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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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All versions:
4.3 starsout of 110 votes
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Current version:
4.4 starsout of 24 votes
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"excelente programa"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
facil y rapido de usar Recupere mas de 3000 canciones que habÃa perdido de mi disco duro .
Easy to use , i Retrieve more than 3000 songs who had lost in my computer
compatible with ipod touchCons
its a good program , i recomended to use
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"Best iphone to pc download"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
This is the only one that I could get to work after my computer crashed
Cons
Nothing that i can think of
Summary
it is the best program to get your file off a iphone. I would highly recommend this program to anyone trying to get music off their iphones
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"Try it, adopt it!"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
It is light, does its job, and funtions without any flaw. It manages playlists, musics and videos as it should.
Cons
The process to retag files on the iPod through Sharepod could go more smoothly. It doesn't allow batch taging.
Summary
My iPod had been initialized by a friend who put his music on it. When I plugged it onto my computer, iTunes wanted to synchronize my computer with the iPod and I didn't find out how to avoid loss of the music on a side or the other. I found Sharepod which did great. I have been using it for years now, it does an excellent job.
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"I am so pissed"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
none none !
Cons
Erased everything
Summary
This POS erased everthing on my ipod and all I did was open the program and plugged my ipod in to the computer. I didn't make it do anything. I am so pissed I can't think straight.
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"iTunes' brilliant alternative"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
suprisingly easy to manipulate photos, videos and music. Can extract files from the ipod aswell
Cons
nothing i can think of
Summary
I loved this because back when i used itunes, the program kept on freezing. so i went to look for another program which i then tried this one. to my suprise, it worked extremely well and was easy to use on the first go. I recommend this highly to anyone who finds itunes slow, in fact, anything to do with the ipod, this program has most of it all there for you.
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"Ipod salvation"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
Works like a charm, and detects my ipod nano every time. No issues with ipod to computer transfer or vice-versa. This program is a bright freeware beacon among a hodgepodge of "free to try, but you must buy" ipod recovery programs.
Cons
Zilch! None!
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"3.9.3=Bad 3.9.4 Preview 10=Good"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
I have a 5G Ipod video. I downloaded 3.9.3 from cnet and it wouldn't recognize my ipod, so after reading some reviews, I decided to try to download it directly from the publisher. This worked magnificently, and the program is awesome!
Cons
UI is a bit archaic.
Summary
I would recommend this for any pc user with an ipod. The publisher's site isn't "shareport.com" it's "www.getshareport.com." Just so you know, thanks!
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"great app, simple and fast"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
great app, simple and fast
few option so you cant get lostCons
non that i found
i only wanted to back up my songs
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"didn't work on my iphone"
Version: SharePod 3.9.3
Pros
none, I couldn't even get it to stay open. All I got was an error telling me to unplug then re-plug but it still would not pick up my iphone 3gs. Currently my iphone is in full working order, no issues
Cons
didn't work
Summary
the 3.9.4 preview 10 works. Go to sharepod.com if you have an iphone
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"Worked Perfectly"
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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