Lossless on computer, AAC on iPod

How do I store my music in Lossless format in iTunes, but in AAC format on my 60G iPod? Is there a way to have music sync from Lossless on the computer to AAC on the iPod?

you dont. your iPod syncs to what you have in iTunes,
if you have lossless in iTunes, so will your iPod, if
you have AAC in your iTunes, so will your iPod. Now,
a solution, make doubles of everything in your
iTunes, and have one be lossless, and one be AAC.
Then make a smart playlist that contains all the AAC
and set your iPod to sync with that playlist. This is
a solution that may require lots of hard drive space
on your computer, but will accomplish the desired
effect. I think you should just put the files into
Apple Lossless, it's not that big, and unless u have
more then 60GB of music, you should be fine.
Thanks, very helpful. I do have everything in Lossless now, but I got through less than half my collection when I hit the 60G limit. Someone I work with suggested adding an external hard-drive on my computer to handle music only. This would handle your idea of dual libraries: Lossless and AAC, and the whole library would easily fit on the iPod in AAC format.

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