Nano sync question

I have an 8G nano that holds approx 2000 songs. Currently my itunes library is close to 3000 songs. It won't allow me to sync the entire library on to the nano. However I'm tired of manually having to select each song. Is there a way to delete the songs from the nano each time I sync & then let itunes choose 8G worth of new songs. I'm currently (finally!) adding all my cd's to my library & when I finish I will have close to 15,000 songs & would rather have itunes do this than me do it myself. The only way I have found that works is to "reset" the nano. If this is the only way, then is it safe to keep resetting it?

Hello Miguel,
I would check out the Autofill option described in this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
And yes you can keep doing it the same way you do now, but I can't say whether or not it hurts your iPod any by doing it so often.
B-rock

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