Best way to move ipod to new mac mini?

I have an imac & my daughter uses my itunes library to manually manage the content of her ipod touch (my ipod is set to auto sync with itunes)
I have just brought her a mac mini & would like her to now have her own itunes library on it & be able to auto sync her ipod touch with it.
Can anyone offer advice on the best way to do this please?
Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
1) Put the existing itunes library onto the ipod touch.
Sign into itunes on the new mac.
Connect the touch to the mac mini and when prompted, transfer all the content.
or
2) Rip itunes content from your mac onto disc(s) and install the disc(s) onto the new imac. You can also transfer using an external hard drive.
Good luck

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