1 Account, 1 Mac, 1 PC, 2 iPods ------ Will this work?

Question

Hey there. I have 1 account that my wife and I both share. I have a Mac, she has a PC (poor her). Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to allow her PC to see all the music on my MAC and vice versa since we are both authorized on my iTunes account.
Afterwards, I'm assuming its okay for her to sync her iPod on her PC and for me to sync my iPod on my Mac.
Any ideas?
Thanks !!!
17" iMac Intel Core-Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Answer 1

Another way to transfer the files from your Mac to
your PC is to use an FTP or SFTP client on the PC to
connect to the Mac. This assumes that your PC and Mac
are somehow networked together (which they must be if
you are able to share music, via iTunes, between
them).
Here's the process:
1. Install an SFTP client on your PC. I've had good
luck with SSH. (To get it, go to
http://ssh.com/support/downloads/
n choose "SSH Secure Shell for Workstations" in the
"Non-Commercial Versions" section -- assuming
you're, in fact, using this non-commercially.)
2. Go back to your Mac and open System Preferences,
then choose "Sharing". Under the "Services" section
put a check next to "Remote Login". Once you do this,
you should see a message beneath the list of check
boxes saying something like: "To log in to this
computer remotely, type "ssh [email protected]" at a
shell command prompt." You'll need the "user" (your
Mac username) and "192.168.1.101" (your mac's IP
address or domain name) in the next step. (Note: If
the part after the "@" is not four numbers separated
by dots or something that looks like the part of a
webpage URL immediately after the "http://" (for
example, something like "www.apple.com") , then there
might be something wrong with your network.)
3. Go back to your PC and start your SFTP client.
(For SSH, just start SSH and then look for an icon
that opens something that looks like a Finder
window.) Tell your SFTP client to open a new
connection. For the address of the new connection,
type whatever appears after the "@" in the message in
step 2. For the user name, type in your Mac user name
(listed in the message in step 2 -- the part before
the "@"). For the password, type in the password you
use to log into your mac.
Depending on which client you've decided to use, this
should open a finder-like window on your PC that
shows files on your Mac. You can drag PC files into
this window to upload them to your Mac and drag files
out of this window to download them from Mac to PC.
(iTunes music is usually in the "Music/iTunes
Library" subdirectory of your home directory.)
(This is all pretty secure: the communication between
your PC and mac is encrypted, and nobody can log into
your mac without both A) being on the same network as
you and B) knowing your username and password.)
4. When you're done, close the SFTP client on your PC
and go back to your Mac. Go back to System
Preferences>Sharing and uncheck the box next to
"remote login". That's it.
Mandatory Disclaimer: Don't copy music unless you are
sure it's legal for you to do so, etc., etc.
Hey, thanks for the response. I'm assuming since the PC and the Mac are both authenticated under the same account in iTunes, my dragging the music from one machine to the other will satisfy Apple's copyright issues and it will 'just work'. Right?
Also, whatever iPod my wife is using will be purely on her PC; my iPod will stay w/ my Mac so there will be no issues of format or overwriting.