{"id":14695,"date":"2002-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=14695"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Yes. When you first connect iPod to your Mac, iPod recognizes that Mac as its &#8220;home&#8221; computer. Each time you connect, iPod automatically downloads the music library stored on it. When you connect iPod to a different Mac, iPod asks for permission before updating, or synchronizing, with this music library. If you choose automatic update, your iPod recognizes the second Mac as its home computer, and breaks the link with the original Mac. If you do not choose automatic update, iPod switches to manual update mode, allowing you to selectively drag songs, albums, or playlists from the second computer to your iPod. Synchronization occurs only in one direction, from your Mac to your iPod. This means you cannot transfer music, automatically or manually, from your iPod to a computer, and you cannot use iPod to copy a music library from one computer to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[35249,35250],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33184],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes. When you first connect iPod to your Mac, iPod recognizes that Mac as its &#8220;home&#8221; computer. Each time you connect, iPod automatically downloads the music library stored on it. When you connect iPod to a different Mac, iPod asks for permission before updating, or synchronizing, with this music library. If you choose automatic update, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\",\"name\":\"SweetCare\",\"description\":\"Service and Support\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/\",\"name\":\"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? - SweetCare\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-05-17T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"description":"Check out the I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? - SweetCare","og_description":"Yes. When you first connect iPod to your Mac, iPod recognizes that Mac as its &#8220;home&#8221; computer. Each time you connect, iPod automatically downloads the music library stored on it. When you connect iPod to a different Mac, iPod asks for permission before updating, or synchronizing, with this music library. If you choose automatic update, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/","og_site_name":"SweetCare","article_modified_time":"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/","name":"SweetCare","description":"Service and Support","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/","name":"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac? - SweetCare","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/#website"},"datePublished":"2002-05-17T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/computer-home-one-work-update-ipod-music-collection-more\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I have a computer at home and one at work. Can I update my iPod music collection from more than one Mac?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/14695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/14695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14695"},{"taxonomy":"storecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storecat?post=14695"},{"taxonomy":"itemids","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itemids?post=14695"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturers?post=14695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}