PodWorks

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Download Current Version: PodWorks 2.9.6 (893k, .zip)

What's New

  • 2.9.6: Minor fixes for Snow Leopard compatibility.
  • 2.9.5: Fixed an issue where track numbers, disc numbers, and iTunes comments weren't being read out of the database and synced back to iTunes properly.
  • 2.9.4: Added support for the new iPod database format introduced in iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0.

 

There are a handful of nifty applications you can use to take back control of your iPod. My current favorite is PodWorks...Now I can use my iPod the way I want to use it, sharing my music and books among the Macs I own. Thank God for independent developers to save us from corporate compromise and silly limitations.

Derrick Story
Author of iPhoto: The Missing Manual

For Mac users, I recommend PodWorks...

Walter Mossberg
Wall Street Journal

PodWorks is a Mac OS X application that compensates for the iPod's only downside: Apple only allows you to copy songs to your iPod. If you have two Macs and want to use your iPod to transfer music from one to the other, or you only store your music and videos on your iPod and need to copy them back onto your hard drive after a disk failure, you are out of luck!

This is where PodWorks comes in: it allows you to copy songs and videos from any iPod or iPhone to any Mac running OS X 10.4 or higher. Its important features include:

  • iPhone support: PodWorks recognizes and allow transfers from your iPhone.
  • Superior performance: Many other standalone iPod song transfer utilities work by reading song data out of every song on the iPod--a slow process. PodWorks, by contrast, reads its data directly from the iPod's internal database, resulting in nearly instantaneous display of your song list.
  • More metadata: Since PodWorks can read from the iPod's internal database, it can also display and sort by song "metadata" not available through ID3 (including Date Added, Play Count, and Star Rating).
  • iTunes integration: In addition to copying songs to the Finder, PodWorks can send songs, playlists (registered version only), and metadata (star ratings, play counts, track numbers, etc.) directly to iTunes. It can also filter its song list to show you only the songs on the iPod that are not present in your iTunes library.
  • Playlists: PodWorks recognizes your iPod's playlists. Entire playlists can be copied to your computer with a single drag (registered version only).
  • Song Playback: PodWorks allows you to preview songs before you copy them by playing them directly off the iPod (not yet available for iPhone).
  • Strong organizational capabilities: Copying large numbers of files can get messy, so PodWorks can automatically sort transferred files into directories and change their filenames according to your preferences.
  • Portability: PodWorks can be placed on your iPod for convenient access away from your home computer. It will work when run off the iPod, and will remember its registration information even when connected to a previously unknown machine.

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Download (.zip, 893K) PodWorks (requires Mac OS X 10.4 or above). Until purchased, PodWorks has the following limitations:

  • 30 day time limit.
  • 250 song copy limit.
  • Songs must be copied one at a time.
  • Single-drag copying of playlists is disabled.

Once you have purchased a license for PodWorks from the store and entered your serial number into the registration window, the above limitations will be removed.

To install PodWorks, simply drag the PodWorks icon to the Applications folder on your Mac.

  

Purchase PodWorks online through the Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Store. The cost is US $8.

After entering your payment information, you will receive an email containing your registration details. Click on "Enter Registration" under the application menu (as shown below) and your license key along with the exact name you used to register.

Have questions or Feedback? Need support?

Please ask a question in the Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Get Satisfaction forum (no registration necessary) or consult the PodWorks Frequently Asked Questions. If you've lost your serial number, you can look it up here.