Is iTunes Library Manager compatible with the iTunes “multiple library” feature?
In a way. iTunes will allow you to create and use additional libraries by holding the Option button while starting iTunes. This feature creates a new library database file and accompanying support files and folders in a new location of your choosing. iTunes Library Manager cannot “manage” these additional “Option-start” libraries; there is no list of them maintained and iTunes is only aware of the one loaded Option-start library at a time. However, iTunes Library Manager can create and manage its own libraries using the currently loaded Option-start library as a basis. For example, the default location for iTunes’ library files is your [username]/Music/iTunes folder. iTunes Library Manager stores its backups in this folder as well. When you create/load another library using the iTunes Option-start method, iTunes Library Manager will then use this new location to store its backups, each of which will be based on the new iTunes library location and configuration. Thus, each of your iTune
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