iTunes 9 for Mac & PC
It plays all your digital music and video


The best digital jukebox with the #1 music download store inside.
New Features. Enjoy a streamlined look, find stuff faster with the new Search Bar, control kids’ access with Parental Controls and hear more of what you love with Smart Shuffle.

Music. Browse more than 2 million songs on the iTunes Music Store, then organize, share and listen to music on your Mac or PC.
Podcasts. Download your favorite radio shows as free podcasts, then sync them to your iPod to listen anytime, anyplace.

Audiobooks. Browse the virtual shelves of the iTunes Music Store for iPod-ready audiobooks including exclusives like the Harry Potter series.
iTunes for Your Mobile Phone. With iTunes on your Motorola ROKR E1 from Cingular, you can listen to music on your mobile phone.

Create Playlists. iTunes playlists give you flexible options for playing DJ, sorting music for your iPod and sharing your taste.

Sync to iPod. To keep your iPod filled with the latest additions to your iTunes library — from music to podcasts to audiobooks — just plug it in.
Share & Stream. Share music between your home computers, stream to your stereo and give iTunes Music Cards, gift certificates or allowance accounts.

Burn to CD. iTunes lets you burn as many custom CDs as you like, complete with printable covers.

Last Updated 03 Febuary 2010
Windows XP/2003/Vista/7
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
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Floola 5
Alternative & popular iPod manager

Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes except iPhone and iPod touch). It's a standalone application that can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation under Linux (any GTK2 distro), Mac OS X (10.3.9 or newer!) and Windows (98 or newer, including Vista).

Features
Floola supports almost all features offered by iPods including photos, artwork, podcasts and smart playlists!
It automatically converts any incompatible audio or video file so that you can copy almost any file to it. It even allows adding youtube and myspace videos with a single click!

Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.

Last Updated 30 April 2010
Win 2000/XP/Vista/7
Mac (10.2MB)
Linux (4.3MB)
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YamiPod
Standalone iPod manager

YamiPod allows you to manage the content of your iPod without the need to have iTunes installed.

You can copy mp3 and AAC files to/from your iPod, import and export playlists, search for songs, remove duplicates, create and edit notes and much more.

The program runs completely standalone and can be copied directly to your iPod and run from there.

Other features include a built-in music player, lyrics support, iPod information display (owner, serial used space etc.), adding and editing of notes and more.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7
Mac OS 10.3 or newer
Linux distribution with GTK 2.0
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Jodix Free iPod Video Converter
Convert video files to iPod format

Jodix Free iPod Video Converter enables you to convert popular video formats to iPod video.

It provides a simple and easy to use interface, just select the file(s) to convert and click a button.

You can optionally change output quality and video size as well. The program supports AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, and VOB formats.
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/2003
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Ziepod
Podcast receiver and player

Ziepod is a podcast receiver and player, that allows you to organize your favorite podcasts, monitor them for changes, download the latest episodes and export them to your MP3 player.

It integrates a podcast search feature (powered by Feedzie) that lets you find new podcasts and add them to your repertoire. Ziepod offers a modern interface with different layout styles and integrated playback to listen to your podcasts.

Additional features include iPod/iTunes support, BitTorrent support, user ratings, OPML import, automatic synchronization, popup notifications on updates and more.

Among many features, Ziepod provides ...
4 different visual modes for better experience
Popup notifier to notify you of new content
Automated and manual ID3 tag overwriting
Sweeper to delete unnecessary items at once
iPod support to manage your playlists
Download scheduling and queuing
Monitoring dynamic OPMLs on the Internet
Lots of customizable keyboard shortcuts
Bloglines suppor
Win 2000/XP/2003
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iPodWizard
Customize your iPod

iPodWizard enables you to customize various icons, text strings and fonts on your iPod.
It can either connect directly to your iPod and download the existing firmware for editing, or edit firmware from an Updater and then apply it to your device.

You can scroll though the existing bitmap images (Apple logo, battery status, stars etc.) and replace them by using your own bitmaps, then write the changes to your iPod.

The program also includes some additional tweaks as well as options to create and apply themes, downgrading firmware, extracting resources from Updaters and more, however these are mostly undocumented and should be used by experts only.
Win 2000/XP/Vista
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Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter
Convert video files to iPod

Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter is an absolutely free application which converts the most popular video files (AVI, MPEG, MP4, FLV, MOV and other) into iPod / iPhone / Apple TV videos (MP4, MOV). You can also extract audio tracks from video files to MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF format.

The application allows you to convert full movie or selected range only. You can limit output file size and set many parameters used by encoder: audio and video bitrate, fps, resolution, sampling frequency and other.

The Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter interface is very simple and user-friendly. To convert video files, just drag & drop them into main window, select proper profile from list, and click the CONVERT button. If the video quality is poor, increase video bitrate
Win 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista
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Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter
Convert video files to Apple iPod, Sony PSP and mobile phones

Convert video files to Apple iPod, Sony PSP and mobile phones MP4 video format. Convert the whole movie or select a partition from the movie to convert to iPod or PSP (trim video).

Input file formats are: *.avi, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.mpe, *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.qt, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.flv, *swf.

For example convert avi to iPod, flv to iPod, mpeg to iPod, mpg to iPod, wmv to iPod, mov to iPod, 3gp to iPod.

Free Video to iPod or PSP Converter contains no spyware or adware. It's clearly free and absolutely safe to install and run
Win 2000/XP
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Pod Player

Pod Player is a freeware application to be used with your iPod.
It allows you to play music from your iPod while it is connected to your PC.
When launched, it will look for an attached iPod and when it finds one it will read the music database on the iPod.

You will then be able to views your songs in a similar way as in iTunes (by artist, genre, album, playlist, etc).
You can now also extract songs from it.

There are a few little extra features such as iPod Hacks, checking for duplicates etc.

You can play your music on any computer when you iPod is connected without the need to install any programs such as iTunes. Get it now!
Win 2000/XP
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Portable OpenOffice.org
Carry OpenOffice on your ipod

Portable OpenOffice.org will allow you to carry an entire office suite - word processing, presentations, spreadsheet, drawing, etc. - with you on an iPod, portable hard drive, USB thumbdrive or any other portable media. You can plug it right into any Windows computer and use it just like you would on your own.

Portable OpenOffice.org is a repackaged version of OpenOffice.org designed with portability in mind. It works just like regular OpenOffice.org installed on your computer does, except it allows you to use it on any Windows computer without installing anything.

It has all the features of the excellent OpenOffice.org office suite except for the Data application. It also includes some special enhancements to make it work even better from your portable drive.
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
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Koyote iPod Video Converter

This freeware will allows you to convert all your videos to the iPod video format. You will be able to convert your videos from a large range of formats like: FLV (youtube videos), DivX, DVD, Xvid, Mpeg, MP4, VOB, AVI, WMV, ASF and many other formats.

You will be able to download your favorite videos from Youtube and convert it to iPod video format.

This is simple and free software which will be very useful to all you iPod users!
Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
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Sharepod

A Windows program which copies music to/from your iPod without the need for iTunes and shares music with non-iPod friends.

With SharePod, nothing needs to be installed on the PC, the program is stored and run from your iPod. All you need to do is plug your iPod into a computer and run SharePod.exe.

Features:
Add & remove music and videos from your iPod
Add, remove and edit playlists
Add & remove album art
View and backup photos
Copy music, videos and playlists from your iPod to PC
Import music/videos into your iTunes library, including playlists and ratings
Tag editing
Drag n' drop to and from Explorer
Simple, clean interface
Quick to load and use with no unnessary complicated features
Support for iPhone and iTouch (Thanks to Nikias Bassen, Paul Sladen, Jonathan Beck, and Christophe Fergeau for making this possible)
Win 2000/XP
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SyncGuardian

SyncGuardian (formerly PodTools) is a free utility that enables you to take full control of your iPod's update status.

No more unwanted iPod synchronization or wiping by iTunes. SyncGuardian lets you relax when plugging your iPod to any computer, as it allows easy switches between iPod manual and automatic update.

Change your iPod's update mode without using iTunes. No update drama!
Detects your iPod before iTunes does (prevents iPod accidental deletion)
View your iPod's update status (Automatic, Automatic for selected playlists, Manual)
Check other iPod's settings such as:
Auto iTunes launch when iPod is connected
Disk use
Update checked songs
Artwork display on iPod
Win 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
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