Sharepod - Manage your iPod without iTunes
Sharepod is by far my favorite software for any ipod of 2008. This program is a single .exe file that you can place on your ipod (must setup iPod to be managed as a hard drive so it shows up in your drive list when plugged in) and manager all your music from any PC. This software will allow you to backup (copy selected songs from iPod to a computer) or add (send songs to your iPod without itunes). Through this program you can search for specific songs, and also manage playlists. This program is like all the goodness of iTunes minus the music playback ability which has been modified to run from a single EXE file on your iPod. This program frees up your iPod to be used anywhere… no more waiting 4 hours for iTunes to download on your mother-in-laws computer, just transfer this file over and start adding music. This is by far a better method of transfering music than How to get songs off your iPod using itunes (unless you don’t have this program).
link - getsharpod.com
Does this work for iPod touch though?
I second the recommendation. Best software for iPOd I ever used.
I think this step by step guide would help you a lot, it will show you the detailed steps to transfer music and video from iPod back to computer iTunes, my friends sent it to me, it’s easy to understand and works pretty well for me.
http://www.freedvdripper.net/how-to-transfer-music-from-ipod-to-another-ipod.html
Hope it helps. Contact me if you have any other question.
couple of quick Questions:
1- are you suggesting that with this software you would neve use itunes again? or simply that it gives you additional flexibility?
2- does this software maintain playlists and importantly Ratings of songs that are already on my ipod (if i am wanting to transfer all of my songs off my ipod onto my new computer)?
cheers.
this is amazzzzzzing! first things thats actually free and works really well:) soo happy!