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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1166278" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>One word: Homesharing.</p><p></p><p>On both machines, you need to:</p><p>1. Open iTunes</p><p>2. On the menu, head for Advanced - Turn on Homesharing</p><p></p><p>After iTunes is open and Homesharing is turned on in both Macs, on the side bar in iTunes you'll now see a <em>SHARED</em> item with the other computer listed. Select the other library listed there and you'll find everything in the iTunes library on the other Mac.</p><p></p><p>From here you have a few options. </p><p></p><p>On the bar at the bottom you'll see a "Show" option. You can show everything in the other library or only the things that are not in the library on the computer you're on.</p><p></p><p>You can simply drag and drop from one library to the other - single or multiples.</p><p></p><p>You can highlight everything you want to bring from one computer to the other and then click the 'Import' button - bottom right.</p><p></p><p>Check out that 'Settings' button down there. You can have it set to automatically import all new purchases without you doing a thing.</p><p></p><p>You can have only one or both Macs set to auto import (this works great when one of them is a Win box also).</p><p></p><p>Just keep in mind for the auto import function to work, both machines must be up and running and have iTunes open.</p><p></p><p>The only things I've had issues with is Audible content not working with Homesharing. Have to do these manually across the network.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1166278, member: 24160"] One word: Homesharing. On both machines, you need to: 1. Open iTunes 2. On the menu, head for Advanced - Turn on Homesharing After iTunes is open and Homesharing is turned on in both Macs, on the side bar in iTunes you'll now see a [I]SHARED[/I] item with the other computer listed. Select the other library listed there and you'll find everything in the iTunes library on the other Mac. From here you have a few options. On the bar at the bottom you'll see a "Show" option. You can show everything in the other library or only the things that are not in the library on the computer you're on. You can simply drag and drop from one library to the other - single or multiples. You can highlight everything you want to bring from one computer to the other and then click the 'Import' button - bottom right. Check out that 'Settings' button down there. You can have it set to automatically import all new purchases without you doing a thing. You can have only one or both Macs set to auto import (this works great when one of them is a Win box also). Just keep in mind for the auto import function to work, both machines must be up and running and have iTunes open. The only things I've had issues with is Audible content not working with Homesharing. Have to do these manually across the network. [/QUOTE]
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