Keeping two I Tunes libraries current

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Keeping two I Tunes libraries current

I have my main ITunes library on my Mac Pro, I have a copy of that on an external firewire drive which I use on my MacBook for music. I need to make sure that when I add music to my main ITunes folder on my Mac Pro that I can also copy those new files to my ITunes library on my MacBook rather than have to do it manually.

As far as I know when I add new tracks to the MacPro I Tunes , I should plug the external firewire drive which has the second library but I'm stuck after that.

Any help?

R

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Mac Pro 8 Core

Posted on Dec 24, 2012 6:52 AM

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Dec 24, 2012 8:56 AM in response to ralphiedee

If one is just a copy of the other and the two Macs

are authorized under the same Apple ID, you should

be able to just use a file sync app to keep both identical.

Although a different scenario, I have two hard drives attached

to my Airport Extreme Base Station, each with my iTunes folders.

One is actually my prime and the other is a straight backup.

All my Macs are set up to use the prime when starting iTunes.

They all can also open the backup as well. All I do is use my

sync app to do a straight backup and works fine. I don't see why

this should not work using a true two way sync.

Remember that the sync/backup needs to encompass all that is in

the iTunes folder.

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