2 Users - Shared Music - additions not registering

We're on an iMac with two users, myself and my wife. Both of our iTunes are set up to share music with each other. I just downloaded a new CD to my library, but it's not showing up in her library.
any ideas?

I thought that checking this function would automatically add a CD's songs to the iTunes Music folder.
It does.
This does not, however, add new music to the other persons library.
Sharing music with Sharing enabled in iTunes is not the same as using the same library. Both users must have iTunes running. You will see a new playlist (the other users library) in your playlists. It won't show up as you regular music in the library.
If you want both users to access the same music, ratings, playlist, etc, do this.
Quit iTunes.
Drag your entire iTunes folder from /Username/Music to /Users/Shared.
Log out.
Log in on your Wife's account.
Delete the iTunes folder located in /Wife'sUsername/Music. Start iTunes and immediately press an hold the Option key.
iTunes will ask to Create new library or Choose existing library. Select Choose existing library.
Select the iTunes library file in the iTunes folder in /Users/Shared.
iTunes will open and all the music in your account will be there.
Quit iTunes.
Restart iTunes normally (don't hold Option).
Everything should be there.
Quit iTunes and log out of her account.
Log into your account, start iTunes normally and all music should be there.
Whenever either of you do anything in iTunes, it will be seen by both since you are using one and the same iTunes library file.
Create a "main" playlist (His & Hers?) for each of you with your own music. Create a smart playlist and set it to Playlist is not HIs. Select this and it will show you everything NOT in your playlist. Do the same for Hers. This will help when adding music to the playlists.

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