itunes will download songs to your iPod via a sort of modified telepathy if you just set them in the same room together for a few hours. It knows which ones you want by monitoring your brainwaves while you sleep. If you have ANY issues with your iPod and/or iTunes it can always be traced back to the presence of a PC. Keep note that the PC need not be involved in the process, it need only be in the same building as the Mac products to cause problems (unplugging the PC is not enough, it must be removed from the grounds). Your Mac products are iPerfect, move along