.<\/p>\n
The Tuneshare iTunes hack is based on an earlier article [LINK] and simplifies the process by using a batch file that you can run every time you want to give USER 2 access to USER 1’s iTunes library.<\/p>\n
InstallTuneshare iTunes Hack<\/strong><\/p>\n The Tuneshare iTunes library hack is simple to install and run. Copy and paste the code into the notepad and save it as tuneshare.bat.<\/p>\n Run the batch file from command line as:<\/p>\n tuneshare user1 user2<\/em><\/p>\n Where “user1” is the Windows user whose library you want to copy to “user2.” It is also possible to hard code the user names into the script so that you can run it by double clicking.<\/p>\n REM Use Tuneshare to share one iTunes library<\/em> ECHO OFF<\/em><\/p>\n CLS<\/em> REM Remove garbage<\/em> REM Verify paths and user names<\/em> REM Backup existing library<\/em> REM Modify *.itl and copy .xml<\/em> :SourceError<\/em> :DestinationError<\/em> :Instructions<\/em> :Done<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Automatically share your music with other Windows users Sharing a common iTunes library among two or more Windows users is not easy. iTunes is designed to function as a personal product where each user has a unique music collection. But what if you and your spouse or roommate listen to the same music and subscribe … Continue reading iTunes Library Share Hack (Tuneshare)<\/span>
\n REM between two or more Windows users.<\/em>
\n REM Instructions for use at www.skifactz.com\\wifi.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n IF “%1″==”” GOTO Instructions<\/em><\/p>\n
\n IF EXIST C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Library (Damaged).itl” DEL C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Library (Damaged).itl”<\/em><\/p>\n
\n IF NOT EXIST C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%1\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Music Library.xml” GOTO SourceError<\/em>
\n IF NOT EXIST C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes GOTO DestinationError<\/em><\/p>\n
\n COPY C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Music Library.xml” C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”Previous iTunes Libraries”\\”iTunes Music Library.xml”<\/em>
\n COPY C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Library.itl” C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”Previous iTunes Libraries”\\”iTunes Library.itl”<\/em><\/p>\n
\n DEL C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Library.itl”<\/em>
\n ECHO OFF > C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Library.itl”<\/em>
\n COPY C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%1\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Music Library.xml” C:\\”Documents and Settings”\\%2\\”My Documents”\\”My Music”\\iTunes\\”iTunes Music Library.xml”<\/em>
\n ECHO %2’s iTunes library is now synchronized to %1’s library.<\/em>
\n GOTO Done<\/em><\/p>\n
\n CLS<\/em>
\n ECHO Source path or source user name doesn’t exist.<\/em>
\n ECHO Verify that your iTunes library path is<\/em>
\n ECHO C:\\Documents and Settings\\USER\\My Documents\\My Music\\iTunes<\/em>
\n GOTO Done<\/em><\/p>\n
\n CLS<\/em>
\n ECHO Destination path or destination user name doesn’t exist.<\/em>
\n ECHO Verify that your iTunes library path is<\/em>
\n ECHO C:\\Documents and Settings\\USER\\My Documents\\My Music\\iTunes<\/em>
\n GOTO Done<\/em><\/p>\n
\n CLS<\/em>
\n ECHO You must use this syntax: TUNESHARE USER1 USER2<\/em>
\n ECHO where “user1” is the Windows user whose library you want to copy to “user2.”<\/em><\/p>\n