Backing Up My Songs and Audio Books AND Updating to 3.1.2

Hello,
1. My Touch is set for manual management of my songs and audiobooks and a few podcasts. What's on the Touch is not exactly what is in my Music Folder on my MacBook Pro which is the "home" computer. Most of my songs on the Touch are not from the iTunes store, but from my CD collection. How can I back up what is on the Touch? I've been told a third party software is necessary. I've also heard I can drag my data to the desktop of my MacBook Pro then burn it to CDs but not DVDs. That would take forever. This is all very awkward and unsophisticated in my opinion. I would think Apple could do better.
2. Last night I wanted to update my Touch to 3.1.2. I started the update but aborted it when I read in the update infor panes that my Touch would be reset to Default as a result of this updating process. I interpreted that to mean I was going to suddenly lose all of my music library, audiobooks and podcasts on the Touch. So, I aborted the update. Was I right? Will I lose my songs, etc. when doing this update? If so, all the more reason to know how to backup what is on the Touch and reinstall it after the update.
Thanks to anyone who can help me on this.
George

I'm not sure why you are worried about this. You might want to spend a few minutes with the manual so you get a better understanding of the relationship between iTunes and your iPod. It is anything but awkward and unsophisticated as you say.
1. Are you running Time Machine? - if you are, your library is backed up. However, if you want an additional backup, use an external hard drive and copy your library to it or burn it to a DVD. If you sync your touch regularly, there is absolutely no reason to copy the contents from the touch (software required - Google "Pod to Mac") to a backup drive.
2. The update process wipes your iPod, installs the new firmware, restores your previous data, and re-syncs your library. In other words, you have the same iPod with a new version of firmware. Everything is where you expect it, nothing is lost. You basically don't have to do anything except start the process.

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