Can i start a new itunes library on a mac?

i understand that holding shift woks for windows but not mac. my specific problem is that i have 300 songs on the computer but 700 on the ipod. i just bought an album on the computer that i cant transfer to the ipod. if i can start a new library and sinc all 700 songs to it i can just move the album.

Yes, you can sync content to an iPod from a source other than the iTunes Store. iTunes won't import such content from the iPod.
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