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TuneRanger - 1.0.1 Build 279

Sync multiple iTunes libraries over a network.

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All Time:	(2.5)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.0.1 Build 279
Release Date:	2009-03-21
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	257
Downloads (all versions):	7,245
Price:	$29.99

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Product Description:

TuneRanger connects iTunes-running computers over a network, allowing music, video, and playlists to be merged from one iTunes library to another seamlessly. TuneRanger even works across platforms letting iTunes on Windows communicate and synchronize with iTunes on Mac or any combination. TuneRanger offers true synchronization. It compares songs and videos on all computers and only moves what has changed. It even does this for playlists.

Power users will appreciate TuneRanger's more advanced sync settings and filters and its ability to perform bi-directional iPod synchronization - including iPod to iTunes transfers.

TuneRanger incorporates numerous tools designed to keep iTunes and iPods clean and optimized. These tools include: an automated duplicate manager, an orphan file remover, tools to remove unlicensed songs, add or remove disconnected files, and a utility to copy album art from the iTunes database to the actual music files making the album art portable and accessible to other music managers and players.

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 installed

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WORTHLESS!!! - Version: 1.0.1 Build 278, 1/11/2009 07:45AM PST

st.graham

All I need to do is sync my iTunes library on my local hard drive with a backup of the library on a removable hard drive.

How difficult should that be?? Compare the libraries, and copy what's missing from one to the other.

This program is too stupid to accomplish that!!!

Every attempt of having TuneRanger recognize my library ends in an error.

WASTE OF $30 IMO.

Test dummy - Version: 1.0 Build 270, 8/4/2008 06:23AM PST

Gumdigger

Great idea if only it worked more reliably. Have managed to sync once but it was very slow and took many attempts. So far have been unable to duplicate my only success and am looking forward to a working update.
Help from Acertant was no help sadly but at least they did respond with suggestions to try.
Hoping for a better release in the near future. My release is numbered v1.0 build 270 but the web site shows only beta release numbers so what gives here? and I am Mac only, no Windows problems to add to the mix.
Cheers,
James.

Best of a bad bunch, but still got serious problems - Version: 1.0 Build 270, 3/12/2008 06:55PM PST

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David Parry

I've got a large library of 18000+ tracks that I regularly sync between my desktop and laptop. On the surface of it, Tuneranger's features is ideal. But after many months of use, and lots of feedback to the author, this app still has serious problems:

Frequent crashes
Trouble connecting over the network
Poor UI responsiveness (developer doesn't understand threading)
Maxs out CPU for long periods, shortly after startup
Duplicates 1000s of tracks!!!!
Does not fully sync metadata for all tracks (I constantly have 1000s of tracks where the metadata is different on desktop and laptop machines, despite numerous syncs)

That said, the closest competitor is SuperSync, which, frankly, I found unusable. None of these iTunes sync apps are close to finished.