removing music from Ipod touch w/out use of software?

In your iTune library, uncheck the songs you don't want to sync and then resync your iPT. Those songs should be gone from your iPT.

 

You can probably restore the iPod touch, but that requires a computer with iTunes and the USB cable. You can also dive into Settings, then to General, scroll down, then tap Reset. If you select Erase All Content and Settings, it's basically the same process, but without the reloading of the iPod firmware/OS. Oddly enough, it will likely take more time than a restore since it's not a 3rd gen. However both these steps are a bit excessive just to remove some music from the iPod. Whether you are syncing the music or manually managing it to the iPod touch, removing the music is going to be infinitely more straightforward and simpler than wiping the entire device and starting from scratch IMO.

 

It sounds like you chose to "manually manage music and videos" in the iPod's preferences. So manually manage it: in iTunes select the iPod under Devices and click on the triangle; select Music, select the songs you want gone, hit the delete key.

 

What do you mean by "some of the downloadable software"? Surely you used iTunes to get the music on your ipod in the first place? You just need iTunes to manage music on your ipod, you don't need to download anything else.

Sounds to me like what you need to do is to mark the Christmas songs as "skip when shuffling." Go into iTunes, select the Christmas songs, right-click, Get Info -> Options -> check "skip when shuffling."

If you don't do that, even if you put the Christmas songs into their own playlist, they'll still play if you shuffle all songs. Alternately, you could make a playlist of all non-Christmas songs, and shuffle that playlist.

 

Try creating an on-the-go playlist, right on the iPod touch, that only contains the Christmas music. No computer required

 

try pod to mac :

to get the songs back, then do a restore through itunes.
http://www.podtomac.com/

thats all it took people!

Your welcome!