My ipod will not sync new apps or music

my son's ipod will not sync new apps or music.
it is up to date, everything works fine that is on it
i know my solution is to restore the ipod but in doing so he would lose his tap zoo (which would be devastating)
so how do i get this ipod to sync without

It sounds like you previously synced to a different computer.  Yo can only synce to one computer/iTunes Libray but you can manage music among different computer.  See:
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
If you want to permanently change syncing computers best would be to move the backup file from your old computer and move it to the new computer and then restore your iPod from that backup.  For the location of the backup file see:
iPhone and iPod touch: About backups
If you do not have the backup you will have to restore to factory defaults/new iPod.

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