Imac/ipod help

Question

I just got a new imac and want to load my "library" from my current ipod onto the new machine. Any ideas on how to do this?

Answer 1

You still did not answer the key question... Does the old computer still have its iTunes installation and data on it? In other words, can you still sync your iPod to it.
I'll assume the answer is yes.
The best way to make iTunes on the iMac like iTunes on the old computer is to transfer the entire iTunes folder. The high level steps are:
(1) Find the iTunes folder on your old computer. If you used the default settings, all of your iTunes user and media files are in that folder. It should be located at
\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
(2) Find the iTunes folder on your new Mac. It should be at
<User Home Folder>/Music/iTunes/
(3) Assuming the iTunes library on the iMac is empty, when iTunes is NOT running, replace the iTunes folder on the iMac with the iTunes folder from the old computer. The next time you run iTunes on the new iMac, it should use your old iTunes library file and iTunes should look like it did on the old computer.
Note for (3): If you already have new stuff in iTunes on the iMac (that is not on your old PC), you may not want to delete the existing iTunes folder. Instead, you can move it to a different location or rename it. Then, you can latter merge anything new into your previous iTunes library, once it becomes your iTunes library on the iMac.
For step (3), you can do it with an external drive or you can do it over a network connection between the iMac and Windows PC. If you had an +old school+ iPod, like an iPod classic, you could even use it as your external drive to do the transfer. I don't think an iPod touch can be used that way, and it probably is not big enough to hold your iTunes folder.