# iTunes: purchased tracks on two computers

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-purchased-tracks-on-two-computers/429239 "2007-12-08T01:06:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-purchased-tracks-on-two-computers/429239/1 "2007-12-08T01:06:52Z")

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I hope I’m just being dumb and can’t figure this out (but I fear that I may have just wasted $15 too).

Got a new iPod classic (my first ever iPod) two weeks ago. Synced w/ my home computer where I have most of my music.

Had an overseas trip so bought a full season of a TV show. Now I’m overseas, with my laptop, and for the flight back just purchased (on my laptop’s itunes) season 2 of this show.

And for the life of me can’t get it on to my iPod. I did change the laptop’s sync setting to manual. But when I drag and drop the show, it does’nt xfer to my iPod.

Thanks in advace - heading to airport in an hour and quite frustrated with this.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-purchased-tracks-on-two-computers/429239/2 "2007-12-08T01:33:59Z")

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[QUOTE=rexnervous]  
I hope I’m just being dumb and can’t figure this out (but I fear that I may have just wasted $15 too).

Got a new iPod classic (my first ever iPod) two weeks ago. Synced w/ my home computer where I have most of my music.

Had an overseas trip so bought a full season of a TV show. Now I’m overseas, with my laptop, and for the flight back just purchased (on my laptop’s itunes) season 2 of this show.

And for the life of me can’t get it on to my iPod. I did change the laptop’s sync setting to manual. But when I drag and drop the show, it does’nt xfer to my iPod.

Thanks in advace - heading to airport in an hour and quite frustrated with this.  
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It can be done but requires special software to do it and none of it I have seen are free.

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**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-purchased-tracks-on-two-computers/429239/3 "2007-12-08T01:57:26Z")

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[QUOTE=drachillix]  
It can be done but requires special software to do it and none of it I have seen are free.  
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Thanks - actually think I figured it out. Needed to register the laptop w/ itunes.

Seemed to do the trick.

I’m not worried about synching the two machines.