Hi Andrew Yes, if you don't have a home network you will have to use one of those methods (you can connect two macs together with firewire or ethernet with a small amount of faff, you don't need target mode) or maybe a USB stick, and keep them synched manually.
Regards Stuart On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:23 AM, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for this Stuart. > > Don't QUITE get it - do I connect them using firewire and have one of them in > target mode (or whatever it is called)? Or can I do it via bluetooth - I am > hopelessly un techy. Or can I do it via mobileme in any way? > > I also suddenly realised that I could - low tech solution - simply burn the > CD's to the macbook directly so they are there in any case. BUT - I'd still > not have downloaded tracks on both. > > Andrew > On 14 Sep 2010, at 11:07 pm, Stuart Dunkeld wrote: > >> Hi Andrew >> >>> I have now got back the original collection but - how do I get the music on >>> my iMac to the Macbook and vice versa??!! >> >> Just like this what I did. >> >> Start iTunes on your iMac. >> >> Open iTunes Preferences/Sharing and set it to a) look for libraries >> and b) share it's own library >> >> Do the same on the Macbook (as you want two way syncing) >> >> Then connect to the shared libraries on each computer from the other, >> and you will see two buttons on the bottom right hand side - "import", >> which copies your selected items locally, and "settings" which allows >> you to automatically sync new music. >> >> I've successfully used Import to transfer music form iMac to macbook, >> but I haven't used sync, as I don't have enough space. >> >> Regards >> >> Stuart >> >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:56 PM, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I took my iPod (synced to my iMac) to my narrow boat this w/e, intending to >>> listen to various albums (one for each age group - Edith Piaf, Dusty, Abba, >>> etc etc) and it needed charging. >>> >>> SO - I attached it to my iBook (different and much less music) - and the >>> bloody thing synced to to it losing all the other music. >>> >>> I have now got back the original collection but - how do I get the music on >>> my iMac to the Macbook and vice versa??!! >>> >>> Any advice most gratefully received. >>> Andrew >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
