2 MacBooks, 1 iTunes library, syncing...

I have two MacBooks, one for home, and one for travel. I want to initially migrate my iTunes folder to my new computer to have my tunes while on the road. Is there a way I can sync the changes made on one computer to the other instead of having to maintain both manually??
I'm assuming the answer to this question will help answer the same question for iPhoto as well...
Thanks,
John

While a wireless connection is fine for viewing an iPhoto Library it is not at all suitable for editing, arranging either pics or the Library.
Small dropouts can and do occur with wireless networking. Should one occur while iPhoto is writing to the database then it will cause the db to be corrupted. You really need a wired connection for this work.
As you've discovered, it's also painfully slow.
Regards
TD

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