Although Apple is probably not going to tell you this, there is actually new software available for iPods everywhere. We aren’t talking about an iTunes upgrade, although those can give you some added advantages. Instead, this is completely new software that can be used to enhance iTunes. The software can even be used as a standalone way to play your iPod through your computer and to create playlists, though it isn’t linked to a music downloading system like iTunes is. This new software has many different advantages.
First off, the software, which covers three computers with one download, allows you to use your iPod with an unlimited number of computers. Instead of being synched to one computer and losing all your information if you synch your iPod to another computer, this software allows you to plug your iPod into three, four, fifteen, or more computers. In this way, you can easily use your iPod with all of your own computers, and you can also use it with friends’ computers, making it easy to share music and upload new songs to your iPod through another person’s iTunes program.
Another major advantage of this program is that it allows you to transfer music from iPod to iTunes. Traditionally, you can only move playlists from your computer to your iPod, but now you can do it the other way around, too. This makes several functions easier. For one thing, you can more easily share music with your friends. Instead of burning a CD for them to upload to their computers, you can now take your iPod to a friend’s house and simply download a playlist from your iPod to his computer.
You can also use this function to back up the music on your computer using your iPod. If your iPod is large enough to store every single song you own, you don’t have to worry about losing any of your music if your computer should crash. You can simply plug in your computer with this program and the easy iPod to PC program wizard will help you pull music from your iPod onto your computer. That same wizard will then help you restore the music files onto iTunes, which might otherwise be a tricky thing to do. In this way, you never have to worry about losing all your music again, and you don’t have to keep every single CD you’ve ever owned as backup.