Apple tv and our macbooks

Hi all,
We are having a bit o f a hard time with this.
If we buy movies through our apple tv we cannot sync them with our macbook/s, so here goes our questions;
-can you buy movies (and podcasts, music, etc) on your apple tv and sync them with the macbook so that you can see them also on the macbook?
-if so, how is it done?
- we have four macbooks at home.. how many can we sync them with?
right now, in our itunes application you can see the apple tv but all the songs, movies, etc.. are grayed out.

i believe if you command or control click on your apple tv in itunes, and choose transfer purchases..

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If you paid by credit card, contact the bank handling this payment
and ask that it be stopped since the provider did not actually do
anything to the computer and you are suspicious of their actions.
If the billing was added to a phone account, contact the vendor of
that service to dispute the charges against you; and cite concerns
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While checking for a friend, online I found a few portables that
had been repaired and for sale by a company whose business
is to repair almost all portable Apple computers, in-house.
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repair companies with limited warranty for under $400. and that
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for a little bit more. Or just mail in your computer in a flat-rate
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& repair service, tell you before they fix anything what it will cost,
what the price variables are when they do hands-on testing; as
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The Apple support site has links to the better known AASP
authorized Apple service providers, and you could look up
the ones nearest your City & Country in the Locate section.
Blue links below require additional info once in their Site to
access the Authorized Apple Service Providers who have
an actual physical presence, where they offer services..
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Visit an Apple Retail Store
Apple - Find Locations - Country Selector:
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Contact Apple Support - Apple Support:
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