Moving a rental from desktop to laptop

Forgive me if this was answered elsewhere --
I'm renting my first iTunes movie for an upcoming trip. I understand the concept of keeping it only on one device, and how to get the movie onto my iphone. But is there a way to get the movie from my iMac to my MacBook if I decide to take it with me on the trip?
thanks

Hello
The following should help with this issue
1. Go to Music - iTunes -iTunes Music - Movies - In the movies folder will be the movie you downloaded.
Take this movie and copy it to a flash drive of some sort.
2. Once your on the other computer drop the file on your desktop, And put it in Music - iTunes -iTunes Music - Movies Directory on the other Mac.
Now launch iTunes, and go to Store- Authorize Computer, And put in the username and password used to purchase the movie.
Then if needed go to Store again and press check for purchases. This will scan your iTunes for iTunes Store Content. It should auto detect the movie and show it in iTunes.
Now you can Sync this over to your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Hopefully this helps.

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