Itunes can't find content I bought on another machine.

Hi,
I login to my Mac with the same Apple! Account as on my PC. When I purchase content on either machine it cannot be found by the other one even though I "check for purchases" and both can see it in the history. Why is this?
Thanks.

TJ,
When you purchase music from iTS it is automatically downloaded into the iTunes Music folder of the computer you are making your purchase with. So generally speaking, even though you are using a single Apple Account you should not expect one machine to automatically know anything about music you purchased with the other.
One solution would be to move the iTunes Music folder so that it's in a location that is accessible to both machines. For ideas on how to go about doing this, have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base.
If that idea doesn't seem helpful to you, all I can suggest is to <a href"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93366"> copy the songs  from one copmputer to the other.

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