Question: Is there any way to get the iPod to synch up with iTunes without having to eject it then plug it back in? I would have thought that there would be a menu selection to do this. Am I just totally missing it?
Right click on the iPod in the Sources menu. There is an option on the contextual menu.
Sidenote: this breaks the Apple Human Interface Guildlines which say items on contextual menues should be available on the main application menues too.