my macbook wont recognize my ipod

[mamatried111]

PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME!!!!! i recently received an ipod from a friend. It is in windows format and i have a macbook and for some reason when i plug it in to the usb port it will charge but itunes doesnt recognize it nor does it pop up on the desktop could anybody please help me

[CharlieJ]

Which iPod is it?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1363

Follow that if it is one with a clickwheel, then it should come up in iTunes and let you restore.

Charlie