How do two users share a computer (music, photos) in a single library but have separate iPhones (applications, contacts, etc.)

I've hunted around so apologies if the answer is already pluse...

My wife and I have an iPhone each. We have our own applications, contacts, e-mail, reminders, calendars (a little shared via iCloud for family stuff). We have a Mac. We want to be able to share a unique music library (caps to synchronize the different slopes for different phones) and a unique photo library. Until recently, I did this by moving the two libraries on a partition separate without permissions etc. I could connect to a user account for me and access, then log off and log in as my wife and access. Do not change fast and really I'm only using my wife log in as a place to save his iPhone, app, contacts data backups, etc. This is already in the iCloud.

However, with the new application Photos it seems that you can share is no longer a single library between two users. I get permission errors every time that I load it. I connect both my wife, get the error, run 'repair permissions', then it opens. I go back to my account and now I can't open it, have once again to 'fix' etc.

So the questions:

1. is it possible to still share a unique between two accounts photo library, so that we can each backup / synchronize phones separately?

2 - is the best way to do it? Historically, I guess I need two accounts on my mac to keep our separate data, but is it possible to have two iPhones sync for the same account, but keep things like contacts, separate application data, etc.?

Thank you

Gareth

1. is it possible to still share a unique between two accounts photo library, so that we can each backup / synchronize phones separately?

Yes. The way to deliver two users share the same Photos and iTunes without permissions library library (but only one user can access the library at the same time) is to put the library on an external hard drive that is formatted as shown in this screenshot and directly connected to the Mac via the USB cable Firewire, or Thunderbolt.

Each would have its own account on the Mac so keep separate e-mail, contacts, etc.  Fast user switching can be configured, so it's easy to quickly switch between accounts.

But when you are finished with the library each user must leave Photos if the library is available for the other user.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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