Syncing one itunes library between two imac's

In itunes 10, I enabled home share on my two imac's. One imac is new, the other mac has my itunes library.
I signed onto both imac's home shares with the "same" apple ID. The items library on my old imac now shows up in the new imac itunes library in my itunes list as "joes itunes library".
Now... how can I sync or copy the entire library between the two imac's, using some sort of "sync" process? I noticed an "import" button at the bottom looking at the "joes itunes library" list on the new imac. If I highlight one selection, it will import that into the new imac itunes library. But i didn't really want to highlight every single movie, tv and music file then import. I was hoping there was a "sync" method to keep both imac itunes libraries mirrored. There must be a way to do this?

When using homeshare, I realized I CANNOT buy new media thru itunes.
When buying music, apps or video, the purchase fails.
Says "contact itunes support to complete transaction".
Tried several times.
Even changed credit cards on the acct. Still no go.
Not a credit card issue
iTunes tech was pretty much clueless. Told me to try the purchase
after waiting 24 hours.
Then I started thinking about homeshare and media rights, so I turned off
homeshare on both mac's, and the purchase went thru.
Apple added homeshare to the latest itunes update, or media share (what ever they call it), but looks like something is at issue as to media rights and homeshare and buying from itunes with share is enabled.

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