IPod behaviour after migration to new Mac

Hi. I recently bought a new Mac (I'm typing from an old one!) and used the Migration Assistant to move my account from a machine a work. I then copied the music files from this home machine to the new machine. Finally I exported the library from this machine and imported it onto the new machine. (I wanted to merge some of the account functions of my home and work machines on the new machine).
My problem is that both this machine at home and the new machine want to sync the iPod but are now not quite in sync (e.g. ratings, play counts, LastFM scrobbles, etc.) and this causes some hassle. I basically want to automatically sync with the new machine and for the old machine to ignore the iPod. However if I set the iPod to manual management on this old machine, the setting is also seen on the new machine. Is there some way round this?..
The third machine (the one at work) behaves differently - it sees it as synced to a different machine and so gives the dialog asking what to do. I think therefore a more specific question is can I make the iTunes settings on the new machine and the old home machine look like -different- machines? I'm happy to delve into the library XML if need be.
(All three machines are authorised to my iTunes Store account but I don't think this matters)
Thanks,
Jeremy Morley

You can always switch the iPod to manually manage for connecting up to the other two computer then when you connect back to the main computer where you master library is, switch it back to Auto Sync. You won't lose anything and it only takes a checkbox change and <Apply> button to change it.
As a side note, if you switch the iPod to manually manage for the other computers, you don't need to have libraries on those. Just have iTunes installed and when you plug in your manually managed iPod, you can play your library directly out of the iPod via the iTunes app. A great trick for having iTunes on a work computer without loading it up with a big media library.
Side note #2, if you format the iPod in Windows format, then ALL computers (Mac and Windows) can use it. If the iPod is in Mac format, then Windows computers won't be able to access it.
Cheers,
Patrick

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