iPod Reverse Sync?

[BWhaler]

So the new iTunes will sync music in both directions across Macs as long as both are authorized on the same account.

I can't see to get this to work, including on iTunes content.

Does anyone know how to get this to work properly?

Thanks

 

[patseguin]

Me neither. When I plugged my iPod into my Macbook, it said something about you can only sync with 1 library. I thought the whole with with version 7 was that you could sync more than 1 computer on the same account. It did end up syncing, but only my purchased songs and not the 300+ songs I have in my library ripped from CD's.

 

[stagi]

it will only work with purchased music

it will only work with purchased music. Check out the apple page here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/sync/transfer.html

They also give a link with how to do it for non purchased music.

 

[calculus]

it will only work with purchased music. Check out the apple page here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/sync/transfer.html

They also give a link with how to do it for non purchased music.

The non purchased music part is only for moving from one computer to another (not from the iPod)

 

[mkrishnan]

It doesn't seem like it's such a major feature after all, huh?

FWIW, what I do to keep my computers sync'd manually is that I keep a "transfer folder" of stuff that I know I want to put on the other computer on my desktop. (My computers are sometimes on the same LAN together at home). So if I get a new song, I drag it from iTunes into there, and then delete the copy later when I've copied it. I also keep "recently added" playlists that display the last xx songs added to iTunes on both computers, which helps.

Not perfect, but it works....

 

[ChrisBrightwell]

I deleted some free TV downloads from iTunes and, when I plugged the iPod in to sync, I got a message stating that there was "purchased content" on the iPod that wasn't found in iTunes.

It then asked if I wanted to copy that content from my iPod.

I imagine that's the gist of how the "reverse" xfer works.