IPhone library Management with 2 Computers

Hi,
So here's my issue. I have a laptop and a desktop and right now my iPhone is synced with my laptop. I have downloaded songs legally from iTunes onto both computers. I can upload to my desktop the songs I download onto my laptop via the "transfer purchases" feature. However, I cannot download to my iPhone the songs on my desktop because you can only sync one library to the iPhone. So my question is how do I get the songs on my desktop onto my iPhone without having to burn a CD to transfer them to my laptop every time? There's gotta be a way to do this as many people must have this same issue. Thanks for your help in advance!

Hi alwmed,
well actually you can use your iphone. But your not syncin. what you do is you plug it in. chose not to sync the iphone, and then right click on the iphone in tunes, and chose transfer purchased content. this is great if you have say a computer at work, and a computer at home.
But there is an easer and better way; if your using itunes 9.0.2 sharing is built in. It's called "home sharing," Home sharing allows your computers to share music directly with each other. it can even be set up to automatically transfer new purchases to the other computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819 is apple easy step by step guide to setup and use home sharing.
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-Home-Sharing-in-iTunes is basically the same thing as the above guide, but it has a video on how to set it up.
it's important to note home sharing only works if both computers are on the same network.
I hope this answer your question. If it dose, please remember to mark this thread as answered by clicking on the green start above your first post.
-ted

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