ITunes on Home and Work Computers

I'm ripping all of my cd's onto my home Mac. I want to copy the same music onto my Mac at work. I want to keep the play counts, ratings, and everything the same on both computers. Can I just simply copy both library files onto a small portable drive and paste them into the iTunes folder overwriting the library files on my work computer and vice versa to keep everything in sync? Will this cause problems? These two Macs are not networked and I don't have a .Mac account.

*You're saying to carry all of the music (the whole iTunes folder) on the small external hd and transport it back and forth pointing each iTunes to it to play the music?*
Yes, you could do it this way.
Here's a 250GB, external FireWire drive for $99. -> CompUSA - AcomData E5 250GB Hard Drive 7200RPM, External, 8MB Cache, Firewire 400
Will this keep up with all the play counts, etc.?
You would be using the exact same iTunes library file on both computers, so yes, it would be the same on both.

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ITunes at home and work

Is it possible to purchase songs through iTunes on 2 different pcs but store them on one ipod?
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Thanks!

Is it possible to purchase songs through iTunes on 2 different pcs but store them on one ipod?
Yes but as Deb pointed out, you cannot download purchased songs from the store 2 different times.
You simply need to copy your purchased songs from one computer to the other.
Enable the iPod for disk use, copy the purchased music to it and them Add (not import) to the other computer.

Syncing both home and work computers with iPhone

Is it possible to sync my home iCal with my iPhone and my work iCal with iPhone, so all events appear on my iPhone, but not have my work events merged to home and home events merged to my iCal at work? I want to keep the two desktop calendars separate, but have them combined on the iPhone. Is this possible? (I suspect not until the iPhone calendar has multiple calendars as iCal does) Thanks -- Rick

Hey Rick,
This is not possible, when you sync the iPhone to a computer for the first time iTunes will ask if you want to Merge, replace on computer, or replace on iPhone. You may want to Merge and choose the option to put events created on the iPhone on another calendar on iCal, that you will delete later.
You can always backup iCal before you start, by going to File> Back up iCal.
You can also leave feedback and request features added to the iPhone online here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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Is there a way to access purchased music on both home and work computers?

I've finally started using the iTunes music store after years of avoiding it and I've purchased and downloaded a bunch of songs on my home computer. Today I installed iTunes on my work computer and was about to buy some new songs when I discovered that purchased music can apparantly only be downloaded to one computer. What gives? I thought it could be shared with up to five computers!?! If anyone has a solution, please let me know -- i'm sure a lot of people have run into this problem...
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I discovered that purchased music can apparantly only be downloaded to one computer.
Correct
I thought it could be shared with up to five computers!?!
Also correct. If you want the tracks on another computer, you need to copy them there. See:
iTunes: How to copy music between authorized computers
And if you happen to also own an iPod:
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

I have two different iTunes accounts - home and work. Need to merge them.

I have a work account and a home account and both have music in them. I am pretty sure they have the same login and password, but they still register as the different content. How do I get them to merge, as all the content is mine.

How do I get them to merge, as all the content is mine.
Locate all the content in the Windows Explorer, move it to the other computer as you would any files, and drag it into the open iTunes application window. Rented movies can't be moved this way.
Each purchase from the iTunes Store other than applications only grants you one download to a computer. Even with applications, you need to redownload it again, which is a separate process from installing and setting up iTunes.
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Select between home and work addresses for Autofill

I've searched and browsed for this and I think I know the answer but I want to check before I submit a feature request to Apple and give up for now:
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Thanks, fruhulda. I do have both my work and home address on my card in
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Desktop manager and Home and Work email

Hi folks,
I have Desktop Manager installed on both my home and work computers. At home, email is grayed out and I can do nothing as it says I do not have a connection to the server.
At work, it is active, but only addresses my work email from the Exchange Server and not my personal email which is set up through Blackberry and works on my phone. But sometimes I like to change the signature, etc.
Is there no way to get both on one or both instances of Desktop Manager to avaiod having to go to att.blackberry.com for personal email configuration?
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But your personal email is NOT on BES... those are two totally different animals.
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I have digital copies of movies on my itunes at home and used cloud to download on itunes at work but can t find them

Are they gone completely from the computer, or just no longer in the library? Check your movie media folder.
If your'e in the USA you can download some movies a second time, but not all (studio dependent). You should always back up all media.

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can i sync using 2 itunes ... home and work .. i want my tunes from home and my calender and contacts from work. i used to use itunes at home and i sync at work ... but cant get the isync to work with the iphone and the imac24 i use ??

I had this same problem. You have to set up the check boxes on each computer of what you want to sync. On your home computer, have it sync a play list that you dedicate to the iPhone. Then at work have it sync everything else. Assuming you activated on your home computer this will work perfectly. If you activated on the computer that you don't sync music from, then it will ask you to erase the original sync and start on this other computer (your home one). Just let it do it and it will be fine. Hope this helps.

Connecting Home and Work PC

Hi,
Ive had an iPod Mini for a while now, and im always hoping that with each new update, i will be able to sync both my home AND work PC.
My home pc is where I import CDs etc, but occasionally id like to manage my music from work as broadcast to my stereo, maybe even add a CD from work too.
Is there a way?!!?!?
Thanks in advance.
Paul.

Paul,
There are several ways you can achieve this. There are third party programs out there designed with just that in mind, to sync an ipod with 2 computers or two ipods with one. The one i have tested and know works is called ephPod. Google it and you'll easily find this.
A second way you can achieve the results is to set the iPod to not automatically update. Choose the computer you want to fully manage from and associate the ipod with that computer. Next, any songs you have on the other computer can be dragged and dropped onto the iPod through iTunes. Just hook up the iPod to the second computer, but don't let it update. You will see the iPod through iTunes and this will work.
Hopefully this helps.

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We all love their products, but they always come with a lot of issues and horrible customer support.
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http://www.ikidapps.com/2010/12/parents-avoid-accidental-app-purchases-how-to-tu rn-off-in-app-purchasing.html

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