iPodDownload 1.1 - Come and get it, quick

Apple tried to squash it, but our fave tool for getting music off of our iPods and on to our Macs is has turned up online again—no weird HexEdit hack needed, either, this is a new version. Just install and you can drag & drop your files right out of iTunes.

If you're on a PC, check out our How-To on getting your music back and check out the comments for other ways to reclaim what is rightfully yours.

Download iPodDownload here (Bit Torrent link).

Update: If it's not working for you, try putting the plug-in is in the following location:

    ~/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins
    NOT:
    Macintosh HD/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins

Also make sure to enable disk mode iTunes > Preferences > Ipod > General > "Enable disk use".

If it's still not working, try the old HexEdit trick.

and last up…Someone has reposted the iPod Download 1.1 plugin (just the 24k plugin, not the 2MB package) to news:alt.binaries.mac.applications and news:alt.binaries.mac.osx.apps.

[Russ @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

This download still only contains iPod Download Version 1.0!!!!!!!!!

[Mark @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

I don't even have an ipod and I love this!!

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Ditto, 1.0 is the only version included in this download.

[Paulie @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Hey, and how come the screenshot has my Utada Hikaru playlist on it?? Weird. Listening to Final Distance RIGHT NOW.

[John @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

F*ck Apple. They are basically a one trick pony, feeding up to the RIAA and their overpriced CD gauging asshol5 selves.

[Dale @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

John, you're not paying attention much, are you?

[Mil Mascaras @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Version 1.0?? Be careful, even though the download says version 1.1, when you open up the .dmg, the actual plugin say version 1.0, with a creation date of Sept 20, 2004. Is this a Hoax? And all kinds of other sites are now offering this same plugin version 1.0 packaged as iPodDownload 1.1, even though the within plugin is version 1.0.
Can somebody test and reveal the truth, please..

[Russ @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

I downloaded it, but it doesn't work. So Version 1.0 it is....sadly this seems a hoax, come one Engadget respond to our concerns.

[Dan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

There are 2 files on the .dmg, the 1.0 plugin, and a package installer that places a copy of the 1.0 plugin that gets modified with the time installed, but it didn't show up in iTunes. I assume it showed up for engadget since they already did the hexedit trick to their copy of iTunes... I will now do it to mine to test... it works after hexediting.

[pt @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Update: Some folks are reporting that once installed with iTunes 4.7 they still need to Hex edit it. So, for now download it and use the How-To while we figure out what's up.

[paul @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

I downloaded it from the link provided here, and everything is working fine. It should be noted that I have never tried the "Hex Edit" fix, and I had NO previous installations of this plugin.

As far as version number goes, it may be just that the author forgot to update that info when they compiled it, and it actually is 1.1

[paul @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

I forgot to mention... I am using iTunes 4.7, on 10.3.5, on dual 2GB G5

[paul @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

OK, I forgot to mention on other thing that may be useful. I didn't use the installer package. I manually dragged the plugin into "my" iTunes Plugin's folder. I used the plugins folder associated with my user account, NOT the one associated with the root level of my startup drive. I think the installer may put it into that plugins folder, instead of the users'.

To clerify, I used:
~/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins
NOT:
Macintosh HD/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins

[Rick Fletcher @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

The installer didn't work for me either, but following Paul's instructions I dragged the plugin into the iTunes plug-in dir and it's now working fine.

[seth @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

The installer put the plug-in in /Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins but this wasn't working. Based on Paul's post, I moved it to ~/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins and it's working perfectly.

[dom @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

I don't know if this varies, but I have the line for hexedit you need to access. It's line 004A2840, seen on far right in hexedit. It's a simple edit, and iPod download is a VERY USEFUL plugin.

[Kangaroo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

You dumbasses. this is to fake out Apple so you slow morons can get the ipoddownload software if you haven't done so. Quit complaining, download it if you don't already have it and get the hex editor and install it.

[fhs @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Version 1.1 (with the corrected version string) has been posted to newsgroups:

news:alt.binaries.mac.applications
news:alt.binaries.mac.osx.apps

[Weiff @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

And what's the NNTP server ?

[fhs @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

The NNTP Server is whatever server is specified by your ISP (assuming they offer USENET access). It may take time for the item to propegagate from the initial news server to your ISP. (It really /should/ have gotten to whatever news server you use overnight.)

[Aaron @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Okay, and what if your ISP doesn't provide NNTP service? if somebody could be so kind as to send it to navysquid (at) gmail.com ?

[Morgan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Just one more reason for me to keep my Dell DJ. I don't have to worry about artificially imposed limitations on what I can do with my device.

I still wish my DJ was lighter and sleeker, though.

[duh @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Updated Bit Torrent link:
http://www.lokitorrent.com/download.php?id=58020

[Pyrros @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Morgan, you must be joking: you can't even use the DJ as a hard drive without Dell's software, let alone copying music from it to the computer.

( http://www20.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040130/dell-04.html )

[Furb @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Or you could just grab it from MacUpdate and pass on all the torrent headaches...

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15957

Fresh installed, no hex editing required, working like a charm.

[bertie @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

don't upgrade to itunes 4.7.1 - ipod download 1.1 won't work with it - at least I couldn't get it to work, luckily copied my previous itunes 4.7 app beforehand.

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Dammit, of course I installed iTunes 4.7.1. How do I downgrade to 4.7?

[BH @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Sorry to seem so ignorant, but I am. What is hexediting and how do I do it. I have ver 4.7.1 of iTunes. It is hopeless that it will work with this?

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

Hex-editing is (at least in this case) just regular editing of a file with any editor. The How-To link on the top of this page explains how to manipulate iTunes by editing the program file.
But it seems hopeless to do so in Version 4.7.1

[Jai @ Dec 19th 2005 2:26AM]

hi i am new at mac i got imac g4 i downloaded ipoddownload on my mav vr. 4.7 n it dnt work i dnt no now to uninstall program can sum1 help me plz it still shws up on my itunes i even updated itunes but it aint gone thnk u