Help me get my iTunes music from external HD to iPod??

New iPod is plugged into Mac. Set to automatically update. What steps do I take now to get music from my External HD onto the iPod?? Thanks.

The music has to be in iTunes first.
Go ahead and eject the iPod from iTunes...
How to Eject the iPod
Now, go to file-->add folder to library. Find the folder on the external HD that has all the music on it. Add that to the library. Then go back and sync the iPod. Note that iTunes will look for the songs from the ext. HD, and if it is not connected, the songs will not work in iTunes.
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