Tracks purchased from iTunes automatically synching to iPod Touch

Have a problem with tracks and albums purchased from iTunes, which are automatically synching to my iPod Touch (5th Gen), even though I have already transferred them manually via my PC. The duplicates appear in the Music list in a greyed-out text, whereas my manually transferred albums are in bold.
Can anyone advise why this is happening, and how to prevent it?
Sorry, posted in wrong place, have Windows PC, not Mac.

iTunes still works with ALL iPods, back the original iPod.
The latest iTunes may hide the sidebar. From the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
Does your iPod appear in the sidebar, under DEVICES?
If it does, select it there. Over to the right, there is a row of "tabs" (starting with Summary). Click on Music there. This screen is where you tell iTunes how to sync your iPod with songs from the iTunes library. You need to set it up, so that the songs you want on the iPod are included in your selection. If your entire iTunes Music library will fit on the iPod, you can choose the option for Entire music library. Otherwise, choose Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.
NOTE: If the iPod already has songs on it, its current content will be replaced by your selection on the Music tab, when you click Apply.
This document provides general information about loading music on iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1351
If you have specific questions (or if your iPod does not appear in iTunes), please post back.

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I have reported this problem to apply but no reply. I have autherized, deautherized and re-autherized lots of times and looked for advice on here but cant seem to get it to work.
On 2 albums I brought several of the tracks wont play, they just get skipped over. They have definately been downloaded as they all play fine on my iphone.
If you can answer this please can yoou put step-by-step instructions as this stuff is so confusing.
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