Transferring Games to a New Nano

I've just picked up my son a refurbished 5th gen Nano. I no longer own my 5th gen Classic which I wiped clean before I sold it. From that I have numerous click wheel games on my machine that I have no use for. My son has his own machine, an iMac. Can I completely transfer these games to his machine and then his Nano, so that they are then in his iTunes? If so, what's the best way to do this?
Thanks

Use Migration Assistant or iChat to transfer files from one Mac to another.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3231
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3322
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iChat/4.0/en/9711.html

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Can I have My old Ipod touch songs, that I have and then tranfer the old songs to my new nano?

You'll need to get the tracks into iTunes on your computer. You can then sync them to the iPod nano. See this support article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
You can also download at least some of your content (audiobooks being a notable exception) again from the iTunes Store:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
For additional instructions, particularly for content not purchased from the iTunes Store, check out this user tip from TuringTest:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
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only 900MB free for music, not the 1GB.
The apple knowledge base document shows why you lose around 100mb to 200mb on every ipod
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60955
In iPod's About menu, the hard disk size is reported as slightly less than the technical specifications for the iPod. The same is true if you connect iPod to your computer in disk mode look at the info or properties window for the disk.
Why the difference? Most hard disk manufacturers measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 million bytes (1000 * 1000). A 4 GB disk, therefore, is one that holds 4 billion bytes. Computers, including Windows computers, Macintosh computers and iPod, measure disk size this way: 1 MB = 1 048 576 bytes (1024 * 1024). The difference in these two calculations is what causes the drive to appear as 3.7 GB on a computer, but actually be a 4 billion byte disk.
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It is only holding 181 songs, nowhere near the 240.
Bear in mind that the song limit advertised is based on 4 minute per song, 1MB per minute, encoded as 128 kbps in AAC format.
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To convert go to the edit menu, select preferences, click the advanced tab, and select importing.For best song capacity on the iPod, make sure that the encoder is set to "Import using AAC encoder", and "High quality 128 kbps". Hit OK. Then collect together all the high encoded songs and select them all (click the top one and hold shift, then click the bottom one). Right click the highlighted area and go to "Convert selection to AAC". This could take a while if there are many songs.
Once complete, go to the Edit menu, and select "Show duplicate songs". Delete all the "old" songs, recognisable by their bitrate, format or size. Again, to show these, right click a sorting column, and tick the respective ones.
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Hello ccluney,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Before giving the iPod to your coworker, I would restore it via iTunes. Restoring the iPod will erase all the music and files from your iPod and set it back to its default settings. That means, when he or she firsts goes to use it, it will just be like getting one of out of the box. Your co-worker will be able to go through the setup process and sync whatever and how he or she wishes.
Here are instructions on how to restore your iPod.
[Restoring iPod to factory settings|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
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Got new Nano. Now only a small part of library will sync.

I upgraded from a first gen. 4gb Nano to a brand new 16gb Nano. I had about 3gb in my old nano and added songs frequently with no problems. I tried to sync my new Nano tonight and only about 500mb would sync. Now I have exclamation marks next to 75% of my library. I added some new stuff to see if it would sync, and it did. I just can't sync the old stuff. Help!

Again many thanks. I have tried to tidy up the folders as per your idiot guide- which term is appropriate for me
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To recap I unistalled the old 32 bit iTunes and installed the new 11.1.5 (64 bit) version over the weekend SO is any of the old stuff listed above required.
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Regards
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