Are you tired of using iTunes to copy from your iPod to your computer or from your computer to your iPod? I am. This post is basically a post on “How to copy files easily to your iPod from your computer without iTunes” 
I hate iTunes and prefer to use Winamp as my media player on my Windows. When I got my iPod Shuffle a few months ago, I was trying to look for a way on how to simply copy your mp3 files to my iPod shuffle without using iTunes horrible sync method. I couldn’t find anything good at that time.
Weeks have passed now until I found a freeware called SharePod that can copy to/from iPod to/from your computer easily!
Note: All screenshots on this post are taken from the SharePod’s site.
“Free your iPod: Change, Backup, Share”
Sharepod can:
- Add and remove music, videos, playlists and artwork on your iPod.
- Backup your iPod to your computer. You can later import them easily into your iTunes library
- SharePod can run straight from the iPod itself, so you can use it at work, school, home – wherever you and your iPod are.
How wonderful SharePod is
SharePod is a stand-alone executable program. It means that you don’t have to install anything on your computer. You simply plug your iPod, open the SharePod program, and you can see your playlists, songs straight away on the program screen!
SharePod Main Window
The User Interface is intuitive and very user friendly. To copy files from your computer to your iPod, you can simply drag and drop your files to the SharePod program. It will then automatically copy the newly added files to your iPod.
Since my iPod Shuffle can’t create playlists (I got it for free), I haven’t tested the program with playlists manipulations and stuffs. However, it’s so easy now to update my iPod with fresh songs from my computer.
Copying files is as easy as 1-2-3
Goodbye iTunes! It’s been fun working with you to transfer my music files to my iPod (err actually, it wasn’t fun at all). Going to uninstall now.
Check out SharePod’s site here.
Also check out some amazing tips for your iPod.
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Awesome! At the moment, I’m using Media Monkey for everything. True, it’s a bit out of the iTunes league, but it gets everything done darn well, including media organization.
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Great program, except Ii ain’t got no iPod.LOL
Hmmmm I’ve never minded iTunes at all. I’ve used it for quite awhile though and know how to use it and I’ve grown comfortable with it.
i used itunes for few days………had to restart my lappy atleast 2-3 times………
Good for you guys, (respect Ben), I don’t even have money for an iPod. However, if I knew have to use iTunes to transfer the files, I wouldn’t buy it anyway
That program is disgusting.
However Mike, I did a little search just for fun, and in the first results there were this article:
http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your-pc-105256.php
It’s not a program, though, but certainly not more difficult than the other options
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Just found another one on the same site:
http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/hack-attack-add-music-and-movies-to-your-ipod-from-any-computer-without-itunes-237986.php
sry, but I love findig things on the net
(hmm, maybe I should get a girlfriend or something…)
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I’m not too crazy about music, but I have to agree about the “I hate iTunes” thing. Just as a whole – it takes a long time to load, and obviously you have to pay for everything. And even for the free stuff, you still need to register and give them your credit card number. *sighs*
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I hate Itunes as well. I think its time i did some serious itunes bashing!
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Being an iTunes power user, all I can say is that it works pretty well on Mac platform but you may find some glitches on PC while transferring songs. Depending on which platform you are in, it’s a love-hate kind of thing.
Yan
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Mike,
Thanks for this wonderful tip. I will start using this tool and check the difference…
Nihar
Heh? I don’t even know there is this kind of software to copy mp3 into iPod. I only know copy and paste into the imitation iPod.
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Wiehanne, you can’t simply copy and paste to/from an iPod (due to copyright protection and stuffs, thanks to Apple). I guess the imitation works better than the real one, eh?
Seems that we have two sides here.. love iTunes vs hate iTunes
Will I still be able to play my music on the ipod or only on my lap with the ipod connected? What happens if want to combine my itunes-created playlists with my sharepod playlists?
Best regards from Argentina,
Jason
I’m not sure about the playlists, Jason.. I don’t use iTunes (I’ve uninstalled it) and my iPod is an iPod shuffle, so it doesn’t have any playlist
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