How can I add music to an Apple-formatted iPod from a Windows-PC?

without losing the music that I already downloaded from an iMac?
When I try connecting the iPod to my Windows PC, it prompts me to restore, which would eliminate all the music that's already on the iPod.
Any way around that?

If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). However there are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. XPlay and MacDrive for instance get good reviews. XPlay is an iPod specific program and can be used as an iTunes alternative, MacDrive is more general and lets you access various types of Mac formatted drives on Windows such as CDs, DVDs, hard drives etc:
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MacDriveiPod on Mac and Windows

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