[tju85]

This is basically what I want to do. I have the old iPod with the orange buttons on it, and its only 15GB. I have about 17GB worth of songs..and a computer with a capacity of 250GB. So basically, is there a way that I can select a certain songs in iTunes..and have them NOT UPLOAD to my iPod when I plug it in. Thanks for the information and if you can help that would be great. I can imagine I am not the first to want to do this.

[tooki]

One way is to use the "Only update checked songs" checkbox in iTunes -> Preferences -> iPod. Then, in the library, don't check the songs you don't want copied.

tooki

[wataru]

Make a new playlist that contains only what you want on the iPod. Set the iPod to only automatically update from that particular playlist.

[jasong]

You could also do multiple playlists this way. Maybe make one that replicates your Library as far as songs to be on your iPod, and then a series of playlists that you set to sync with the pod via iTunes.

[bmedina]

There are a lot of ways to do this with smart playlists. My current method is to use the Grouping section of the tag to populate a playlist that gets synchronized to my iPod.