Backing up ipod, saving playcounts, setting up sync library...

So I have my 5g 80gb ipod that I formatted on my PC.

I now have my macbook, and I've decided I want to set up my ipod to be synched, instead of manually updated.

I've found software to copy music off of my ipod before, but I am in need of something that will save the playcounts when it goes into itunes, so that way, when I do the first synch, it'll have my playcounts on my ipod still.

Thanks for any help.

Gonna give this a bump...

Any thoughts on how to backup my ipod and save the play counts??

I had my ipod formatted for pc. Then I used Senuti to transfer my music from my ipod to my mac. And it kept all my play counts.

Have a look -> http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/

Thanks, that seemed to do just what I wanted!