Am having ipod shuffle 2nd generatioan adn it is asking me to restore always when i connect it to the pc

am having ipod shuffle 2nd generatioan adn it is asking me to restore always when i connect it to the pc

It's not designed to work like this. When you sync, the iPod stores some information that basically says 'this iPod belongs to computer xyz'. Apple did this to prevent copyright issues (syncing someone else's music).
If you really want to do this, you'll have to at least tie both iTunes installations to the same account. Maybe have them sync with each other.

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