Is it possible to keep songs on your ipod but erase them from your . . .

I know it has to be possible, but I need some help to do this. I have a lot of songs and would like to get them off of my hard drive. Is it possible to erase them from my hard drive and keep them on my ipod? If so, what's the easiest way to do this?
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jbirds1 wrote:
I know it has to be possible, but I need some help to do this. I have a lot of songs and would like to get them off of my hard drive. Is it possible to erase them from my hard drive and keep them on my ipod? If so, what's the easiest way to do this?
Possible, yes. But not typically advised around here, as the iPod's hard drive is not a reliable long term storage/archival device. Best to back up your songs onto either an external hard drive or CD/DVD media first before deleting from iTunes.
Setting the iPod to manually manage music and playlists, though, will achieve what you're looking to do.
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