Synchronise itunes music folders

I have a new imac and macbook. my itunes library is currently located on my imac and i would like to add this library to my new macbook. I can move the files using an external storage device however does anyone know how i can keep the 2 folders synchronised? when i buy a song from itunes on one computer i would like to update the other.
many thanks in advance
deresand

The easiest way, presuming you don't want to have just a single library on an external drive and have both systems access that library, would be with a third-party utility such as Synk.
(I'm not recommending Synk, per se. There are doubtless other utilities that will do the same thing. That's just one I happen to know about).

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