"seeing" a windows iPod on an iMac

My 5th gen iPod is formatted for windows. My understanding is that I should also be able to connect it to my iMac as well. When I connect via USB to my iMac not only does the iPod not appear in iTunes, no icon appears on my desktop either.
How can I "see" the iPod on my iMac?
Thanks in advance.

Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting document? It may be of some help: iPod missing in iTunes and Mac desktop

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