SYLVAPOLUPOSA  One word: GREAT

Seriously ... this is the only iPod ripper I trust fully. It works perfect.

And free is a bonus but I would pay for it.  
(Version 0.50.9)

ASHMADUX  Senuti was a great app (lol dont update, and the freeware versions are sure to be torrented)- The problem with charging for this is that- hey, IT'S NOT EVEN A 1.0 PRODUCT!.

I wont dipute whether a dev has the right to charge, but 18 bucks for an app that has been around a long time, and is far from finished is a bit of a stretch. It can still be an invaluable tool, cant take that from it- but this situation surely hasnt been handled too well.  
(Version 0.50.9)

JON555  I can understand charging for software, but at least give them a fair warning when changing your business model. You want us to pay for this? It better be damn near perfect (it's not even about the charging of the money, it's about the principle).  
(Version 0.50.6)

K8J  I used to be a faithful user and I would've been willing to pay a small fee for the program, but there was no warning whatsoever. I won't be purchasing this program after the developer pulled this trick. It was dirty of them, and makes me seriously question their ethics. I will find an alternative.

Sorry, Senuti, but I won't be recommending you any longer to my friends and customers and the link to your program has just been removed from my website. Goodbye, old friend.  
(Version 0.50.6)

WILL2009  Senuti is -- or, more accurately, was -- a useful, easy-to-use program for transferring files from my iPod to my desktop or back into iTunes. Set-up was easy. Just download it and use it.

Documentation for how to use it was hard to come by. One just had to be intuitive and poke around a bit to figure it out. But, as I wrote, it was a fairly easy-to-use program.

The problem came with the latest release (January, 2009). Without warning, the programmers decided to switch from a freeware (with a button for donations) version to a TRIAL version that expired with a certain number of downloads, or in a fixed number of days, whichever came first.

That's where the problems begin.

No reputable software developer handles things like that -- switching to a paid version without warning. So I immediately went from a happy customer to a severely dissatisfied customer. Now I don't trust them. Now, Senuti's occasional quirks (like not automatically skipping files it thinks it can't download, or not recognizing differences in file size but going solely by file name when downloading -- and refusing to download files of a similar name) become huge. Now, because I'm paying for this item, I expect it be perfect. And I expect customer service to be responsive and darn cheery.

Senuti was a great program -- when it was free. Now, at $18, it's a relic that I'll immediately seek to replace.

Beware Senuti!  
(Version 0.50.5)

WILL2009  I've used Senuti for years, probably since it was first released. It saved my keister more times than I can count.

HOWEVER...

The latest update came with a shocking revelation: The version they updated me to was a TRIAL version that would expire in days (or with a certain number of downloads) and the only way out was to pay $18.

I've seen bait-and-switch tactics before. But never like this. Replacing -- without warning -- a usable version with one that requires payment was low-handed. Senuti is useful, sure. But it's far from perfect. And it's certainly not worth $18.

The programmer could have handled this whole thing much better by warning people about the upcoming pay-to-play release, not just switching it secretly. I don't do business with highway robbers. I'll certainly seek out alternatives to Senuti.

My suggestion: forget Senuti. Find another program that does something similar.  
(Version 0.50.5)

RABBITHOLE  SENUTI: hiccups, jumps, and spits? Flawed Transfer...?!?

I've got a big mess on my hands, and I'm looking for advice.

I've always had a lot of music: (though I suppose that's relative): about 4500 songs... (these are backed-up on DVD), PLUS in August I briefly found a music critic boyfriend that added another 1500 songs to my library (rare and special songs that are not backed-up, I only back up once every 6 months).

I also have songs, films, and television shows I've purchased from the iTunes store. (thus DRM protected)

I didn't have any problems until my computer upgraded iTunes 7 to iTunes 8... then I noticed that little exclamation points started appearing next to my music: missing files. (oh nooooo!)

I thought it was a problem with ME, until I bought an entire season of a TV show on iTunes, and the next time I booted up my computer, it was missing. Afraid that my media collection was starting to look like Swiss cheese, I found a program to get my music off the iPod itself (still a fully intact library) and onto my computer. After un-installing iTunes 8, (and re-installing iTunes 6), I decided to use a program called PodWorks to move my library from the iPod back to the library. This didn't copy my entire library (only 1300 songs total). At this point I decided to use a similar program called Senuti. Senuti seemed to get everything. At this point I had multiple copies of files (17,000 files in total: 120GB of info, blech!), so I bought a copy of iDupe, to remove the duplicates. It worked beautifully,

...but there's a problem.

Now when I listen to my music, I notice that all the files are VERY flawed. There are hiccups, jumps, spits, and sometimes you get halfway through the song and iTunes just moves to the next song. The only possible explanation (I assume) is that the program I used to get the info off my iPod didn't work properly.

In essence, I've lost most of my music. I think the good plan would be to delete my entire library, then find a REAL program that works to get my stuff safely off the iPod. Can you tell me of a good program that would do this?? (presumably NOT PodWorks, NOT Senuti...)

Here are my computer specs: (I am a Mac User, running OS 10.5.6)

Model Name: iBook G4

Model Identifier: PowerBook6,5

Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)

Processor Speed: 1.2 GHz

Number Of CPUs: 1

L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB

Memory: 768 MB

Bus Speed: 133 MHz

Boot ROM Version: 4.8.7f1

I'm running the newest OS. Perhaps I should go back to the old one for Senuti to run properly....???  
(Version 0.50.5)

STEFANOG  Bad bad bad!!! I upgraded my freeware old Senuti by mistake and now is a DEMO!! sneaky sneaky sneaky - not even a dialog letting know about the change!!  
(Version 0.50.5)

APPLE REPAIR  I HATE THIS PROGRAM.

I'm a technician and I charge by the hour. I paid the 18 bucks for this app so I could import a customers iPod to his Mac.

He had over 8,000 songs. I installed it, clicked Transfer, selected to have it import into itunes and left it running.

HALF HOUR LATER...

I came back in a half our later to find that only 40 songs were copied! There was a stupid dialogue on the screen that said something like "UNABLE TO COPY SONG. TRACK 08 'Bye Bye Bye' cannot be copied because of an error" (or whatever.)

DO I CARE? NO, I DO NOT!

Skip the damn file for God's sake. So for the next 3 hours I had to babysit Senuti because every 5 minutes it would stop the entire transfer because it couldn't copy a single file and it's too retarded to skip it, while my client is calling me every 15 minutes saying: "Is it done yet? Is it done yet?"

Until there is an option in the preferences to skip songs it cannot copy, it's not worth 18 bucks. More like $4. I HATE SENUTI  
(Version 0.50.5)

PETEROFDAYTON  I have used Senuti for years. It has been reliable and effective with an elegant interface. I am glad to pay for it. It is the best application of its type, and I thank the creator for having shared it for free for so long. I hope that now that he needs the money, he gets it. He has earned it.  
(Version 0.50.5)