Home Share and iPhone/iPod sync

Hey folks,
Question: can you use your shared playlists to sync an iphone/ipod with certain songs without copying the actual files locally? I have large library (90GB) that really won't fit on any of my computers' internal drives.
Thanks,
Kevin

can I sync my iphone and/or ipod touch with both computers or do I need to choose one?
You need to choose ONE computer. With home sharing, and the computer authorized, you can put content from both computers on your phone, but by design, the iphone syncs itunes content with one computer at a time.

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