Transfering your Ipod from a PC to a Mac

I am going to be getting an iMac soon and currently have a Ipod with a Itunes library on my Windows XP. How do I transfer my Ipod Mini from the Windows format to the Mac format?
Windows XP

A Macintosh computer will read a Windows-formatted iPod, but not vice versa. However, if you will only be using the iPod mini with the Mac in the future, I would format the iPod for exclusive use with the Apple. You can do this by restoring the iPod on the iMac.
Restoring the iPod
Are you also asking how to transfer your music library?
JC

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Be very careful when connecting an iPod full of music to an empty iTunes library.There is very real risk of permanently losing all the music.
To prevent auto sync, before you connect the iPod go to iTunes/preferences and select "devices", then select "disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods".
An alternative method is to connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'Command + Option' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
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How Do You Switch Music/iPod From A PC to A Mac?

I started off using a PC with my iPod. Now I have an iMac with Mac OS X Version 10.4.8. I have the newest iTunes downloaded on it, but when I plug my iPod (5th Generation Video) in, it claims my iPod could not be used because I need to download the newest version of iTunes. Do I need to completely restore my iPod in order to use it on my new computer? That seems like a huge hassle, and I'm really hoping there's another way.
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There is a lot of info on this from a variety of sources including the Apple website. I found the easiest way was to copy my files from the PC to the Mac using the iPod as a hard drive. To do it this way, you have to have enough space on the iPod, so check how much space the music takes up on the iPod -- you'll need about double that amount to make this method work.
To summarize what I did: enable your iPod as a hard drive (this is a menu choice in iTunes when your iPod is connected to the PC). While in iTunes (on the PC), select Advanced and then Consolidate Libray; this will put all of your iTunes music into one folder.
Assuming you have enough space on the iPod, you can then copy all of the contents of your iTunes music folder onto the iPod using Windows Explorer. Then, connect the iPod to your Mac and copy all the files into the iTunes folder on the Mac.
If you have an older version of iTunes on the Mac then the version on the PC, you might need to update the Mac. The most recent version of iTunes is 7.0.2 (15). This update shouldn't cause any problems.
Hope this helps but if not, do a search on the Apple Forums or using Google. You'll see lots of ideas and ways, and might find one that works better for you than what I've described.
By the way, once you're done and everything is working properly, be sure to deauthorize your old PC in iTunes from the 'Store' menu.

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Yes if you have the iPod and iTunes set up to sync via wifi. However, you have to do it from your one syncing computer and the iPod and computer have to be on the same network.

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