Two MAC's ...how to sync

I have an IMAC and a MAC Air and an Iphone. How do I sync up itunes between my IMAC and MAC Air?

There are a few utilities that can help you sync iTunes across different computers. You could begin your research by having a look at these for instance:
TuneRanger
SuperSync
syncOtunes

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I have two Macs.. how to install on both?

I have two Macs.. how to install on both? Also.. does one need to do a clean install i.e reinstall op system from a clean HDD?

Go to each mac and sign into the Mac app store with you apple ID. on the first one you will buy the app on the second one you will be able to just download it. Of course be sure to follow the licensing agreement.
You don't need to reinstall the OS, you will want a clean install next month of the new OS which may mean re-downloading the FCPX software.
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TS3991 Neither of my two Macs will upload or sync iWork documents to iCloud

Neither of my two Macs will upload or sync iWork documents to iCloud. My iOS divides have no trouble syncing documents to iCloud over the same network as the Macs. I have rest iCloud, and made sure that my iCloud documents preferences were correct. This is getting extremely frustrating. Anyone have some suggestions?

Could you tell us what happens when you try to sync your documents with iCloud.

Two Macs - Multiple Contacts - Not syncing what I want

I have two Macs - one home and one office. The contact/address list I want is from my home computer. I hooked my iPhone up to my office computer and my home contacts disappeared. I reconnected to my home computer, yet it will not sync the contacts from my home computer to my iPhone. Also, I have 3-4 of the same contacts. What I would like to do is wipe my iPhone address/contact list clean, then start over. How do I do this?

After syncing contacts with the Address Book on your home Mac, you should have been provided a merge prompt when syncing contacts with the Address Book on your Mac at the office if the Address Book on your Mac at the office includes any contacts.
Try resetting the sync history on your Mac, which is done via iSync preferences with the iSync application located in your Applications folder.

I have two .mac addresses; how does this work in iCloud?

This is not about consolidating Apple ID's... I think.
When I got my first .mac address, I thought I picked a good one at the time. Later on, due to the peculiar spelling, I opted for an additonal (paid) address which I use every day. Now the first one (which is an Apple ID) contains my calendars, contacts, etc. I never use the email portion of it, again because of challenging spelling. The second .mac address (also an Apple ID) is an email only account. This is the email account I use daily.
When I make the transition to iCloud, I intend to keep my original AppleID (from the pre-.mac days) as my iTunes store ID.
My question is, what happens with my two other accounts?
.mac #1 with the contacts and such would move to iCloud and sync everything there as it currently does with MobileMe. Since .mac #2 is an email only account, would I even need to bother moving it to iCloud (if that's even possible), or would I just keep using that as email only using the current mail settings on my iThingys and Mac? Does anyone know if .mac #2 will live on after MobileMe vanishes, or will I loose my daily and coveted .mac email at that time?
I'm sure Apple has a good reason for not allowing us to just consolidate everything in one place, but I know there are many out there with a similar situation to mine.
I've spent a good deal of time tonight searching the various threads and can't seem to find an answer to the two .mac email dilemma. My appologies if it's already been discussed.
To sum up, I have one Apple ID that I use for iTunes and intend to keep as such. I have two .mac addresses which are also Apple ID's; one that syncs with MobileMe and one that is email only. I would like to use iCloud to sync what is currently on MobileMe, AND continue to use the simpler email address that I've been using for years.
Am I screwed??
Thanks in advance for your help, and Happy Holidays to all!!

Migrate the account which contains your calendars, contacts etc. first, at http://me.com/move and set it up on your Mac and devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Now migrate the email-only account in the same way. On a Mac you can add it in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars - it won't sync anything but will be added to the accounts in Mail where you can then use the email in the normal way.
I don't know what the equivalent process on an iOS device is; very likely you need to add it as an account in the Mail app.

Sync iPhone with two Macs or change main sync computer

Hi there,
I have only been using my iMac to sync my iPhone with over the last 4 years. However, recently I have been away from home a lot and have my Macbook Air with me. I've connected my iPhone to the Macbook and been able to backup my phone to it. My iTunes account is authorised to this computer too. However, when I download the latest updates to my apps on my Macbook and hit sync, it won't sync the apps onto the phone. It says sync complete but nothing happens.
Is it possible to sync with two machines? FYI, I don't sync any music or movies, just apps. I also have a few photos on my iPhone which were transferred from my desktop.
If I can only sync with one machine, how do I make my Macbook the main machine without losing anything from my phone?
Many thanks.

Hi there,
I have only been using my iMac to sync my iPhone with over the last 4 years. However, recently I have been away from home a lot and have my Macbook Air with me. I've connected my iPhone to the Macbook and been able to backup my phone to it. My iTunes account is authorised to this computer too. However, when I download the latest updates to my apps on my Macbook and hit sync, it won't sync the apps onto the phone. It says sync complete but nothing happens.
Is it possible to sync with two machines? FYI, I don't sync any music or movies, just apps. I also have a few photos on my iPhone which were transferred from my desktop.
If I can only sync with one machine, how do I make my Macbook the main machine without losing anything from my phone?
Many thanks.

My old mac died and harddisk is unmountable and no available backup. bought a new mac but how to sync iphone without losing any data on new mac

any help is much appreciated

If there is media content on the device that isn't in your library see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
The user tip includes a link to a backup tip which you should use to make sure that you can recover your library in the event of a problem.
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How can I keep two macs in sync?

I'm not referring to just syncing the files as I know there are services like dropbox available or file sharing. I would like to keep the mac at my office and the one at home automatically in sync. For example, if I make a change to a document at the mac in the office, the mac at home will sync the change as well. It's like working on the same computer but on two macs. How do I do that? Do I need a special program for this? Its so frustrating when I'm back home and all of sudden I need to drive back to the office to access a document. Thank you so much!

POP accounts can be set up to leave mail on the server. Thus this mail could be accessed from several different computers.
I used Eudora a while ago, and set up 2 accounts, one left email on the server, and one did not. I would normally check mail from the one that left it on the server (accounts like this on several macs). When I was ready to download the mail, then I would check it from the other account that existed on only one of the macs.
So in Mail, you could set up for POP and leave mail on the server. Then when ready to download (and not be able to see mail from various macs) you could switch to another user account, where Mail would be set up to not leave mail on the server.
However, iMap makes this whole process easier.
Normally, iMap mail can stay on the server forever. But I do like to get my mail and store it on my Mac after an arbitrary period of time. So I have set up a smart rule in Mail.
It is GET MAIL:
if Date received is less than 10 days old
perform the following actions: stop evaluating rules
So every day the mail is received, and of course it is less than 10 days old, so the rules stop evaluating.
When I am ready to download the messages I select all in the mailbox, and use command-option-L to apply the rules. Any messages less than 10 days old stay on the server, Older messages then follow the other rules which are listted after GET MAIL. Usually these just filter mail into specific dumb mailboxes on my Mac. And/Or they could color the mail, or whatever else I choose to do with the mail.

How to sync documents on two Macs?

Hi,
I have two Macs and want to sync the documents on a specific folder on both of them. In these folders I collect a lot of PDFs from the Internet.
I want to periodically update the "superset" of the documents on a specific folder on both macs.
How can I do this? Is it possible to do this with a batch script that is run in the background?
Best Regards
slimjimT
Powerbook 12'', iMacG5, Airport Mac OS X (10.4.3)

YPC wrote:
3. I then login to my mac mini, and use the same iCloud Apple ID. But, the apps on the laptop and the phone just does not show up here - even after I went to Preference and select sync Music, Apps and Books.
OSX apps are not "synced", neither the ibooks, music or apps from iOS are. They are held available for you in iOS' appstore and Mac Appstore to re-download them later again. Apps,books,etc do not appear in your personal cloud at all. They are not part of your 5GB account.
Music/Video purchases from iTunes in the cloud are not available in every country.
Question: How can I sync my mac mini to the same iCloud account? Other than logging in with the same Apple ID. I am not sure what else I can do.
using the same Apple-ID you use on your other iCloud devices, this is the way to sync. Nothing wrong there.

How do i syncronise two macs on the same network

I currently have a macbook pro, and that is now going to be my home office computer. I am about to buy a macbook air as my travel laptop. I will need them to have the same information on how do I keep them syncronised when I update information on one or the other.

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I want the same address book on my two Macs

Using Sync, it seems easy to exchange your address book data with your mobile phone etc. But all I want is the address books on my two Macs be identical. Sync just does not seem the appropiate tool for that. How do I do this?
iMac G4 + Mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.3) Tiger on the Mini, Panther on the iMac

.Mac Sync - which requires a .Mac account - is the Apple recommended method for synchronizing iCal or Address Book data on two or more Macintosh desktop or portable computers.
You can alternatively use MySync [currently in beta] so long as both Macintoshes are located on the same subnet.
http://www.mildmanneredjanitor.com/mysync

Trouble getting Mac Address Book to sync fully into iPod Contacts

I have a new fifth generation iPod and iTunes 7.0.2. I have had my iPod for ~2months and most of the time I have been struggling to get my Address Book to syncronize into my iPod contacts list. The behavior since the first sync has been that get 18 contacts appear in my iPod when I am trying to get all 331 from my Address Book.
Things that I have tried...
- Restoring the iPod to original factory settings
- Adding new contacts - no change to iPod list
- Updating fields in existing contacts
- deleting All (Address Book, iTunes , iPod , iApps, iSync) preferences
Any other suggestions?

I said that last one wrong. AddressBook accempted all 8,000 of my Filemaker records. It was the iPod that would only accept 4,000 when I sync-ed. Does the iPod have a limited on 4,000 contacts?
Bobby (or anyone)....one more issue. I may have dumb something dumb. After importaing 4,000 records into AddressBook, I naturally wanted to upload to my .Mac site so I could then sync this new Contact file with my office and laptop Macs. My office and laptop are the two Macs that I routinly sync for songs, photos, calendars, etc. Unfortunately, I did this calendar upload last night from another Mac that is NOT used for iCal. So guess what. When I uploaded the contact items, it also sync-ed the Mac's calendar. Since that Mac had no calendar entries, all my calendar entries got deleted from .Mac. Stupid, stupid, stupid. In need to figure out now how to upload and sync ONLY contacts or ONLY calendar items. I'm hoping that when I get back to work (which has all the calendar items in iCal), I can somehow upload ONLY the calendar stuff and have it replace what's now on .Mac. Not sure how to do that, since normally sync-ing involves downloading the .Mac data to your computer. -- david

I have two macs. I have two itunes libraries. How can I sync my iphone with both

Itunes is driving me insane every single day now.
I have two macs so I obviously have two itunes libraries. I have purchased things on both my desktop and my laptop UNDER THE SAME ACCOUNT.
How Can I add/sync media from both without having to erase EVERYTHING. So ridiculous.
Thanks

To share the iTunes content between your computers, just enable Home Sharing from iTunes > File > Home Sharing.
You'll still have to sync the iPhone with just one iTunes library because of the copyright restrictions that iTunes must follow.
More syncing info and options here -> Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers

I have a new Iphone 5, my wife has a 4S and an iPod Touch. When I sync my new 5 to the Mac, it pick up ALL of the stupid game apps that my wife uses on her two devices. How can I keep them separate?

I have a new Iphone 5, my wife has a 4S and an iPod Touch. When I sync my new 5 to the Mac, it pick up ALL of the stupid game apps that my wife uses on her two devices. How can I keep them separate?

go to itunes preferences, store, uncheck automatic downloads. also when your phone is connected you can click on apps and only check the ones you want on your phone, go down to the bottom right and click apply.

How to sync two iTunes libraries between two Macs?

I have two macs (Mavericks) plus the latest version of iTunes. What I want to do is to mirror any change I do on one library to the other iTunes library using Google Drive (iTunes Library Mac 1 to iTunes Library Mac 2 and vice versa).
I installed Google Drive on both of my Macs. It works pretty well at mirroring changes in .mp3 files names changes I do (i.e. My_Song.mp3 to MY_SONG.mp3), new files I add or files I delete...
But there are two things I can't sync right now. Playlists and files info attributes (i.e. when I change the soundtrack Genre of one of my soundtrack it doesn't sync with the same soundtrack on my other mac).
I know I can export+import playlist but I don't know how to actually sync playlists using Google Drive. iTunes has a special way of "storing" playlists. What I want is, for example, I create/modify a playlist on my Mac1 and it sync to Mac2 via Google sync.
So, how can I make my playlists + any changes I make on my soundtracks (not the mp3 files) sync between my Macs using Google Drive?
Thank you.

Periodic posts on people wanting to do something like this and no good answer.
All that information is in the library files.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
Apple's attempt at doing this is Home Sharing but that's more of a track by track basis, not the whole library. The only way you will get it to automatically "sync" is to share a common set of library files with both computers (note, only one computer can open a library file at a time).

How can I sync my two Macs & iphone?

I am using MobileMe before and everything is perfect. I have two Macs running OS10.5, one in my office and one at home. I have an iphone running ios 5.0.1.
Can I sync them all together, eg. Contact, Calendar, Bookmark, Mail etc. How can I sync the calendar on my Mac/iphone with icloud Calendar?

I have two Macs running OS10.5
Your Macs must be running Lion v10.7 in order to setup iCloud.
First, you would need to purchase and install Snow Leopard v10.6 > Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store
Once Snow Leopard is installed, you can download Lion 10.7.2 from the App Store.
Before you do anything, make sure your Mac meets Lion's requirements.
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OSX v10.6.6 or later (V10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available spare
From here > Apple - OS X Lion - Technical specifications
Read here before upgrading to Lion > Lion upgrade questions: Apple Support Communities

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