How to manage iPhone without iTunes?

You may already know, that you don't have to use iTunes to manage iPod, iPhone or iPad. When searching for iTunes Alternatives it's very likely that you'll find a dozen of apps promising to manage your iPhone independently from iTunes. The software that I use is called CopyTrans Manager and you can find it here:

Free iTunes replacement to manage iPhone without iTunes


So far, so good. Did you also know that iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad require drivers to be recognized by your PC? These drivers are installed with a fresh copy of iTunes, meaning you need to install iTunes, QuickTime etc. to use your iPhone with your PC. As many people consider iTunes to be bloatware, you may wish to use your iPhone without having to install iTunes. That's why you can use the CopyTrans Drivers Installer.

This little free app installs all drivers and you'll finally be able to use your iPhone entirely without iTunes.

iTunes alternative - CopyTrans Manager - iOS 4.3.1 compatibility

For nearly two years now I'm a regular user of the free iTunes alternative - CopyTrans Manager. I even decided not to upgrade to iOS 4.3.1 unless this tool is compatible.

Finally! The newest version 0.936 brought full iOS 4.3.1 compatibility, allowing you to add music, videos, films, TV-shows, podcasts, audio books to iPhone, iTouch or iPad using the newest firmware.

Manage iPod and iPhone without iTunes

Another more visible thing is that they removed the skin, which turns out to be nice on a PC with Windows 7, but less attractive if you're running it on XP. That's why I decided to reactivate the old CopyTrans Manager skin.

How?
Just go to the Settings tab and click on "Advanced Settings". Search for skin and change "main.skin.file" from "no" to "yes".

Coming soon ... - New roundup of existing iTunes alternatives, stay tuned!

Manage iPhone without iTunes and without duplicates

After a long break there are good news about the free iTunes Alternative CopyTrans Manager. TuneSwift now supports the management of duplicate files on iPod, iPhone and iPad. E.g. If you're going to add music to your iPhone, CopyTrans Manager recognizes already existing tracks and won't add them once again.

If you've already got duplicate files on your iDevice, you can easily display and remove them. Therefore just push the right mouse button in the main track-list and choose "Show duplicates". This way you can delete all duplicate files from your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

Here's how the program looks like

You can download this free iTunes Alternative from the following page:

Download the free iTunes Alternative for iPhone, iPad and iPod


You've got the choice between the Installer for the Control Center (containing all CopyTrans apps) and the standalone version, which doesn't require installation.

CopyTrans Manager supports the following devices:

• iPhone, 3G, 3GS and 4 up to iOS4
• iPod Touch, 2G, 3G and 4G up to iOS4
• iPad 1 up to iOS 4
• iPod Nano up to iPod Nano 5G
• iPod Classic, iPod Video and iPod Photo
• iPod Shuffle up to iPod Shuffle 2G
• iPod Mini
• Mac formatted iPods (HFS+)
• Palm Pre