Filed under: iPod Family, Software
PodWorks updated to 2.9.3
PodWorks is a great utility that nearly every iPod owner (and iPhone owner) will want to have around. In a nutshell, it lets you copy songs and videos from any iPod or iPhone to any Mac running OS 10.4x. It works wonderfully.Version 2.9.3 brings some very nice changes, including
- Applescript improvements (not support for Applescript, but the script the app runs has been re-written)
- New method of reporting errors
- Duplication prevention improvements
PodWorks will cost you $8US. Version 2.9.3 is a free upgrade for existing users. It works with every model of iPod (even the original 5GB!) and the iPhone.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jacob Welsh said 9:13AM on 3-05-2008
God I Remember When i had the 5GB model! Good Times!!
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Nick said 9:18AM on 3-05-2008
God, I remember when I ran Tiger and the 10.4x that this requires! Good times!!
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XIV said 10:39AM on 3-05-2008
LOL, good one :D
Steve said 9:51AM on 3-05-2008
Senuti FTW!
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mingistech said 9:53AM on 3-05-2008
Just use Senuti... it's free and doesn't look like a$$.
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
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punkassjim said 12:54PM on 3-05-2008
Big fan of iPod Access:
http://www.findleydesigns.com/ipodaccess/
Any first-hand experience to compare the two?
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Michael said 3:43PM on 3-05-2008
Dunno, I've never used either.
But if you look at Version Tracker you'll see this guy's main selling point seems to be that many similar programs get their information by reading the ID3 tags from the music files. By contrast, PodWorks author says his program "reads its data directly from the iPod's internal database, resulting in nearly instantaneous display of your song list".
If he does get the relative speed he claims, I suppose the question has to be is that speed worth $8 to you? $8 doesn't sound like a lot to me.
Frankly, if your hard disk dies and you haven't got it backed up with Time Machine (or however else), so that you lose your iTunes library, you can get your music back off your iPod simply by copying the whole iPod_Control directory back to the new hard drive. That directory's hidden with a Finder flag, but you can see it from the command line. Since you can do that, there's actually no need to see what files are on the device: you just dump the lot back out again.
However, I'd guess the program makes an efficient piracy device for those so minded, since they could use it to rummage through a friend's iPod and take only what they want. It's not surprising Apple hides the iPod_Control directory, really. I guess they don't want to make such rummaging too easy or they could end up in court.
π said 3:49PM on 3-05-2008
senuTi is rather fast.
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