Use iMac ipod on new PC laptop

I've been using my ipod mini on an Imac. I now have an Acer laptop. How do I transfer my music that's on my ipod to the itunes on my new computer?

Here's a handy guide if you need help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93367

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First, you may want to choose to have the sidebar displayed for familiarity:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
Afterwards, your device should be displayed if connected:
We'll want to click on it, and choose the Music tab at the top. Let's make sure "Sync Music" is checked:
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b) Creating Multiple Libraries in a single user account
c) Creating multiple user accounts.
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Sharing a Library and/or User Account
If you want to share the one library, you can set either or all of the iPods so that they only get updated with only certain playlists (you can update from more than one if you wish): Loading songs onto iPod automatically - Windows
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Or you can choose to update any or all of the iPods manually and just drag whatever content you want to them: Managing content manually on iPod
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Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

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