Itunes library on laptop and desk top?

Is there anyway to have the same i tunes library on both my desktop and laptop.

Sure you can just copy the iTunes folder from one computer to the other. However if what you really meant was can you have the same library on both computers and have them automatically stay synced up together, that isn't possible, at least not easily.
One way to do it is to keep the library on an external drive or network drive accessible to both computers. However the catch is, they can not use the library at the same time.
Patrick

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Sync laptop and desk top to one iTunes account

I have been reading some of the posts for syncing multiple computers to one iTunes account. What I get out of it is at this time syncing one iTune account with multiple computers is out unless you want to use a third party software. I work from home and use the laptop most of the time but when I am home I would like to use the desk top to sync with. I am wondering will the iCloud remedy this? The music library is taken care of, it's the apps I am looking to sync.
Thanks
Randy

No thanks, the next option I have is getting a docking station for the laptop and do away with the desktop. It is four plus years old so it's about time for a new one or an alternative method. External hard drive for backing everything up and using the cloud for work. Sounds like plan "B" is the way to go.

ITunes on laptop and desk top

Hi there - please bear with me I'm pretty much a complete novice!!
I have an old laptop that I uploaded all my CDs to iTunes originally on.
I have just downloaded iTunes onto my desktop but I cant see any of the cd music just the few items that I have purchased from iTunes.
How do I see the cd contents.
I have used the same Apple ID and password on both.
Many thanks in advance.

Did you put the music on the new computer? It will not magically appear. You would have to put it there.
Copy everything from your old computer or your backup copy of your old comuter to your new one.

TS3512 I'm having trouble authorizing iTunes on my new macbook pro due to authorization on computers I no longer have. How do I deauthorize laptops and desk tops I no longer have?

New MacBook Pro 15" won't authorize my iTunes to sync with my other Apple devices, iPad, iMac, iPod and other MacBook Pro 17" since I have authorized other devices (5 is the limit) that I no longer own.
How do I get passed this severe limitation? I also assume that my Apple TV won't be alowed to sync due to this limitation as well... any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Sign into your account in iTunes - from that page you should be able to deauthorise ALL 5 authorised computers - supposedly you can do this once a year.
Thereafter any devices you no longer have will be deauthorised, and you can reauthorise those you still have or are new.
AC

Replacement new ipad will not access my home wi fi when my previous i pad did and my i phone continues to, as does my laptop and desk top pcs. Any ideas as Apple support were baffled for most of yesterday afternoon trying to fix it.

My ipad had been working fine with home wi fi for 9 months before it developed a fault and was replaced by the Apple Store. However, the new ipad is unable to use the home wi fi, this seems to be linked to the fact the new ipad has the latest update added, which the old one did not. Also, my iphone has not, as yet, been updated as I have been out of the country. I know my wi fi works, as both my desktop and laptop pcs work satisfactorily, as does my iphone.

Try this:
Reboot ipad by pressing and holding both the home and sleep/wake buttons at the same time until the apple logo appears on the screen, then let go. Then try to connect to network.
Go to settings, Toggle airplane mode on/off. Make sure bluetooth is off. Turn on wif (airplane mode off). Try to connect.
Reset Network Settings
Go to settings/general/reset/reset network settings. Then try to connect to network.
If its your home router, then reboot router by unplugging for 5-10min. (do this while you're resetting network settings).
If problem persists, then check for firmware updates on your router.(you check router manufacturer support website for downloads and instructions).

Since downloading update Caps Lock is backwards on my keyboards (both laptop and desk top)

I downloaded the the latest Firefox update and couldn't seem to log into any of my favorite sites. This was on my laptop. Now on my desktop I am experiencing the same thing.
My login is fine because I select from the dropdown menu. But if I have not saved my password for sites like my bank account etc. I cannot log in. I finally figured out it was the key board setting. With caps lock on lowercase, but with caps lock off upper case!
IMPORTANT NOTE: laptop is Windows 7, Desktop is Linix!

In two years of daily participation in these forums, I don't recall ever seeing this reported before. So no, it isn't a "known problem". I think what I'd do in your shoes is sit down and type a couple of pages of text while sitting on my left hand, to completely disrupt all my typing habits and force me to do everything with my right hand. If the problem continued to occur under those circumstances, I'd figure it was real and probably a keyboard fault. If not, I'd pay closer attention to my left hand when typing.

I have a lap top and desk top MAC.. Can i buy aperture 3 at the ap storeonce for both?

I have a lap top and desk top MAC.. Can i buy aperture 3 at the ap storeonce for both?

There's two ways to buy Aperture. Either buy the retail version that comes in a box, or buy it from the App Store. The license terms are not the same.
If you buy the "box" version then the terms are as Emily posted above (you can install it on one desktop and one laptop as long you own both computers and only use one at a time.)
If you buy it via the App Store then the terms are different:
MAC APP STORE PRODUCT USAGE RULES
Except as otherwise set forth herein,
You may download and use an application from the Mac App Store (“Mac App Store Product”) for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded products running Mac OS X (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control.
(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, you may download a Mac App Store Product for use either (a) by a single individual on each of the Mac Computer(s) that you own or control, or (b) by multiple individuals on a single shared Mac Computer that you own or control. For example, a single employee may use a Mac App Store Product on both the employee’s desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer, or multiple students may serially use the Product on a single Mac Computer located at a resource center or library.
(from http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#APPS)
If you are a private user (not a business or school) then the license applies more like a "family pack" license... as long as it's your computer, you can install and use it. You can even run more than one copy at the same time.

TS4062 How can i change my syncing from laptop to desk top?

I had a laptop & i was syncing my ipad to it, but then it got burned, now i want to synce to my desk top, but every time i conect to it, i get a message saying that it's not synce with this library do i want to erase it and synce it to the new library?
I don't want to erase my ipad i want to chang the syncing from the laptop to desk top

" i get a message saying that it's not synce with this library do i want to erase it and synce it to the new library?"
Correct. The ipod touch/ipad/iphone will sycn with one computer at a time. Syncing to another will erase the current content and replace with content from the new computer.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for this very occasion. Use your backup to put everything on the new computer, then sync.

I am frustrated i just downloaded itunes to my laptop and the purchased songs and they arent loading to my ipod?

I am frustrated i just downloaded itunes to my laptop and purchased songs they arent downloading to my ipod.
I have done many times in the past on my desk why is it working working?

I'd try the following document:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(If there's a SpeedBit LSP showing up in Autoruns, it's usually best to just uninstall your SpeedBit Video Accelerator.)

ITunes bought on iPhone won't show up in iTunes Library on laptop

if I buy a song from iTunes while on my phone, shouldn't it be in my iTunes library after I sync?
I have a total of 53 songs on my phone, but only want 41 of them, but iTunes on my laptop is showing that I have only purchased 23 songs.
none of the music that I bought from my phone since the last sync is showing up on iTunes library on my laptop.
Essentially, there are songs on my phone that I don't want anymore, so I want to get everything off my phone and into iTunes, so I can manually drag the songs I still want back to my phone. I thought when I synced it, my entire iPhone/Ipod music library would go to iTunes on my laptop, and I could pick and choose what I wanted to drag back to my phone manually, but it's not working out that way. iTunes is almost empty, and only has the 23 songs I had when I first synced it forever ago, not the 53 songs I have currently. I have always only purchased songs while on my phone, so why are some of them on my iTunes Library, but not the most recent ones?

Don't know (though it would be 30 songs, not 20). A third-party utility, of which there are many, for transferring content from an iPhone back to iTunes might do the job. Check out this post from Zevoneer for some suggestions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10570955#10570955
Regards.

Itunes won't install. I get a message stating "apple mobile device failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient priveleges to start system services. I had itunes on this laptop and an urgrade came. Now nothing. Windows7, 64 bit

itunes won't install. I get a message stating "apple mobile device failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient priveleges to start system services. I had itunes on this laptop and an urgrade came. Now nothing. Windows7, 64 bit

Go to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (Win XP) or Programs and Features (later)
Remove all of these items in the following order:
iTunes
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support (if this won't uninstall move on to the next item)
Bonjour
Apple Application Support
Reboot, download iTunes, then reinstall, either using an account with administrative rights, or right-clicking the downloaded installer and selecting Run as Administrator.
The uninstall and reinstall process will preserve your iTunes library and settings, but ideally you would back up the library and your other important personal documents and data on a regular basis. See this user tip for a suggested technique.
Please note:
Some users may need to follow all the steps in whichever of the following support documents applies to their system. These include some additional manual file and folder deletions not mentioned above.
HT1925: Removing and Reinstalling iTunes for Windows XP
HT1923: Removing and reinstalling iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
tt2

I downloaded iTunes onto my laptop and kept getting an Apple Application error so I also downloaded that and now I'm getting a Procedure Entry Point error as well as Error 7 (Windows Error 127) and I have no clue what to do. Can anyone help me?

I downloaded iTunes onto my laptop and was getting an Apple Application Support error so I downloaded that and now I'm getting a Procedure Entry Point and Error 7 (Windows Error 127) messages. I have no clue how to go about fixing whatever the problem is...can anyone help me?

iTunes.exe - Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point
AVCFAssetCreatWithByteStreamAndOptions could not be located in the dynamic link library AVFoundationCF.dll.
Taken at face value, you're having trouble with an Apple Application Support program file there. (Apple Application Support is where single copies of program files used by multiple different Apple programs are kept.)
Let's try something relatively simple first. Restart the PC. If you're using Vista or 7,now head into your Uninstall a program control panel, select "Apple Application Support" and then click "Repair". If you're using XP, head into your Add or Remove Programs control panel, select "Apple Application Support", click "Change" and then click "Repair".
If no joy after that, try the more rigorous uninstall/reinstall procedure from the following post. (If you've got XP, although the procedure is for Vista and 7, just read "Computer" as "My Computer", read "Uninstall a program control panel" as "Add or Remove programs control panel" and assume the system is 32-bit, and you'll be doing the right things.)
Re: I recently updated to vista service pack 2 and I updated to itunes 10.2.1 and ever

Tried to use iTunes library from Windows and Mac - lost everything

My iTunes Library is on a NAS (Dlink DNS-323) and until last night, I was only using it with my two macs (both running 10.5.6).
Last night, I wanted to use it from my Vista laptop so I looked up online and realized I can easily do it by renaming the "iTunes Library" file to iTunes Library.itl and double clicking from iTunes on Windows.
It seemed to work because when iTunes opened, I could see my playlists and I saw the message "updating library". I was afraid about the update to the library, so I just exit iTunes at the time thinking it would all be ok.
Guess not. This morning when I opened iTunes from my iMac, it opened with and empty library. I tried to do Library/Import Playlist and it did nothing but add the "standard" playlists to my library. I tried it a few times, with different settings (trying to re-rename the .itl back to just iTunes Library for example) and nothing worked.
Do I have any hope to recreate the library? From now on I will be backing up the NAS also, but meanwhile any ideas?

Your library file was being converted from Mac-based paths to Windows-based paths; apparently iTunes isn't courteous enough to work on a temp file while doing that conversion. You're not going to get it back. (And now you've learned the hard lesson of making backups of your important stuff
If the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file is still in one piece, you can use File menu -> Library -> Import playlist and point the file dialog to the xml file. Just about all the previous iTunes-only metadata will be imported (IIRC, about all you lose is some "Skip" info, and of course, Date Added will reflect the new date of import).

Moving iTunes library from laptop to new desktop

I'm thinking about getting an iMac desktop, and would like to move all my music and video files from my iBook to the new setup. What is the correct procedure for doing this? I'm reading on these boards that there's a way to just plug the computers into each other, but will that copy everything onto the new hard drive? I'm thinking about doing this because my 60 GB laptop's capacity is maxed out from my iTunes library (33 GB and growing); once I move it to the desktop can I trim down my laptop's iTunes library and still play from there? Can I then only update my iPod to the desktop (if I want the full library)?
Should I run it all through an external HD as a sort of middle man/back-up? Is this all much easier than I'm thinking it is?
I know...so many questions.
Thanks.
Lindsay

get the two, system prefs, click sharing, make sure personal file sharing is checked on both
second in finder click go in the menu bar and click connect to server, click browse
enter your login name and pass for the user account you want music from from the old computer . .
that computer will appear on your desktop, double click it, find your music folder, open itunes on the new computer and go to user/music/itunes/itunes music and drag itunes music into the library source on your new itunes . . . it will do the rest and this is also the best for the new computer, to create new files while coping not moving and taking all the old bagage with it.
then just clear your ipod and set it for the new iMac and back everything up from there and clear off the ibook. keep it authorized and when they are on network if iTunes is open on the desktop you will be able to play music from it, worked great i use it on 4 computers in my house . .
then as far as travel goes . . no music on the old laptop . . who cares, you have an ipod . . enjoy!
hope i understood your question, please feel free to ask if you have any more!

Want to access desktop pc Itunes library from laptop pc

Hi,
I have my Itunes library on my desktop pc, on a dedicated user disk. I have mapped the disk to my laptop and can see all user disk folders and files on my laptop (wireless). I want to be able to manage the desktop Itunes it from my laptop but can't seem to do it. When I go to advanced in my laptop Itunes and enter the desktop Itunes as the default file, it accepts the location but the Itunes library does not chamge. Any ideas? I do not want to do Home Sharing, I want to access the desktop library just as if it was on my laptop. I was able to do this befor but had to reinstall Itunes on my laptop and now accessing the desktop library no longer works.
Thanks,
George

There are a few things you could do, from networking the two computers to using an external hard drive. Have a look at this User Tip: Migrating iTunes for Windows to a new PC
If you can network the computers there is also this one: Copying songs over a network to use with iTunes for Windows
There are also a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists directly from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward.
iGadget Windows Only
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
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