Very slow transfer to iPod....

Hi Folks,
I have a Macbook Pro and I'm trying to transfer a bunch of music to a video iPod. I've always used my windows machine in the past but now I'm switching over to just using the Mac. The problem is, on my Mac, it's unbearably slow! I'm using the supplied USB 2.0 cable and it takes forever. When I hook back up to my windows machine and use the same USB 2.0 connection it's MUCH faster, as the 2.0 should be.
Any thoughts? Thanks for reading!

HI,
Make sure there is sufficient disk space on your PBook.
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