One Iphone, one itunes, two computers

Can anyone tell me..I now have two computers authorized under my one account of itunes I added my work PC today). My iphone 3G has only been synced with my home computer. When I sync to my work computer now, will my library transfer to itunes at work? I want to make sure I can have the SAME library on both computers, under the ONE itunes account. Again, I already authorized the second (work) computer. Thanks!!

Depending on how large it is, just copy what you don't have on your laptop from your desktop mac via a thumb drive or a portable hard drive. Go to your home folder>music>itunes>itunes_music and you'll see all your music (assuming you've been using the "keep library organized" setting at its default). Copy to thumb drive. Stick thumb drive in your laptop, launch itunes, choose File>AddtoLibrary and point to your thumbdrive music. Watch it bring in all the tunes.

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