PC NEWBIE-Connecting PC iPOD to Mac

I'm a mac person and know little about PC's. My cousin is coming over today and wants help with her new iPod which is formatted PC. When she was here last, we tried hooking her iPod up to my mac, and there were problems. First it wouldn't sync. Then when it finally did, her iPod showed up in iTunes but all the music was grayed out. Also, her iPod switched back to play mode (meaning it no longer read "do not disconnect." Disconnected it and reconnected it and the same thing happened.
Can anyone help us figure this out? Do we need to do something to her iPod for my mac to recognize it?

"Then when it finally did, her iPod showed up in iTunes but all the music was grayed out"
Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to "automatically update songs and playlists". . If you want to access your iPod directly, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and Playlists" in the iPod preferences. For more detail see this tutorial: Managing Your Songs Manually
"Also, her iPod switched back to play mode (meaning it no longer read "do not disconnect.)
That's normal in automatic mode, it automatically disconnects when it's finished updating. When this is changed to manual or the iPod is enabled as a removable hard drive the "Do Not Disconnect" will message will remain until you manually eject. Safely disconnect iPod
"Do we need to do something to her iPod for my mac to recognize it?"
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"Also, her iPod switched back to play mode (meaning it no longer read "do not disconnect.)
That's normal in automatic mode, it automatically disconnects when it's finished updating. When this is changed to manual or the iPod is enabled as a removable hard drive the "Do Not Disconnect" will message will remain until you manually eject. Safely disconnect iPod
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