Is there a way to set your ipod up so it only syncs to one computer?

I'm in the process of cleaning up my music libraries. It's become a big ordeal because I've pretty much got 3 of them. One at work on my PC, one on my MacBook, and then one on my ipod. Since I use two different iTunes libraries, I never synced my ipod, thus 3 different libraries. Well now I'm trying to figure out a system here and figure if I could set my ipod up to only sync to my Mac, it would work. Though I'm not sure how to do that. I originally synced my new ipod classic to my Mac, but the minute I plugged it in to my PC, it forced me to reformat my ipod which erased all the songs I had on it. The only way I see to be able to hook the ipod up to to both computers is by managing my library manually .... but then that brings me back to my 3 separate library problem.
Any suggestions?
Also, is there a quick way to copy my ipod library to my MacBook? I basically added both iTunes libraries to my ipod to make sure every single song I have is in one place....but now I want it all on my Mac so it can be synced. I know how to pull them from my ipod to PC, by viewing hidden files and transferring them over, but if I do it that way, all the titles are messed up and read as random letters. Is there a cleaner way to do this, and on a Mac?

If you follow the instructions here
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
and make a new apple ID, you will have the ability to set 'none' as the payment option. With no payment, they can't buy anything. ANd if you choose to give them the 'budget' to purchase stuff, you can use iTunes gift cards to give them a set amount of credit to spend.
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