Why can i only sync songs from one iTunes library and not two unless...?

Question

...unless i delete all the content from the other computer?
is there any other way i can do this

Answer 1

YOU CAN yes ok make your setting so manual and not autmatci sync. one you plug in your ipod open itunes and there should be your ipod there click on it and there should be songs there. ok now put all the songs u want to put on it. and then un plug it and go to the next computer and do the same. plug it in and just copy/past songs form the library to you ipod.

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Answer 2

There are a number of ways to answer this -

The way I ended up doing this was to put all the library files on a single shared hard drive, then point all copies iTunes to this drive as the default drive.

Then delete everything in your current library and import everything from the new hard drive.

When you add new music, by default it goes to this new hdd.

You manage which songs you want on your iPod by checking/unchecking them in your library listing.

You can also import songs from another library, providing you can get network access to that library every time you sync. When you import songs from another library it doesn't actually copy the file it only makes a pointer to where the file lives. If that other computer is off line, you won't be able to sync those particular songs. Once you get 1000s of songs in your library it's impossible to remember where they came from.

Another trick is to just copy the files with thumb drive from one hard drive to the other.

I have a network with 3 computers running iTunes. They point to one common 300Gb drive that is shared off one of the PCs.

Answer 3

There are a number of ways to answer this -

The way I ended up doing this was to put all the library files on a single shared hard drive, then point all copies iTunes to this drive as the default drive.

Then delete everything in your current library and import everything from the new hard drive.

When you add new music, by default it goes to this new hdd.

You manage which songs you want on your iPod by checking/unchecking them in your library listing.

You can also import songs from another library, providing you can get network access to that library every time you sync. When you import songs from another library it doesn't actually copy the file it only makes a pointer to where the file lives. If that other computer is off line, you won't be able to sync those particular songs. Once you get 1000s of songs in your library it's impossible to remember where they came from.

Another trick is to just copy the files with thumb drive from one hard drive to the other.