New iMac old(er) iPods

I have just purchased an iPod and and am in the process of restoring my library which has been a bit intense, but I'm making progress. The library was originally created on a PC which all of my families iPod's synced to. Once I get the libraries restored(hopefully soon) will I be able to sync the iPods to the iTunes library with the iMac? If not, what do I need to do be able to begin syncing with the iMac. Thanks in advance.

When you connect any of those iPods to the Mac it will probably tell you that they need reformatting from Windows to Mac. If so, you just need to restore the iPod(s) to factory settings.
However, you don't necessarily have to reformat the iPod because a Windows iPod will work just fine on a Mac running OS X. Many folks leave it like that for the convenience of being able to use the iPod on both a Mac and a Windows machine, and I left my new Classic Windows formatted for months before I eventually reformatted.
The one downside is that you won't be able to update the iPod software if you leave it Windows formatted unless you do it on a Windows PC. So, if you want to update and you only have access to a Mac, you'll need to reformat it.

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