Sync music without erasing old music

1-How do I sync new music to my i-pod without erasing the music that I have already put on there? I want to get rid of some music in my i-tunes library and not have to worry about it getting deleted the next time I sync music.
2-How do I create backup disks of my music?
Thanks!

1. You probably want to use either manually managing songs or only sync checked songs. To do this, go to the music section of the iPod and change "Automatically sync songs to iPod" (which I'm guessing is what it's currently set to) to manual, or select "only sync checked songs". If you choose manual update, you will have to drag the desired songs to the iPod. If you select sync checked songs, just go through your library and uncheck songs you don't want on your iPod. Syncing new songs won't erase the old ones.
2. If you want physical backup discs, such as CDs or DVDs, in iTunes go to File>Burn Backup Discs. If you want to backup to an external hard drive just copy the files to the drive.
Tom

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