I want to use my ipod with multiple computers

I use 3 computers for my music (office, home and laptop).  I want to put music on my ipod from all 3 computers.  I have an Ipod Classic - 160gb

Hey 707dancinann,
Thanks for the question. To achieve this, you’ll want to manually manage the content on your device:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
When manually managing content, you can add content from multiple libraries to your iPod or iPad. Even when manually managing music, some content may be available from only one library at time.
Thanks,
Matt M.

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