By default, new iPods are set to sync up with your computer automatically -- so if you've got your nano connected successfully, the music is probably already on it. To check this, look in the left-hand column in iTunes, where you see Library and Store and Playlists and all that. Select the music section under iPod (as opposed to the one under Library) and you should find your music listed there -- if it is, you're good to go, and you'll see it on your iPod when you unplug.

If it isn't there, just look in the File menu for "Sync iPod".

it worked! I'm a pod person!!!!! Thank you, amych!

Yay! You have been assimilated!

Oh, I have an iPod question! The earbuds fall out of my ears. Should I buy the other Apple earbug things, or will those be a ripoff? I want reasonable quality for a decent price, nothing fancy.

I'd tell you the brand that my brother got me (they stay in D's ears, and my problem is that me ear shape is too small) except someone STOLE THE PACKAGE.

Grump. But I will ask him.

I can't use earbuds at all -- or anyway, not the jam-it-in-your-ear kind -- because they either fall out or cause HUGE PAIN which can't be a good thing. I use the ones with a soft rubber loop over the ear instead. I don't think it's a brand thing, so much as a comfort thing for you.

How much do I need to worry about quality? Also, I guess you can't try on earphones before you buy, huh.

I have the same complaint about the earbuds that came with it. I used to have earbuds with my old Walkman that had a soft foam cover that helped them stay in place. I wonder if I could find some of those covers.

I don't like the ones that came with the ipod. I have the ones that have soft rubber cones that go in the ear, and they come with three sizes so they're adjustable.

Buy the kind Dana has, but don't buy them at Apple. Way overpriced. Target has a ton, including one brand I want to buy just because they're called Skull Candy.