Planning to buy iPod Touch

Hi, I've never had an iPod. I am planning to buy iPod Touch. I use Windows XP (Desktop PC) and MAC OS X Tiger (MacBook). I would like to know if is possible to use iPod with both OS or I'll have any problem every time I want to sync songs.
Thank you.

The easiest way to use an iPod on both Mac and Windows computers is to format the iPod (using iPod Updater) using the PC. This will force your iPod to use the Windows file system (FAT32) which both the Mac and PC can read from and write to without the help of additional software.
Of course then all your software updates for the iPod will have to be done on Windows.


If you need to use a Mac (HFS+) formatted iPod on a Windows PC, you'll need to install some 3rd party software such as XPlay 2.0 or MacDrive (which you can get from MediaFour Software). This will enable your Windows PC to read a Mac-formatted iPod.
Btw, you'd be better posting any future questions about this model iPod in the iPod Touch forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1215

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