Synching same iPod to PC and Mac possible?

wondering if i can add songs at my friend's house on his Mac/iTunes. i manage mine at home on a PC/iTunes. do you have to register it again? does it have to be reformatted? is it worth it?

Thanks Jeff for helping me out with my query re. my ipod. It has clarified my problem somewhat but not fully. I'm still wondering why it went wrong in the first place. I mean, it was working perfectly since I got it in Feb. '05, why then did it suddenly start skipping in August '05? I did nothing differently, so I still don't understand what went wrong.
Considering that I'm not a technician, and I had no idea about Fat32 and HFS+ formatting (I do now, thanks to you!) how would I have had any idea about software I might have needed to install?? And why do I need to install it anyway, as it was working fine without it til recently? Do you see what I mean? It's all very well getting defensive about Apple ipods and how good they are, but why are there so many problems with them?
"Ah yes, that old chestnut. This is a support forum for folks who have issues with their iPods so what exactly would you expect to see here?"
Why should there be a forum if everything was fine and everything was straightforward. That's the problem, when something goes wrong and you go back to the shop expecting help, you find that half the time they don't have a clue and you're left on your own to sort it out.
Don't get me wrong, I love my ipod, but I haven't a clue about software and haven't the time (I wish I had) to search around on websites etc. going from pillar to post to try to find straightforward answers, so that's why I was so frustrated. You can't even update your software on the PC or Mac because if you do it on one, it wipes out the other's Library. So in the end, all that's left is to buy another ipod and keep one for the Mac and one for the PC!

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I have an ipod but want to upload from two different locations. I found out from a reply from a previous question that I can do that but my problem seems to be that I have a windows based laptop at home but at my other location in my office I am using a Mac. From what I read I can not do this from one location to the other without reformating my ipod everytime which would be useless to me sense I do not have the same music or do all of my purchases from one location. Is this possible to upload from a windows and mac computer from two different locations or is this impossible? Thanks in advance!!!

Probably 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 (which you can get from MediaFour Software). This will enable your Windows PC to read a Mac-formatted iPod.
Then see this.
See this.
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I have a 3rd gen iPod Touch (is that the generation before they came out with the camera?). And, I had it synched with my home computer (a G4 running 10.4.11) for the longest time. Well, then (in efforts to getting the latest iOS) I synched it with my work computer (a MacPro running Snow Leopard). Clearly, I understand the difference in the Mac OS's and therefore the different iTunes version.
However, I'd like to reformat my iPod to begin synching it with my home computer. (I utilize iCal at home, and would like to integrate it on my iPod).
So, I've erased the iPod (using it's proprietary erasing feature) and then plugged it in at home. However, I still get the error: "upgrade your version of iTunes to the latest version." I've upgraded everything I can, but I still get this error. I'm guessing the iPod is still looking for the MacPro (or, at least, the latest iTunes -- which I can't install on my PowerMac G4).
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I can't downgrade even if the iPod was originally setup on the older G4 ?? I guess I could check into leopard on my G4. I didn't think I could run leopard. I thought 10.5 was for Intel-chipped Macs. But, I guess yours is running fine
Yeah, I have a Dual 1.25Ghz processor, so, apparently, it should work fine.
And, I guess I have the 2nd gen ipod touch -- determined by the list (thanks Carolyn Samit) and by the fact that it's the 8Gb flashdrive.
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J

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I keep my catalog and photos on an external hard drive. I have both PCs and a MAC and I would like to be able to access the same catalog of photos on both my PC and my MAC using LR2. I am using v 2.3. The problem is the location of the photo is referenced differently on the PC than on the MAC. Does any one have any idea how I might accomplish this?
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