Syncing Nano & iphone using same itunes library

How do I sync my itunes to my 4th gen nano and my iphone? So I can have my same music on the nano and the iphone? So they are mirrored?

Not with just itunes, but 3rd-party programs such as TuneRanger claim to be able to do it.
I assume you are talking about using one ITL file for both systems?
Also, if your NAS drive is formatted NTFS, you need special software on the Mac to read it.
And your iPods have to be formatted for Windows.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1335

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