Would like to use iPod with both MacBook and PC

Hi, Happy new user of a MacBook Pro. I still have a large library of music files on my PC and have yet to sync up my iPod to my Mac. Tried today and although I was able to transfer all my purchased music from the iPod to iTunes on Mac, I am still getting "Only Macintosh-formatted iPods can be updated" in the 'Version' section of the summary.
Any help would be most appreciated...Thanks in advance!
Laura

If you leave the iPod Windows formatted, then you can use it on both your computers. However, as you discovered, you can't actually do firmware updates on a Windows formatted iPod on the Mac, it has to be in Mac format.
My own preference is to NEVER update my iPods unless I know the update fixes something I have issue with or specifically adds a function I want. Otherwise if it ain't broke, I ain't gonna break it with an unknown update. My iPod is at v1.2.1 while the current version is 1.3. It works fine so I am sticking with 1.2.1 which is what it came out of the box loaded with. My other 5th generation iPod (30GB) still runs version 1.0! And does it quite well thank you. Anyway...
If you really do want to update your iPod's firmware, you can either plug it back into the Window machine and do it there or Restore it on the Mac to put it into Mac format, update the firmware, then take it to the Window machine and re-restore it back to Windows format.
My iPod is exclusively synced to me library on my eMac, but I leave it in Windows format to play from my work computer (I switch to manual mode at home to bring to work so I can play directly off the iPod (via iTunes) on my computer. When I get home, I switch back to Auto syncing to update the iPod, transfer ratings, play counts, etc. Works very well.
Cheers,
Patrick

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