Thanks for the info, Turingtest2. What I want to do is transfer songs that I created myself that are on my iPod touch to my iMac iTunes (now "Music"). This is something I was doing all the time in Mojave, and everything worked great...much better than when working with my iPod and my Windows iTunes on my PC. Well, after studying the links you provided as well as browsing through other forum-based inquiries, not to mention quite a bit of monkeying around on my iMac with my iPod connected, I have come to the conclusion that my intended task is indeed impossible. Why Apple would disable such a basic task with their "new, improved" OS is beyond comprehension. So I will revert to Mojave...screw Catalina, and screw Apple's development team!!