Cross Platform Usage

Is there any software which allows a PC-formatted iPod to be used on a mac and have songs uploaded to it? Or vice-versa for that matter.
The reason I ask?
My wife uses a PC at work and we have a mac at home. She has iTunes on both and would like to add songs to her iPod from both locations.
Thanks!

Macs can read PC formatted iPods without additional software. You would just have to set the iPod for manual music management if you plan on loading music on it from two different computers.
PCs need additional software to read Mac formatted iPods. I'm sorry but I really can't remember the names (Xplay, maybe?).
Regardless of how it's formatted, the software on the iPod can only be updated by that type of computer (i.e., you can't update the software on a PC formatted iPod from a Mac).

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