3 good alternatives to iTunes..
Despite having two Zunes at home (a new HD and a 30), we still have three iPods on the go, and despite loads of changes – I am still not a fan of iTunes. Here are three alternatives the bloated Apple client.
- DoubleTwist – available for both the PC and the Mac, DoubleTwist is a full featured client that allows music to be downloaded to a number of devices including the iPod. The current release allows the Amazon MP3 store to be used to replicate the iTunes experience, as well as allowing video to be converted and loaded to your device.
- Anapod Explorer – from Red Chair software allows you to load music directly from Windows Explorer to your iPod and has a number of companion tools for backing up and recovering your precious shiny MP3 player.
- DOPISP – daft name, useful software that integrates your iPod with Windows Media Player, works with Windows 7 and is a lovely integration. I’ve used this for a while, and it has never let me down.
What other tools are you using to escape the Apple hegemony?
Oct 09, 2009 @ 13:13:21
I love you bud, but now that your site is a full on marketing machine and not the wonderful site of a talented DJ with great taste in music, I’m gonna unsubscribe. Apple hegemony? Are you serious?
Oct 09, 2009 @ 17:58:42
Oh buddy – it was a little bit of a joke… I hate iTunes because it screws too much with my music, and it don’t like the online interface… thats it. Its the same as you tweeting that you hated Windows, because it didn’t do this or that.
I’m not shilling for the company – hell, they don’t pay enough to do *my* job, let alone their job.
Oct 10, 2009 @ 10:10:14
Someone also pointed out that I should have included MediaMonkey in here (http://www.mediamonkey.com/) which is a great product. It is Windows only, but is pretty fully featured otherwise, with good file organisation features, podcatching and audio processing ‘out of the box’.
Thanks Darren for pointing that one out…
Oct 12, 2009 @ 16:50:42
I am still hanging in there with winamp for the music bit but I’m really waiting for a source agnostic sync/store solution that enables a single, personal (ie, my ratings and tags) media library to work across all my playback devices (PC, xbox, iPod, car) …
Oct 23, 2009 @ 01:44:38
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?