Out of synch libraries

I have two computers and I would like to combine them into one synch'd library. Each computer seems to have a slightly different library. They share many songs but I am now out of synch. Help.

Assuming the machines are networked you can share their respective media folders and use SyncToy 2.0, a free tool from MS, to merge the folders and subsequently keep them in sync. You'll have to decide if you're going to sync the libray files, album artwork folders etc. as well, or just the contents of iTunes Music or iTunes Media. First time around it will proably want to overwrite a lot of files, but there after it should only need to add, overwrite or delete where there are changes. Use the SyncToy preview feature to make sure that changes it's about to make look sensible.
Once you've merged the folders you'll need some way of adding in tracks that are missing from the library.
*Adding new items/removing orphans*
Try iTunes Folder Watch or iTunes Library Updater. Folder Watch is much faster on the adding files front, can be set to run in the background and includes a useful exclusion feature, however it’s really slow at removing orphans. iTLU is better for this although doing it manually after looking at a list of proposed removals generated by Folder Watch is probably faster still. iTLU can also be set to update iTunes when you've used 3rd party tools to change tag info.
I use a similar scheme to keep three copies of my library in sync, one at home, one at work, and one on a portable drive I take back & forth.
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