Why iPod.iTunes

iPod experience from the beginning: October 22, 2001, one day before the official release of the first iPod the first iPod utility “iPod Free File Access” was ready. It was a very simple one, but already allowing the user to copy songs from the iPod. Over the years it evolved to a very easy to use iPod<->iTunes synchronization solution.

Usability

1. •With other iPod tools you have to take care of the iTunes application preferences and also the iPod’s settings before you start. They require to make specific settings to work as intended and to do no harm (deletion or duplication of files). Afterwards you have to set them back yourself. iPod.iTunes keeps you entirely free of this. It works regardless of your iTunes- and iPod preferences. You don't have to learn what and why.
   Just decide how you want to synchronize, click the Sync button and iPod.iTunes will do the rest.
   iPod.iTunes’ default settings are suitable for most users and cannot harm.
   

2. •iPod.iTunes is truly made for Mac, on a Mac. Not a Windows-ported application that tries to be a Mac-application.
   

Tested

1. •Most developers don't like extensive product testing. And fixing bugs is mostly painful, not fun. Implementing new features is fun and is also good for marketing.
   There is a lot of such software. I prefer to have a feature implemented later, but existing features to work as intended and reliable.
   

2. •iPod.iTunes supports a large set of versions of Mac OS, iTunes and iPods. There are thousands of combinations under which iPod.iTunes is intended to work and I spent really a lot of time testing iPod.iTunes in various environments, with different settings and content.
   To give a little impression what has to be considered for testing:
   

3. •CPU: G3, G4, G5, Intel
   

4. •Mac OS: 10.3.9, 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x
   

5. •iTunes version 4.2 up to the current release.
   

6. •Different iPod models.
   

7. •Different user settings in the OS, iTunes and the iPod.
   

Updated

1. •Your other iPod application died? Like so many. iPod.iTunes is not a hobby or freeware project where developers have total freedom to change their mind about continuous development and support. iPod.iTunes has been continuously updated over it’s more than 8 years lifetime.
   

2. •With iPod.iTunes' built-in update feature it is very easy to keep the application up to date. It's done with a single mouse-click.
   

Data protection

1. •I also consider data protection as very important. So I test every new OS and iTunes release to be working with iPod.iTunes, adding changes as necessary, releasing a new version usually very shortly after an OS- or iTunes release.
   

2. •I also expect the unexpectable. Most software does not consider that a crash or power outage may happen anytime. Sure, it is usually very seldom, especially with OS X’ superior stability (thanks, Steve! :), but it just happens for someone, some day... So I implemented handling for any abnormal interruption while a sync is in progress. This means that you have to just relaunch iPod.iTunes and it will cleanup or restore things as necessary.