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PodWorks - 2.9.3

song copying tool for iPod & iPhone

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All Time:	(4.4)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.9.3
Release Date:	2008-03-04
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	9,611
Downloads (all versions):	216,585
Price:	$8.00

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Product Description:

PodWorks is a Mac OS X application that compensates for the iPod's only downside: Apple only allows you to copy songs to your iPod. If you have two Macs and want to use your iPod to transfer music from one to the other, or you only store your music and videos on your iPod and need to copy them back onto your hard drive after a disk failure, you are out of luck!

This is where PodWorks comes in: it allows you to copy songs and videos from any iPod or iPhone to any Mac running OS X 10.4 or higher. Its important features include:

iPhone support: PodWorks is the first iPod song transfer app for the Mac to recognize and allow transfers from the iPhone.
Superior performance: Many other standalone iPod song transfer utilities work by reading song data out of every song on the iPod--a slow process. PodWorks, by contrast, reads its data directly from the iPod's internal database, resulting in nearly instantaneous display of your song list.
More metadata: Since PodWorks can read from the iPod's internal database, it can also display and sort by song "metadata" not available through ID3 (including Date Added, Play Count, and Star Rating).
iTunes integration: In addition to copying songs to the Finder, PodWorks can send songs, playlists (registered version only), and metadata (star ratings, play counts, track numbers, etc.) directly to iTunes. It can also filter its song list to show you only the songs on the iPod that are not present in your iTunes library.
Playlists: PodWorks recognizes your iPod's playlists. Entire playlists can be copied to your computer with a single drag (registered version only).
Song Playback: PodWorks allows you to preview songs before you copy them by playing them directly off the iPod (not yet available for iPhone).
Strong organizational capabilities: Copying large numbers of files can get messy, so PodWorks can automatically sort transferred files into directories and change their filenames according to your preferences.
Portability: PodWorks can be placed on your iPod for convenient access away from your home computer. It will work when run off the iPod, and will remember its registration information even when connected to a previously unknown machine.

PodWorks has been consistently recommended by Mac authorities, including the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg.

What's new in this version:

Rewrote the "Send to iTunes" AppleScript for improved reliability.
Added a check to make sure iTunes is responsive before trying a transfer.
Added a Transfer Errors window to collect and display AppleScript errors that happen during a transfer (instead of interrupting the transfer).
Improved the accuracy and performance of the duplicate prevention and "Show Only Songs Not in iTunes" feature.
Added additional preferences for iTunes transfers.
Added a "metadata only" transfer mode.
Added "Last Played Date" to the set of metadata PodWorks can transfer.
Made song sort order match iTunes more closely.
Improved low level file copy code.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

iTunes integration requires iTunes 4 or higher

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PodWorks Doesn't Work - Version: 2.9.3, 3/21/2008 02:24PM PST

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teeroy@mac.com

I tried to the demo, pulled a few albums off of my iPod Mini. It seemed to work okay. I deleted the albums from the iPod and then went to listen to the music with iTunes. It showed a listing for my newly added tracks but the music was missing. Bummer. I didn't have a backup of these songs. My advice to you if you demo this software is not to just make sure they showed up as listed in your iTunes library but make sure they actually play. Or you could lose your music like I did.

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PodWorks Doesn't Work

iFuntastic does some of this for FREE - Version: 2.9.2, 10/11/2007 03:22PM PST

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libertyforall1776

iFuntastic does some of this for FREE:
http://www.iphonealley.com/news/ifuntastic-v2-5-0-released-now-includes-full-file-browser

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iFuntastic does some of this for FREE

This is a great program. - Version: 2.9.2, 10/2/2007 09:40PM PST

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fredlave

I've tried various iPod utilities. Most are overpriced and some create more problems than they solve but Podworks does exactly what it's supposed to. For some reason, iTunes keep losing my songs and I use Podworks to restore it. I especially its ability to show missing songs in iTunes when compared to my iPod and its command to recreate a selected play list iTunes. For $8 it's a bargain.