Using iPod tp transfer files to MBP

I put everything I want to transfer to my new MBP onto my video iPod. (music, videos and photos) I want to upload eveything on it to the MBP and then erase and re-format my iPod to Mac from Windows.
How is this most easily accomplished?
<-----------------very inept computer user.

Well, first you have to enable your ipod for disk use, by checking the box manually manage songs....
I think you already did that since you alredy tranferred your files to your ipod
next you just have to connect your ipod to your mac , wait for it to recognize the ipod, and copy all of your files to your mac.
As easy as that
to re format your ipod i think you have to run the latest ipod updater on your mac with the ipod connected, i really dont know.
But i did the same thing as you to tranfer my files and i did'n need to reformat my ipod, it works perfectly fine with my mac.
hope this helped

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