Playlists Suddenly Swap on 2 Computers

I am absolutely baffled. My MacBook Pro and my iMac, which are only on the same network during the weekends, have swapped Playlists. Both computers share the same music, but never the same Playlists. The Playlists I created on my MacBook Pro have been with me for years. I generally don't keep that many Playlists on the iMac. But now...poof...it's as if someone switched screens.
I can probably answer questions that anyone might have, but I don't even know where to begin to provide you with the information right now.

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I have a MacBook Pro and a regular desktop Windows 7, and I have all of my music on both of them. However, I constantly keep adding new songs to different playlists all the time, and this makes it hard to keep everything in sync with both computers and my iPod because I usually sync from my Mac.
Right now I export the updated playlists on one of the computers and import it on the other, but it's quite the hassle just to keep some playlists in sync. I tried using home sharing, but it just keeps downloading duplicates everytime I try to import, I would've thought it was smarter by just adding the new songs but appearently it isn't.
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I am indeed subscribed to iTunes Match. Are you saying that with Match, it will sync my playlists? I will have to check this when I get home. That would really be a nice surprise!
I sync my iPod to iTunes on my Windows 7 box, but use iTunes on my Mac for synching my iPhone 6 and iPad 2. Normally, I'd be modifying a playlist on the Win 7 box, adding or rearranging songs. However, occasionally, I might download a song to the iPhone while out and about. Then, when I'm back at the Mac, I'd do a sync and add that new song to one of the playlists. Should Match then be keeping the playlists on the two machines in sync?
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Can you share playlists on iTunes with other computers?

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Why have my playlists suddenly disappeared?

Early 2009 MacPro Quad-Core (Nehalem)
Lion (10.7.4)
8gb RAM
iTunes 10.6.3
Woke my machine up this evening and found that all of the playlists in iTunes have disappeared. All of the music is intact (all 12,588 items)....but my playlists are all MIA. The list is compleatly blank.
Did a full power down and restart...no change.
Any ideas what happened? I have done nothing during which the playlists could have been inadvertantly deleted.
I do have Time Machine backups on file. Which files at what locations should I replace to get them back?
....sT

Jim....
Thanks for the help. However, I am afraid that this didn't change the problem.
I replaced the "iTunes Library.itl" file and still my playlists are gone.
....sT

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The following article tell you how to move your music to another computer using an iPod:
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The articles below may be able to help you with this.
Click on the links to see more details and screenshots.
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3842
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HT1420 why won't my playlists show up on two computers in Itunes?

I have 2 laptops. Why aren't my playlists the same on both. I'm signed into both.

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Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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HT1364 I used these instructions to move my i-tunes library to the external hard drive that two different home pc's access. My playlists do not show on both Is it possible to have one i-pod synch amid two different computers that use the same library?

I have a sole i-pod and two pc's, used the instructions for "iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder" in the hope that I could synch my one i-pod between two different computers that are sharing the same library. Is it possible to have two seperate computers that only share an external hard drive (one wireless, one not) ? When I am looking at a shared library should it appear the same on both machines (ie: playlists/ purchased list etc)?

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Baased on my experience I have had to create the playlists per computer. I haven't been able to get them to transfer to another computer. I think it's because the infomation flow is one way. From your computers to the iPod and not from your iPod to the computers. I have created the same set of playlists on both of my computers.
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Remember each computer you connect to will ask if you want to sync with the system. If you say yes then all the settings and music from that computer will be what you have on the ipod. Connect to another computer that is different and say yes and it changes to the settingss from that computer.
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I've noticed that changes made to playlists on one of our computers are synced to all other computers, though I'm not sure whether it's through home sharing or iCloud.
It doesn't really make sense to me, why would one user want to see playlists created by another? e..g. My 8 year old son doesn't need to see my Slayer playlist , and if my wife deletes a playlist on her iMac it disappears from mine too . Is there a way to stop this from happening?
Cheers.

Good point Keith, perhaps just disabling Match on his computer and letting him copy across the music he wants via Home Sharing is more sensible.
We all have our own libraries, mine has everything on it and is used for syncing our phones and streaming to two AppleTV's, the other libraries just have music and video for that particular user.
I think I will just move playlists into individually named folders for my wife and myself and leave iCloud on, it gives her access to the whole library when my computer is turned off.

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I've noticed that changes made to playlists on one of our computers are synced to all other computers, though I'm not sure whether it's through home sharing or iCloud.
It doesn't really make sense to me, why would one user want to see playlists created by another? e..g. My 8 year old son doesn't need to see my Slayer playlist , and if my wife deletes a playlist on her iMac it disappears from mine too . Is there a way to stop this from happening?
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