Stubborn playlist won't xfer to iPod!

All my playlists will go, but there is one, with lots of new & purchased tunes, that just won't transfer. The error message is "get updated software" but I HAVE the latest. Any idears? Manythanks. M.

To see if you indeed have the latest software installed on your iPod, read this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61688
You probably downloaded the newest iPod software, but did you run the actual updater?
The latest one is called 'iPod Updater 2005-11-17' and is located in ~/Applications/Utilities/iPod Software Updater
M

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