Sharing Music across computers

I know how to share music across different computers, but I can only play the music. Is there a way to be able to save the music on that computer?
Think of it this way...
Computer 1 has songs A,B, and C
Computer 2 has song D
Is there a way to transfer song D onto Computer 1?

iTunes: How to copy music between authorized computers
Though it refers to iTunes Store purchased music, it applies to all your tracks. And if you happen to also own an iPod:
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
Regards.

Similar Messages

  • Sharing music across different accounts on the same PC

    Hi,
    I've got an iPod Classic with 12G of music, all from CD's. It is on iTunes on my account on my PC. I had a 8G iTouch for Xmas. I have opened another account on my PC and downloded iTunes. How can I transfer selected music from my original account to my new one?

    I also don't understand why you'd open another itunes store account. Now you are going to forever have to keep track of 2 login credentials, and deal with hassles that multiple accounts sometimes present.
    You can share music between 2 windows user accounts using these directions. Just be forewarned, if you move things to a shared folder in Windows Explorer, your original itunes will lose the paths to the music. Move it to the shared folder using itunes consolidate command.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

  • Sharing music across accounts on one machine without moving files to Shared

    I have read other posts about sharing iTunes among different accounts on one Mac, but so far I haven't solved my particular problem. Up until a couple of weeks ago - without reading any background material - I was just treating the two accounts as two different machines. I would open iTunes on one "source" account (which had music sharing enabled), switch to the second account, and be able to see the source account's music as a playlist, just as if it were being shared from a remote machine. I didn't have to worry at all about physically moving the files anywhere. As long as iTunes was open at the source account, I could play the source's music.
    I've begun having a problem, though, recently, with the source account "cutting out," as if there were some kind of interference over a network. Which seems strange, given everything's all on the same machine.
    I began reading the forums for answers, and did see the idea of moving the iTunes Music folder to users/Shared. The problem is that when I try to choose the the folder at the second account, the folder is blocked from access. I don't understand why this is so for the Shared folder.
    If anyone has any ideas about A) the interference, and B) the blocked iTunes Music folder in users/Shared, I'll be very grateful.
    Rob

    Sorry,I don't have any idea about the interference.
    Your Shared folder might have the wrong owner. It should be 'system'.
    Here's a picture of the 'Get Info' of my Shared folder:
    You probably want to use the shared folder as described in the second method (not using Fast User Switching) in this article:
    iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer
    Hope this helps.
    M
    17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Several ext. HD (backup and data)

  • Sharing Music Across Users

    So I bought a new macbook and I'm copying all of my music from my desktop to the macbook over our wireless network. iTunes automatically sets each individual user's iTunes library under his or her own username, instead of on the shared folder. What is the easiest way to place all of my iTunes Music files in one place, and make it accessible to every user?

    See here and here for information.
    (26272)

  • Sharing music across two IPods

    I have two IPods, one computer. Am I allowed to share a purchased music from ITunes across the two IPods? If so, how? I purchased a selection from ITunes and loaded to one IPod but I can't figure out how to get the selection to the other IPod. Is this even allowed?

    You should be able to simply connect the second iPod - it will ask you if you want to associate the new iPod with the current iTunes library. Click yes and it will load the iTunes library onto the iPod (overwriting any music that may already be on that iPod).
    Is this not working for you?
    What happens when you connectt he second iPod?
    Cheers!
    -Bryan

  • Sharing music between computers

    I don't know if this is the right forum, but I have a sharing issue. I have an iMac desktop and a PC laptop networked through an airport express. The music library on the iMac will load on the laptop, but not the other way around. When I try to load the library from the laptop onto the iMac ( the name of the laptop does show up on the source list) I get the message" cannot load contents of the library -3259" and some firewall suggestions. The firewall on the mac is not on. Any ideas on how to fix?
    iMac intel/ windows xp laptop   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  
    iMac intel/ windows xp laptop/ airport express   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Locate the song files on one computer by right-clicking a song, transfer them over as they were any other type of file, and drag them into the open iTunes window.
    (34366)

  • Can't "see" shared music across network

    I have my main iTunes library on the big iMac downstairs, which is cabled into my Time Capsule for it's network connection. I have "share my library" turned on. One of the ports on the TC is connected (via a mains-circuit ethernet extender plug-pair) to my old Belkin router up in the loft. My kids have an old 12" Powerbook and a PC up there, cabled into the router (I've turned off the Wifi, and just use it as a router).
    The iTunes on the Powerbook refuses to see the shared library downstairs at all. Up until a week or so ago, the Mac in the loft was an FP iMac, and iTunes was seeing and playing songs from the shared library, through the same router set-up, with no problem. It's only since I have replaced it with the Powerbook that the sharing has apparently stopped.
    The iTunes on the Powerbook is completely up to date, on 10.4.11, and I HAVE got "look for shared libraries" turned on...
    Any ideas, anyone?
    bestest,
    M.

    After following some advice from a different posting, I loaded the gimp print drivers and recreated the printer in the printer listing using the gimp printer. This worked! The only problem I had was that I had to load the whole Mac OSX base system and then the print drivers. This messed up my system and I had to reset a bunch of user preferences, etc. It took me a couple of hours.

  • Sharing music across Apple IDs

    Background: Three person family (husband, wife, daughter) using a single Apple ID to purchase music for iTunes on Windows.  Our daughter got her first iPhone (sweet 16) and setup her own Apple ID (Apple ID#2) using her own debit card, and we'd like her to "own" the music she previously purcahsed under our Apple ID (Apple ID#1). 
    So I have two questions
    1) Can we transfer "ownership" of selected songs from our Apple ID#1 to her new Apple ID#2?
    2) Can we co-mingle the two libraries on our iTunes WIndows library (family PC) so that we can play all the music on the PC, and she can sync her music to her iPhone (Apple ID#2), and we can sync our music to our iPods (Apple ID#1)?
    Thanks in advance!
    Chris

    Dan Perkins wrote:
    By actually adding the music to their libraries, aren't they copying them over to their accounts? Or am I really just not getting it?
    That is a settable option. Go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced and make sure that "Copy files..." is not checked. Then, when a file is added to the library, iTunes will reference the existing file without making a new copy.

  • HT3819 how do I share movies/music between my computers. I have opened shared on both computers and both are on, but i am not able to drag anything from one to the other. Does anyone know where the settings button is on the bottom of the itunes screen?

    how do I share movies/music between my computers. I have opened shared on both computers and both are on, but i am not able to drag anything from one to the other. Does anyone know where the settings button is on the bottom of the itunes screen?

    Oops, I forgot a step between 7 and 8 ... before syncing the iPhone I need to explicitly send the document back to iTunes on the iPhone, or the changes won't come over at all ...
    and then one more thing ... Numbers on iOS does NOT recognize a number of key features of the OSX app, such as conditional formatting ... so after editing my document on iOS and syncing it back to OSX on my Mac, all of those settings are lost (no more conditional formatting, have to do it all over again)
    What am I doing wrong ?

  • I have home sharing on 2 computers, can i import music from on computer to the other permenently?

    i have home sharing on 2 computers, can i import music from on computer to the other permenently?

    if the copy files ... when adding option is checkmarked in iTunes > preferences > advanced, files you transfer via homesharing are copied permanently to the other library.

  • I am unable to drag songs from a shared music library between computers.  This was working until about a month ago.  I have updated to the newest versions of Itunes on both computers (a macbook and an older Toshiba satellite).  I have also rebooted both.

    I am unable to drage songs from a shared music library between computers.   This used to work perfectly until a month ago.   I have installed the newest version of Itunes on both computers and have rebooted them, but nothing happens when I try to drag a song to another playlist or another shared folder.  Any ideas how to fix this?   

    Have you:
    - Restore from backup. See:                                                
    iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
      - Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.            
    If a PC
    Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
    or              
    Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

  • Sharing iTunes library across computers

    Step 5 of the Help file says "select 'Automatically import new purchases from [Computer Name].'" Where is that selection found?

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'd be happy to elaborate. In iTunes Help, enter "home sharing" as the search term, and select the top topic, "Sharing your iTunes library across computers." The five items are under the heading, "To import items from other libraries using Home Sharing."
    I have gone over the steps again and found my problem. I was signed onto the Store under different names (different Mobile Me email address, both mine) on the two computers. I switched to the same name, then turned Home Sharing off and then on on both computers. When each opened the other's library, the other library window has a Settings button in the lower right hand window. That button produces a pane with setting for automatic transfer.
    The Help file could be improved. Or iTunes could recognize multiple email addresses for one Mobile Me account. Thanks again.

  • Sharing/transferring music between computers

    I am trying to transfer/share my "podcasts" folder, "purchased" folder, and a personal folder from this computer, my father's laptop, to our home computer, a desktop computer. My dad also uses iTunes on this laptop, so we each have a separate folder within iTunes for our playlists, thus my only transferring certain playlists. I followed each step precisely as shown in the article about this on the website, but it did not work, as many times as I checked to make sure I was doing everything right. When I go to the home desktop computer and check the Look for Shared Music box in the Preferences section, then click OK, nothing ever comes into the source list, where the folders from this laptop are supposed to be. Please help! The home computer is new, and the old one was not capable of having iTunes, so all I am trying to do is transfer my iTunes folders and the music contained in them from this laptop to that computer. Any suggestions? Please?!
    iPod mini   Windows 2000   Windows XP

    Hi,
    See this Discussion
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/16049581#16049581
    and these links
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364

  • Sharing Music with other users.

    I think what I am asking is possible but I just can't get it. All I wanna do is share my Itunes library with my girlfriends account on the mac. So when she opens her Itunes on her account she can view and add to the songs in my itunes library. I manage to get it so she can view what I had by putting my itunes music in the shared folder but when I add songs to the library it doesn't update her library and when she tries to add songs to the library it says she does not have the correct authority. Please help.

    Hello,
    You can gift music, and you can share iTunes Libraries, but in this case, your girlfriend cannot import your tracks to her library and vice versa.
    Sharing your iTunes library across computers
    If your computer is connected to other computers over a local network, you can share items in your library and playlists with up to five of those computers (in the same subnet).
    To share your library with other computers:
    Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Sharing, and select “Share my library on my local network.”
    Select the items you want to share.
    To require users to enter a password before they can see your shared items, select “Require password” and enter a password.
    For others to see your shared items, your computer must be on and iTunes must be open.
    If you choose to share your entire library, its name appears in the iTunes window (below Shared) on other local computers (in the same subnet) set up to look for shared libraries. To change the name others see, choose iTunes > Preferences, click General, and type a new name in the Library Name field.
    You can share movies; MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, and AAC files; and radio station links; you can’t share programs purchased from Audible.com or QuickTime sound files.
    Sharing is intended for personal use only.
    Share being the constant word here... does that help any???? I know sometimes it takes time to really understand how iTunes works. The more time you spend learning, the sooner you will come to comprehend what you can do and what you can't. And you can always post here for help.
    Carolyn
    Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

  • I am trying to set up Sharing amongst several computers on my home network.  I have followed all the setup instructions but after completion Sharing does not appear in my iTunes window (on any of the computers I've set up).  There is no explanation why.

    I have been trying to set up Sharing between two computers on my network. I did this once and it worked.  However, when I try to set this up now the Sharing feature does not appear on the left side of the iTunes window (on either computer).  There is no explanation as to why not.  Is this a configuration problem, a network problem or what?   Can it be fixed?  I have tried turning sharing off and back on on both computers but to no avail.  What am I missing?  Thanks for any help you can provide.

    Hey innerev2003,
    Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
    If, while searching through your past purchases, items are unavailable to download and show a "Purchased" button, they are still on your computer. It may be best to search your iTunes library by clicking Music, then use the search bar at the top right.
    If you are completely sure the items are no longer in your library, try signing out of the iTunes Store, and then back in.
    iTunes 11 for Windows: Manage your iTunes Store account
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12507
    Thanks,
    Matt M.

Maybe you are looking for