<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Becca<div><br></div><div>Interesting question, I believe that the iPod is synced to your iTunes library on your external drive. I don't think the computer makes any difference.</div><div>If this is not the case you can sync an iPod to more than one computer. Here is an article on doing this:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1202">http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1202</a></div><div><br></div><div>The disadvantage of this system is that you loose automatic sync and have to manage your music/podcasts manually.</div><div><br></div><div>Now that the windows machine has died, any chance of your getting a Mac? You can run the Windows operating system on a new Mac. I recommend a new Mac mini and you can use the monitor and keyboard you already have.</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Becca wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>My ancient, creaky WinXP machine finally died the True Death. Fortunately all my iPod library was on an external hard drive, so it's safe. I know I can retrieve the .itl file with my library information too - but at least in the past, when you connect an iPod to a new computer, it wipes everything that was on the iPod, because iPods can only be connected to one computer at at time.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Is there some way to transfer the connection to the new machine so I don't have to wipe my iPod before I've finished listening to everything that's on it?</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>-becca<br></span></div><div> </div><div><i><br>=========================<br></i>There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays<br><span style="font-style:italic;">And every
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