HT1369 itunes erased my ipod when it synced and now doesn't recognize my device.

pluggedipod in to charge in usb port. itunes synced and erased all content and now cannot recover music as ipod keeps wanting to go through restore mode

Syncing with iTunes on a Mac :
Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later
iTunes 10.7 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)

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