Can't drag music files into new shuffle. Pls? Thx.

Good Morning.
Using a computer (G4 MDD) with an iPod mini on it already.
Created a new user account named ipod.
Switched to that user account, installed/configured new iPod Shuffle named it
Nicks and tried to drag music over to the main iTunes page to no avail. (Keeps snapping back)
See both ipod mini and Ipod shuffle in finder while under "Nicks" login account.
Any advice please?
thanks
Tom

I'm not sure you have to create a new user account, but you do have to give the Shuffle a different name than your other iPod. If you plan to share the same Library with the two devices (which I do with a Shuffle and a 30G 3G) you don't need the separate accounts.
Do you really have OS 9.2.x or is the software here having problems with the profiles?

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