IPOD auto. get songs from ITUNES?

My IPOD shuffle seems to automatically start to get any new songs I've added to Itunes...how do I stop this from automatically upating?
Thanks for any help offered,
Chris

Jeff,
That link applies to all iPods EXCEPT the shuffle. The shuffle CANNOT be put into manual mode. Try it yourself, you'll see there's no such option in the shuffle's preferences.
Chris, what you are talking about is a different auto-syncing problem than Jeff's link talks about anyways. I haven't had this problem with my shuffle but maybe because it's always full so there's no room for any songs to be added. But I think the easiest way to prevent the shuffle from "autofiling" with new songs you add to the library, is to create a specific playlist of only the songs you want on the shuffle. Then at the bottom of the shuffle window, chose that playlist instead of "Library" next to "autofill from". (Autofill is only supposed to happen if you press the big autofill button so I'm not sure what's going on in your case.)
Does that help?
Sara.

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