Manual sync with ipod?

[flapsforty]

roach, struggling with the same question, I stumbled upon the iPodLounge Forums. One of their Mods has written an excellent guide covering most probs and it claryfied a lot of stuff for me.
I did a bit of a search for you, and found her post.

excerpt:
4-Stopping the Automatic Synchronization

If you have no songs in iTunes and the only place you have a copy of your songs is on your iPod then:
a)connect the iPod to the computer
b) immediately press and hold the Shift + Alt + Ctrl keys (if on a Mac it's Command + Option)
c)hold these keys for about 3 seconds after the iPod appears in the source list pane before releasin

Here is the whole thing:

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