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Import media using Home Sharing in iTunes on PC
You can use Home Sharing to import items from up to five iTunes libraries on other computers. To use Home Sharing, you must have an Apple ID.
Any time you download an item from Apple Music or the iTunes Store to a computer in your Home Sharing network, you can have the item automatically downloaded to the other computers in the network as well.
Turn on Home Sharing
Follow these steps on each computer you want to include in your Home Sharing network.
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn On Home Sharing.
Type your Apple ID and password, then click Turn On Home Sharing.
If you don’t have an Apple ID, click Create New Apple ID and follow the onscreen instructions.
Import items from other libraries using Home Sharing
On the computer you want to import from, turn on Home Sharing and open the iTunes app
.
On the computer you want to import to, make sure Home Sharing is on, open the iTunes app
, then choose a shared library from the pop-up menu at the top left.
Click the Show pop-up menu at the bottom of the iTunes window, then choose “Items not in my library.”
Select the items you want to import, then click Import.
Automatically import new iTunes Store purchases from another computer
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose a shared library from the pop-up menu at the top left.
Click Settings at the bottom of the window.
Select the types of content you want to automatically import, then click OK.
Turn off Home Sharing
In the iTunes app
on your PC, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn Off Home Sharing.
Repeat on each computer.
If a shared computer doesn’t appear when Home Sharing is on, turn Home Sharing off, then turn it on again.
To learn how to add other content to iTunes, see How to add items.