- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/NT
- Date added: July 07, 2009
- Total Downloads: 85,716
- Downloads last week: 6,185
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 29 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on January 28, 2010
Apple makes extracting your music from your iPod unnecessarily difficult, which is where SharePod comes in. This fast freeware tool efficiently transfers your music collection to your hard drive, making it easy to back up or restore your music, videos, and photos. It also transfers playlists, album art, and ratings, both to your hard drive and directly into iTunes.
SharePod comes with features that many competitors lack. Not only can you transfer your files, you can also perform some basic editing. You can use it to delete art, playlists, music, and videos from your iPod, edit tags, and you can also transfer from your computer to your iPod without having to use iTunes. When you copy, you can set the folder architecture to one of three defaults, or customize your own. One key feature of SharePod is that it comes with a database backup, so if something goes awry during the transfer process, it's a simple procedure to restore it.
The program comes in an archive, not a self-extracting EXE file. The EXE file is tiny, however, weighing in at just 5.4MB, so it's small enough to carry around on your iPod. SharePod is surprisingly effective. In transferring more than 7,000 songs and their accompanying artwork, playlists, and ratings, SharePod only freaked out on two dozen tracks. Notably, it doesn't stop copying, instead logging which files copy successfully and which don't. Given how hassle-free it is and how good it is at what it does, it's hard not to consider SharePod a must-have.
Publisher's description
From Jeff Harris :SharePod is a free program which allows you to easily and quickly share your iPod music collection with friends. The program can back up and restore your entire iPod or simply copy individual tracks to and from the device. SharePod can also add, remove, and edit playlists, import music/videos into your iTunes library, including playlists and ratings.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.9.3 has added iPhone or iTouch firmware 3.x read-only support.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.6 stars out of 29 votes
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Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros: Saved me from losing all the songs I purchased when my computer crashed. Very easy to use.
Cons: I wish I would have heard about it sooner
Summary: Strongly Recommended!
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Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros: I have downloaded more than five software in the past two days to restore my files from my ipod but this is the only one that worked. Thank you.
Cons: However, I needed the upgraded and improved version and after doing some searching, I came across the original website and found the version I was looking for. The author had removed the bugs that were causing Sharepod from not running on my PC.
Summary: Go to the website and download the bug-free version if you are having problems downloading the file from here. www.getsharepod.com.
Thanks a universe to the author. Best wishes. -
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros: Unlike Itunes bloatware, if you are a PC user Sharepod takes the pain out of updating or changing music on your iPod or iPhone. You can create and edit playlists, and add and delete music with simplicity and speed.
Cons: My only drawback to Sharepod is that the UI is a little spartan, but what its lacking in look and feel it more than makes up for in ease of use.
Summary: I would recommend Sharepod to any PC user that has an iPod or iPhone as it is lean, simple and effective. Unlike iTunes, Sharepod does not have backround processes that run continually eating up your machines resources. For people with older machine... read more >>
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Version: SharePod 3.9.3
"My IPhone 3GS is not detected"
Pros: looks good, FREEEEEEE
Cons: Cant see my IPhone
Summary: had i got it working, would be the best thing out there.
This is Great Software. Before i couldnt get my iphone 3gs to connect and then i went to the website and downloaded their v... read more >>
Updated on Feb 9, 2010 -
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros: - It's Free!
- PC only!
- Nothing fancy, just does what it's suppose to do, transfers files off iPod back to PC!Cons: - Slow transfer speed!
- Does NOT transfer compilation playlists correctly as it dumps it back into PC into EACH artist's folder instead of just the Compilation playlist name; this creates MORE problems and is time-consuming to fix!!!Summary: Finally, a decent and free software to copy files off the iPods back onto the PC!
Don't expect much from this software as:
1. The UI is a bit clunky
2. It does NOT handle compilation playlists correctly but creates MORE a proble... read more >> - See all 15 user reviews Write review
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