iDump 27

Publisher's description of iDump

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This program will allow you copy your songs from your iPod to a PC, iDump does come wrapped in installer but you can simply drop the .exe in the root directory on your iPod and run it from there. Connect your iPod and run iDump and you'll have access to all your songs, select the songs you want to transfer then pick a destination directory and how you would like your songs to be named. And then sit back and copy all the selected songs to the PC.

Version 27 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Editor's review of iDump

Although there have been several shareware choices to allow you to copy songs from your iPod to your computer, the freeware field has been empty--until now.

iDump offers a clean, spreadsheet-style layout that displays all music on your iPod. That lengthy list can be narrowed via the search function. Songs can be organized by terms as familiar as song name or artist to the more esoteric year, bit rate, or even location on the iPod. The app displays the song's iPod path, cracking Apple's unusual file-saving protocol. A main window tab takes you to output options, and from there you just have to choose your songs and hit Copy. Clicking once on a song selects it, and there's also a smart feature that plays the song you've selected in iTunes. Clocking in at under 1MB, iDump is small enough to live on your iPod. We'll let you figure out why that's a good thing.

iDump does have some stability problems, and it doesn't automatically import backed-up songs into iTunes once they've been copied to your hard drive, a definite drawback. Those are small quibbles, though, compared to what you get for free.

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  iDump

  just works!!!!!!!!

  by: petexxxxx on 13-Apr-2008 04:21:38 PM

  Pros: don't waste time with other software!!!

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  A MUST for (almost) every iPod owner with a PC

  by: NuggedOuT on 14-Mar-2008 06:14:54 PM

  Pros: Excellent program! It's small, simple to use, and does exactly what it claims to do. I haven't tried putting the actual .exe onto my iPod and running it from there so I can't really comment on that, but it's definitely good to know you can do that.

  Cons: Like others have addressed before your version of iDump eventually does "expire" and become totally unusable, but you're not forced to pay for some kind of "Pro" version. You do have to go to their website and upgrade to the newest version though.

  From what I read on their website, it doesn't support the iPod Touch or iPhone. Not yet at least.

  A little minor gripe of mine is I have some songs with Japanese and Korean characters in the titles that iDump seems to have trouble outputting. You can still transfer them to your PC, but you'll have to rename them later.

  Other than those minor things, this free program is still a MUST for (almost) every iPod owner with a PC.

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  idump works, saved after hard drive crash

  by: Bkhaja on 22-Jun-2008 05:26:24 AM

  Pros: This freeware was great. It allowed me to dump 1200 songs back to the new hard drive after a crash. (1 stinking week after we bought the Ipod and spent the prior weekend loading it) Easy to use, after selecting all songs, marking them to move back to the directory of my choosing and hitting enter I could walk away. When I came back it was completely done.

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  good to have for anyone that has a ipod

  by: downloader765 on 20-Apr-2008 12:53:17 PM

  Pros: i never used it in my computer ,but I'm looking for it working for me.good for anyone that has songs on your ipod that is not on your itunes at home.

  Cons: The editor saying that he has some problems with this program.that makes me worried about this program.

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  Took me forever to find something that did this for free for more than 5-10 songs

  by: kecissell on 24-Jul-2008 09:52:10 PM

  Pros: It's a simple application, but free and useful

  Cons: how hard it was to find

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