Mac Mini - iPod 5th gen - Mac PowerBook

I generally use my Mac Mini at home to update my iPod (upgraded to a 5th gen). Now, since I travel, it would be nice to load the videos onto my PowerBook (since I'm allowed to authorize more computers). But I haven't seen a convenient way to do this. Can I use the iPod to do it or do I need to do a firewire to firewire connection between the Mini and the laptop?
Both the Mini and laptop are at the same level of Mac OS X.

You can do it with a FW drive or using the ipod in disk mode if you have enough room on it. Just look for your "music" folder on your computer and copy everything in your iTunes folder to your iTunes folder on your PowerBook. As long as your music and videos are all stored in your iTunes folder this will work fine. You'll have an exact duplicate of your iTunes library on both computers.

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Hello, I have been having strange problems with my
iPod for the past two days.
•Wednesday night I downloaded some TV shows. For some
reason I ran the software update and allowed my
computer to download and install the new iTunes 7.
After installing, I turned off the iPod and went to
bed.
•Thursday morning I was disappointed to find that my
iPod would not turn on (I pressed menu and play at
the same time and nothing happened). Later that day a
coworker suggested that I press menu and the center
button at the same time and it came to life again!
•Thursday evening I watched my TV show with no
problems and the iPod seemed fine. However, this
morning I tried to turn on my iPod and now it's not
working again!!
I press menu and the black screen with the Apple logo
flickers on for 1 second, then goes blank and then
comes up again for 5 seconds, then disappears and a
horizontal row of very thin lines shows up, running
along the bottom 1/4 of the screen...I tried pressing
menu & center button, menu & play...that causes the
black screen & Apple logo to flicker on and off
several times over and over, until after about 8
seconds it cuts off the top half and then becomes
blank or the horizontal rows of lines occupy the
bottom 1/3 of the screen.
In doing some quick research it seems that a lot of
people are having problems after the iTunes 7 update,
could that be my problem? If so, how do I uninstall
it??
Thanks!!
best regards,
Lisa
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