2 computers with different iTunes content

Have successfully matched newer content (laptop) to the Cloud. Would like to merge some of the older albums but don't want to risk overwriting what's already there. What are my options?

Using iPod with multiple computers
As to transferring your tracks from your iPod back to your computer, that's been covered here numerous times, so search for something like "ipod back to computer" and you'll find several threads with information.
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 before you post a question.
Regards.

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Home Sharing is designed to work on your local network not across the internet/cloud.
Stuff is accessed under the Computers column where your local iTunes library on a local computer would appear.
Home Sharing would share your iTunes content (i.e. stuff stored in itunes on the computer, not in the cloud) with AppleTV or an iPad etc on the SAME network.
AppleTV2 will not be able to see itunes content on the work computer over the internet. It's not designed to. if the work computer was on the home network it would.
iCloud is in it's infancy and is not a mature product - iTunes TV Show purchases appear on AppleTV, but currently music does not unless you are subscribed to iTunes Match. I find this rather odd to be honest, along with the inability to buy music on AppleTV2. Movies purchased in iTunes are not authorised for iCloud viewing currently either.
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My husband and I are trying to go from 2 computers to 1 in the house, but cannot figure out how we can run iTunes on one computer, with multiple iTunes accounts and NOT download each others apps, music etc automatically. My son also has an ipod which I want to have as a separate account.
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Have a read here...
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Copy the music for the old iPod to his computer by:
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I just bought a WRT54G4 Wireless-G broadbad router & am a n00bie to this whole networking thng. As things stand now, I have got everything whereas both my desktop PC (Windows XP Home Edition) & my wireless laptop PC (Windows Vista Home Premium) are online (Both local & Internet) HOWEVER I cannot seem to get things whereas my desktop PC shares files which can then be viewed & otherwise accessed by the laptop.
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* Have BOTH computers access the Internet via private network (This I have already managed to do)
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Essentially, I want to be able to make use of BOTH HDs as needed.
My desktop is an old AMD Duron 1 Ghz. computer with 512MB of RAM & can handle SOME small tasks however the big gun is my laptop (A 1.86 Ghz. Intel Pentium with 3 GB of RAM). Because of it's speed & memory, I'd like to have the laptop handle the larger & more intensive tasks.
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Message Edited by asmyworldturns on 07-06-2009 06:32 PM
Solved!
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File & Printer Sharing IS enabled on the desktop (Which has all the files I wish to share) HOWEVER.....
Ricewind wrote:
Make sure File and Printer Sharing is Enabled...
Also make sure both the computer's are in the same workgroup...
The default workgroup name in Windows Vista has been changed to WORKGROUP. In WindowsXP, the default workgroup name is MSHOME...
Also go into the computer software firewall on each computer, and set it to "trust" the other computers on your network.
If your firewall or PC security program keeps a list of trusted applications (also known as a "trusted zone"), then make sure that your router is in the trusted zone on your firewall...
As indicated before, both computers have DIFFERENT operating systems. The laptop has Windows Vista HP installed while the desktop has Windows XP HE installed. As such, are you suggesting that I stick with the default workgroup names just to keep things simple?
As for the firewall & other security software, I have Windows Defender plus SpyBot (Desktop only), ThreatFire & AdAware (The latter I rarely use since ThreatFire fills this need rather nicely). Would I have to go into Defender on both computers & tell it to trust the other computer? Network Magic already does this with both computers (Yes, I have Network Magic installed on both computers).
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