How to best configure iMac + iPhones + Macbook Air?
Somewhat new to the mac world, particularly the networking/sharing aspects of iTunes.
My wife and I have an iMac with separate accounts but that share the same iTunes library. We both have iPhones and those phones are sync'd to the iMac - all is working fine.
But now we have a Macbook Air that we take on the road with us (also separate accounts). When home, that Macbook Air is networked in to our home network with full access to our iMac, etc. While on the road we would like to use the Macbook Air and iTunes to manage our library, purchase new tunes, videos etc while on the road. When we open iTunes on the laptop it asks for a library or to create a new one and we've been hesitant to choose since we don't want to have two separate libraries that could get out of sync, etc.
So how can we maintain a single library across these devices that doesn't get out of whack while we're on the road ? How should I be setting up iTunes on the Macbook Air to do this ?
thanks
Depends what data you want to sync, and to what extent.
iSync is for syncing Contacts & Calendars to mobile phones and PDAs - it has nothing to do with Mac-to-Mac syncing.
.Mac Sync will sync bookmarks, contacts, and calendars between Macs.
Chronosync will sync files and folders between Macs.
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