Help with iTunes Sync

Hi my iTunes account won't update/sync to be the same between my 2007 iMac (Leopard) to my MacBook Pro 2012 (Lion) - have tried 'home sharing' but it just won't update anything new since my first download. I can't find a 'refresh' option. How to I get my new podcasts/music to update automatically to the MacBook Pro after they have been updated on my iMac? I can't update my iMac any further as it has only got 4GB so I can't get iCloud it and don't want to have duplicate everything in Itunes on the one account.
I want to set up my new iPhone to link on my MacBook Pro but it just won't pull across the iTunes info updated on iMac.
Steph

I've this same problems too.
Version & Device info:
iPhoto v9.5.1 (with 14,000+ photos and 100 short iPhone/iPad video)
iTunes v11.1.3
Macbook Air 2012
OSX 10.9.1
Problem:
Unable to sync photo to iPhone 5S via iTunes (sync photo from iPhoto).
The sync at iTunes completed but there're nothing at my iPhone 5S.
Tried:
Just got my iPhone 5S last week, trying to sync my iPhoto library to it using iTunes. But it keep crashing.
So I decided to start from the beginning again... I exported all iPhoto photos and video to folders.
Create new iPhoto library and import all photos and videos (with a folder at one time, approx 100-200 photos max in single folder).
Then sync to iPhone via iTunes (after each folder imported to iPhoto)
Everything went well at first (after synced 12,000+ photos), I can see the 'Events' tab in my iPhone 5S photo library and browse the photos.
Today, when I continue syncing the rest via iTunes, after it has completed the sync, all Photos that I'd synced previously is now gone. There're no 'Events' in my iPhone 5S photo library now.
Restarted iPhone 5S and also MBA, retried several times to sync and check, no luck! Even though the iTunes sync completes without any alert message, nothing is syncing to my iPhone 5S.
In my iPhone 5S, now there're only those new photos and video that I captured last few days. Nothing else.
Previously using iPhone 5 (with the same iPhoto library and everything was so smooth without any problem). Is this iPhone 5S problem or latest iTunes / iPhoto problem(s)?
Anyone else has the same issue and able to solve it? Thanks.

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