Ipod wants to copy entire music library

My Ipod wants to copy the entire music library (30GB) instead of just the selected songs (2GB).. what gives?

Hi Cliff554,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
It sounds like you might have automatic syncing turned on for this device?  Hopefully this article will help:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535?viewlocale=en_US
Cheers,
- Judy

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