ANDYMOONAR  I previously liked this so much and also used it weekly. Never failed on me.

But the new high price tag isn't worth buying. There are other free and much cheaper options.

A pity really.  
(Version 1.1.7)

ELEGRAPHY  Despite this new surprise on charging fee, the new Senuti icon also looks surprisingly hideous, compared to its original free version. No thanks, I'll keep use my free version!   
(Version 1.1.6)

THEKIDFROMTHEREDBANK  I used to use this a lot. But it has become quite expensive and there are free alternatives that are as good. Also, possting updates without any release notes is quite uncourteous. Why not let your (paying) customers know, what all the great changes in the software have been about?  
(Version 1.1.6)

NATHANCOLLINGS  Previously always free but now a whopping $18

This app is good but paying for something that is also available for free is a no go-er for me.

My advice .. use any other free similar tool.  
(Version 1.1.5)

FREDDUCKER  I've been using it for a long time, very good app. But I can't understand why there isn't a feature to import photos from an iPod? It seems odd.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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)

XPLICIT  18 bucks? Good joke. You made my day.  
(Version 0.50.4)

SILVASURFER  Ouch. Yes agree that the developer most certainly has the right to charge for this great app which has been free now for ages, but he should have a look around the market at competitors and see what they charge and what features they offer, because here the 'new Senuti' does not stack up.

Going across to PodWork; price is right, interface is good and does exactly the same thing only better and cheaper. Rule number one, don't price yourself out of the market especially when you're not unique in your offering.  
(Version 0.50.4)

IULIA IMPERATRIX  18.00? No, thank you.  
(Version 0.50.4)

VERYCARLA  Wow, eighteen dollars? Really? Ouch. That was unexpected. Well, it's certainly the developer's right to ask people to pay for the app. It's also my right to say, "Sayonara, Senuti!"  
(Version 0.50.4)

EASER  I've not tried this, but it seems to get good reviews and is free:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19890/ipoddisk  
(Version 0.50.4)

SWGS1  Ever since Senuti, the best freeware option for ipod extraction for years, went shareware, PodWorks is now the best option as it has all the features you'd want in a program like this and it's only $8.

All the other good options I've seen: Senuti, iPodRip, etc are at least $15.  
(Version 0.50.4)

EEFLOEE  since when is senuti payware...i thought it was free :(  
(Version 0.50.4)

CVB147  This program worked like a charm. I've been trying various applications for two days to transfer music from my iPod to my new Mac, and nothing worked. This took less than an hour and downloaded every song with a track name, artist and album, though some artwork was lost in the process. Absolutely fantastic program.   
(Version 0.50.2)

INLOVEWITHSENUTI  Um. Senuti just SAVED my life. My VAIO has been non-responsive for almost a year now. I just got a MacBook and was beyond determined to transfer my music from my iPod onto my computer. I couldn't have been more scared to plug my iPod in to a new computer -- I was convinced that no matter what precautions I took, everything would be deleted. BUT! Prepare your iPod properly (which you don't need your old computer to do) and you will not experience ANY problems.

Seriously, so happy. Maybe I'm being a little dramatic. But I'm a musician, and my iPod is pretty much my best friend.

:) Good luck!  
(Version 0.50.2)

IPODHELPHELP  I'm trying to transfer from a PC formatted IPOD Classic to a Macbook. I can't seem to locate the "enable disk use" button. It isn't presented as an option anywhere. Has anyone else had this problem? I've a brand new Macbook...with I guess the latest version of itunes.

Please help! I lost all other backups of my music and photos. Just the IPOD remains!  
(Version 0.50.2)

DCRISTY  I'm transferring songs from my iPod to my Mac and it looks like songs that were bought through iTunes can not be played unless I "unlock" them. Is there a way to get around this? I don't have access to my iTunes account anymore and can't unlock them. Help?   
(Version 0.50.2)

MOPPERMAN  Appears Senuti cannot see songs that were purchased on an iPhone with 2.2 firmware.  
(Version 0.50.2)

VWCHICK909  Senuti is my new favorite app!! It worked perfectly to transfer songs from my iPod to my Mac. Following the simple, easy to use "quick" instructions, I disabled syncing in iTunes before connecting my iPod, then launched Senuti to transfer songs that were not in my existing iTunes library. I especially appreciate the blue dot next to the song titles indicating that they were already in my library. I experienced no system instability. Senuti worked as promised, both fast and effective. Thank you developers!!

  
(Version 0.50.2)

HAPPY CUSTOMER  This is what Senuti does: Transfers Ipod songs to another computer, fast!  
(Version 0.50.2)

KSSTHESUN14  Help! So I'm a new user to senuti and am trying to transfer my 900 songs to my mac from my ipod mini (i know..its old but still kickin!). when i go into my itunes i cannot click on 'enable disc use'. manually manage songs is selected but it wont allow me to click on 'enable disc use'.

i thought if i de-select 'manually manage songs', i could maybe click on 'enable disc use' but a message pops up that if i de-select this, my library will sync and my music on my ipod will be lost..

what to do??? any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks...  
(Version 0.50.2b11)

COUGARBLUE  Tymon, I won't tell you the ole" "well you should have backed up and not erased anything until after installation, but that said, you can set your summary iTune page for your iPod to not auto synchronize, and on each individual category Pictures, Movies, Playlists, etc, you can make them all manual, where you pick the settings. Use either the back up command under the FILE menu to back up all your iTunes files after first consolidating them, under the ADVANCED menu. Senuti.

Key with Senuti is reliability, it will not lose any files, use the help menu to take each step to begin, backing up to the extra head drive and ALSO back up to DVD with the FILE menu backup. I am a cheerleader for this program. This is the best iPod retrieve utility and FREE.  
(Version 0.50.2b10)

TYMON  I have a question about senuti... I recently bought an external HD to move my music onto but for some reason allot of the files didn't copy and I had already deleted the original from from my main HD. All the tracks still remain on my iPod, question is... Doesn't your iPod start to update as soon as you plug it in to the computer? If this starts happening and iTunes starts to replace the library on the iPod won't that cause all of the music to be lost? How do you stop iTunes from updating the iPod as soon as you plug it in? Thanks!  
(Version 0.50.2b8)

VIVALAVIDA  i just transfer most of my musics from my 30gb ipod (selecting only good and not trash so taking longer time) i use senuti with few hiccups, although thumb up for its speed!

I have the same error message saying Unable to transfer songs to iTunes, because something open on iTunes etc. I have either Cancel or Continute, when I clicked Continue the application continue to transfer the songs.

MY PROBLEM - huge one ...some of the album and songs are stubborningly un-transferable for no reasons!

I fixed this by download IpodRip - less convenient as they do not show you what you've already have on your iTunes (like Senuti does) nonetheless, it works just to fix the hiccups.

I won't use it as main utility to transfer whole lots of my library / playlist though as I think its interface is less user-friendly than Senuti, despite same speed!

It could be alternative to those who can't work Senuti though.

good luck   
(Version 0.50.2b8)

CHRISTOPHER CLIFFORD  Senuti worked great getting my Itunes library off of my windows formatted ipod (recent convert to Mac). But, now when I try to play any song in my itunes library through my macbook, it won't and says "original file could not be found"......Can anyone out there help?  
(Version 0.50.2b8)

HABANO  Thank you Senuti, whatever, whoever you are. You helped me rebuild from a hard disk disaster, and flawlessly no less... For me, easily worth the $18!...  
(Version 0.50.2b7)

WINGK1314  Senuti crashes when trying to import songs with unicode tags. (i.e. any asian language named song)

Ipod Touch 8GB 1.1.3

Sigh.  
(Version 0.50.2b7)

TERABITHIA  Does Senuti only work with the computer that your ipod is synced to? i.e., can it be used to copy music from someone else's ipod? (Before you start saying this is illegal-- I have friends who have their own music that they wrote and recorded on their ipods, and they certainly have the right to distribute it if they want, and this seemed like an easy way to do it.) I plugged in a friend's ipod and when itunes asked me if I wanted to erase it and sync it to my computer I said no, and after that Senuti didn't show any files or work at all.   
(Version 0.50.2b7)

HG503  I got senuti and it worked fine for the first time. Then the second time i used it, itunes came up but none of the songs showed up on senuti, it just continulied to show "please insert an ipod". te ipod is set to manualy manage music and videos so it should work fine, but its not.

Down anyone know how to fix this problem?  
(Version 0.50.2b7)

WOLFFIBOY  it works great. thanks. but it would be even more great if there would be an unlock possibility for the european volume decreasement of the european ipods.  
(Version 0.50.2b7)

JBOOLIE8  I plugged in my ipod, closed iTunes (made sure that i checked manually manage music & enable disk use) and clicked on songs and hit "transfer." After like 20 songs, I closed senuti and opened itunes to see if it had worked, and none of the songs showed up. Im pretty frustrated-- does anyone know what I am doing wrong or how to help?

Thank you very much for any support that can be offered..   
(Version 0.50.2b7)

LOCUTISOFBORED  It missed "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"? Oh the irony!  
(Version 0.50.2b7)

COUGARBLUE  Senuti is one of those simple, it will do the job, nothing more, nothing less essential pieces of software. I recently used Senuti to add 6500 songs to a new hard drive and it preformed perfectly with all songs added in less than 2 hours.

The interface is a little bit different, than previous versions so read the help manual on "Getting Started". That said, it's simple to use, you have a iTunes like view of your iPod's contents, and you can either drag or or use a button to add any songs to your copy of iTunes. You pick your destination in the preferences, be careful not to duplicate every song, by hitting the button twice. I advise my friends with laptops to use a WD Passport or similar Simple drive in the 160-250 gig range as the destination rather than your internal hard drive to preserve space and yet have a portable drive with no need for AC power. Apple with all the "are you sure you want to do this" advisory messages failed to add a message, warning users that it you open iTunes without having your portable drive or other drive containing your songs attached, the OS will automatically change your preferences making the storage point for your songs, your internal drive. Then if you later add the portable drive it will copy every song to your internal drive which may not have the space.

With Senuti you can easily drag your Playlists to iTunes and all the songs in your playlist will be added also. I see no reason to pay for any other programs to transfer your songs from your iPod. Senuti is proven, dependable, safe, and FREE.  
(Version 0.50.2b4)

ISILVER  In iTunes I have the "iTunes Music folder location" preferences set to "Macintosh HD/Music", and in Senuti preferences I have the "Save Location" set to "iTunes Music Folder", but when I clicked on "Transfer", Senuti moved all the files to "Macintosh HD/Users/Me/Music/iTunes" which isn't the correct folder as set in iTunes preferences. Perhaps the developer could make it clearer that "iTunes Music Folder" is in the Users Music folder, not the folder indicated in the preferences.

Aside from that issue, it's great thanks.  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

INVASION252  how do you get photos from your ipod to your mac , I have senuti but cant figure it out . And does anyone know if after taking the music From my ipod to my computer , if it is at all possible to take the merged library back to my ipod ?  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

BKZFYNEST1  I got my iPod all plugged in (running an 80gb classic ipod with an iMacG5) and the options "enable disk use" and "manually manage music.." are checked and applied. Senuti loads up just fine - I see all my iTunes music, podcasts, and movies there. However, when I select the song and choose Transfer, i get a pop-up saying "Senuti was unable to copy the song

"Senuti was unable to copy the song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". An error occurred while trying to copy the file. If this continues to be an issue, please report it."

HELP!!  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

OSA  I'm a newbie, is Senuti work with itouch 16gb (firmware 1.1.4?).

I can not find any option to 'enable disk use', please help.  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

KEN BURSON  Anyone have this problem? Download of Senuti to my PowerBook G4 went fine and it shows in the applications. But when I double click on it, it only shows briefly in the tool bar and disappears. I can't open it. Suggestions?  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

VERYCARLA  I see that it doesn't like external libraries. I'm trying to merge two libraries, one on my 60gb internal drive and one on a 400gb external drive while keeping all the metadata (reviews, play counts, etc) intact. Since iTunes stupidly ignores this information, I've decided the easiest method is to use my iPod. And trust me, from what I've been able to tell, this is the easiest option. Senuti works fine if I'm copying from the iPod to the library on my internal drive, but not to the library on the external drive. It copies, but does not update the library at all.

Is this a bug, or is the expected behaviour? If it's a bug, I hope you can fix it. Thanks!  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

DASGUY  I got burned by the ITunes 7 scam of not being able to transfer "unpurchesed" (meaning only from Itunes store) music from my ipod when i upgrades to Leopard. I tried several apps to no avail. Then this one was spoken of well on several blogs so i tried it.

Review:

ummm it just works.

no questions, no fancy buttons, no fee: Brilliant

Transfered my 10G of music in 15 mins.

Thank you Genius Developer!  
(Version 0.50.2b3)

GLYNN  Tw problems

1. Where do I find the option to enable disc use in itunes?

2. During transfer I get the following message after every third or forth transfered song: "Senuti was unable to add songs to iTunes. This is most likely because iTunes has a dialog displayed. Please dismiss all dialogs in iTunes before continuing." What are dialogs? When this occurs i have to quit Senuti and start again - BIG hassle  
(Version 0.50.2b1)

VERYCARLA  It works great, but if I could have just one additional feature it would be a progress bar to let me know when it's finished copying.  
(Version 0.50.1b6)

JAN_RYBAR  Senuti can't work with Unicode glyphs and destroys all song's names to not readable. Useless for non-English speaking people. :(  
(Version 0.50.1b5)

BRONZEOWL  I'd like to add another vote - one for iPod Touch. Senuti doesn't see the iPod Touch when it is mounted.  
(Version 0.50.1b1)

TRM96  I must say this app was just what I was looking for; an app that could transfer all my playlists (and the actual files too) from my iPod to iTunes on another computer. Great app!  
(Version 0.50.1b1)

TURIM  a really nice app for iPods, but will it work for iPhones in the future?

at least now, nothing happens when i mount my iPhone...

keep up the good work :-)  
(Version 0.50.1b1)

MICHELEBETTAZZI  very good binary but bad interface  
(Version 0.50)

UNUSUAL FALL  Small, fast, easy, and free. Best iPod ripper out there.  
(Version 0.50)

OZEAN  Release notes can be found here: http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/release_notes/  
(Version 0.50)

IHAVETASTEDGRAPES  Wow, I love this app. I transfered all the music on my mac mini onto my ibook g3 effortlessly! I highly recommend!  
(Version 0.50)

AJALBAGLI  Thanks to this beautiful software i lost 30 gigabytes worth of music... it transfered my files to the computer, and while doing it corrupted them, making the songs jump and by that, ruining them!

congratulations to the creator!  
(Version 0.33)

FORMSOLDIER  Good stuff. Tried it out today for the first time. It works so well I'm almost pinching myself to not see a limitation. I will donate some dollars to this FOR SURE!  
(Version 0.33)

MINORPAULITICS  This is great stuff! First of all, it is way way simple... After you plug your Ipod in it will open Itunes and ask you about syncing your Ipod. DO NOT TOUCH ITUNES! Just click on Senuti, highlight you music and click copy. This will copy your music to your music file, simply drag those files into Itunes. It works well, saves money and only takes a bit of figuring out!  
(Version 0.33)

KRUMMYKATSKILL  It does the job! :)  
(Version 0.33)

STRAPONLOVER  By far the worst computer experience I've ever had has been trying to get my song files onto my new MacBook laptop. It seems that Apple has created a disincentive to purchase a new computer.

I downloaded Senuti and used it. The instructions were not very clear, and I ended up transferring the songs twice, which exceeded the hard drive limit of 80G, and my laptop shutdown.

Apple genius copped their usual attitude. I had to buy an external hard drive to transfer all the files so the computer would boot up. I bought it from OfficeMax because I am NEVER giving Apple any of my money ever again.

The songs were duplicated on the external drive, and I had to take the laptop back to the Attitude Bar at the Apple store where they rushed me through the solution. I uploaded the new songs on my laptop to my new external hard drive and all the songs were erased. The "Genius" at the Attitude Bar would not let me write down the instructions she gave me, and now all the songs are gone! I am back to square one.

Thankfully, i have the songs on my iPod ( I hope ), but now I am downloading Senuti for the second time.   
(Version 0.33)

ABBYS35  Read the directions and reviews carefully. I had no problems with the software, but was very nervous to use it, based on what I read. The directions could be written better, maybe if I donate, they'll hire a technical writer to help with that. The interface is nice, but if the directions came with more screenshots, things would be more intuitive. I didn't understand that Senuti would upload my music into it's system first, so I was surprised to see them there, and thought that if they were there, I was all set. Turns out you have to highlight (drag and drop did not work for me) the songs you want to be copied, and press the arrow button in the upper right corner (can't remember if it says "copy", probably not). It then copies it to your default iTunes folder, or whichever folder you select. Once I figured all this out, I was AMAZED at how simple it was. The directions make it seem much harder than it is.

Good luck!  
(Version 0.33)

STEVE4656  The instructions in "Senuti help" are tricky to understand right away and need several readings because of the use of double negatives.

Simple back-ups of songs from and iPod to a mac works fine, but it will not transfer songs directly into iTunes.

The "Senuti help" suggests songs can be transferred into iTunes by drag-and-drop of individual songs or, playlists. I wish it were so, absolutely nothing happened for me.

After hours of trial and error, I can only recommend this software if you need to make a simple back-up of songs on an iPod. Do not expect to transfer songs straight into iTunes.

  
(Version 0.33)

TERMINALMAN  I have not had any problems using senuti, but I did read their Senuti Help pages several times first (start Senuti, then select the help menu->Senuti Help). Do this *before* you connect up your iPod.

Basically you have to make sure that the iPod is set to not automatically update from iTunes as soon as it's plugged it.

It's clear that if you don't do things in the right order in some cases then iTunes might wipe all the music from your iPod, which is what you're trying to avoid...

So follow their instructions carefully. Especially if iTunes pops up and asks if you want to wipe out the iPod contents with what's in iTunes, SAY NO!!

I used senuti 0.33 to transfer 3500 songs from iPod into my new Macbook, so far everything seems good and all the music I wanted transferred is there and sounds just like before.  
(Version 0.33)

CARAMIA  I used Senuti 0.33 to transfer songs to my new Macbook. I transfered the songs but it didn't copy all of them and trashed most of the songs(including mixing some of them together, skipping, and the insertion of weird bleeping).  
(Version 0.33)

HARIDINE  Wish someone told me about these hints before I used Senuti:

1. do not plug in the ipod into the Mac. My auto sync setting erased my iPod content

2. in Senuti preferences set the correct path to where iTunes stores the music files. Do not assume the default is correct!

3. in Senuti preferences enable the copy to iPod field. Without this set, Senuti will only copy files to iTunes, but not add them to the library.  
(Version 0.33)

STONGEY  I used to like Senuti, but noticed the last couple of times that I've used it, it doesn't copy all of my songs. It misses a seemingly random number of random tracks uncopied. With a large collection, you can imagine the frustration trying to find those missing tracks... so I'm looking for an alternative program.

Is this perhaps caused by multilingual characters in the tags? Dunno.

I wished it worked, because I quite liked the interface.  
(Version 0.33)

MEGAMAN61282  So apparently Senuti sorta works with the new 2nd gen iPod Shuffle, but only if you if you keep that "erase and sync" pop-up open. Unfortunately, since the popup essentially "freezes" iTunes, Senuti stops at the copying process.

Not to steal any thunger from Senuti, because I've always supported the little program and love it to bits, but the only way I've found to get music from your 2nd gen Shuffle is to use iLinkPod:

http://www.ilinkpod.com/

Plug your shuffle in and when iTunes prompts you to erase and sync, simply ignore it and keep it open. Point iLinkPod to your shuffle on the desktop and hit "Link". You should now see a several folders with 4 letter acronym-ed files inside. Looks scary, but once you drag the files into iTunes, they show up with proper names and even album art.

Hope this helped some peoples!  
(Version 0.33)

D9  Maybe I'm missing something but this is not the be-all, end-all solution to iPod transfers. While it can simply copy your entire iPod library over to a new/reformatted computer, it's ability to handle multiple tasks is limited or convoluted.

In my case, where I wanted to take my current setup w/ playlists off my iPod and put them on my new Mac mini, I had problems at every step. Sure the entire Library copied but adding my playlists caused additional copies of songs, regardless of which preference I selected, to be added to the Library. In cases where I had the same song on multiple playlists, that song would be duplicated that many times.

Like I said, I tried every preference setting to avoid, but nothing seemed to change. Maybe I'm overlooking something obvious, but at the least, this is not an intuitive solution. I'm still searching for the Holy Grail in iPod transferring that will copy my entire catalog, lists and all, to my computer.  
(Version 0.33)

BRISTE  this App used to work fine until the latest version. now I'm having numerous problems getting my mac to recognise my ipod. first, senuti crashed my ipod, itunes and i had to restart. then my mac wouldn't see my ipod. i restored my ipod and then osx and senuti could see the ipod, but itunes woiuldn't. i might add that i had to delete my itunes library file to get itunes back at all. anyway, whatever went wrong in the latest version, i'd like to see this usually great app fixed.  
(Version 0.32)

TONY_115  Hey,

Well my first impression of Senuti was ****. This is because when I launched the app it died (a.k.a crashed) after about 2 seconds of it being open. I am using 10.4.4 and Simple Finder. Am I missing something?  
(Version 0.31)

NIKODEMUS  Does what it's supposed to do...something that Apple should let you do with your own files in the first place. After all, some of us are just trying to back up our valuable music. If an iPod meets its maker I don't Apple is going to recover the music files for us...  
(Version 0.31)

SKIMPSON  great app! free and easy to use, much love to the developer :-)  
(Version 0.30)

JEEPEE  Good looking and works perfect, very simple to use.  
(Version 0.29)

FLOYD  Version 029 works just fine. Previous version got buggy on me. Highly recommend this little program!   
(Version 0.29)

ANONYMOUS  There is no way that Senuti could have hosed your iPod. It doesn't modify any files on your iPod ever.  
(Version 0.29)

DAM  just hosed my ipod on 10.4.3 with itunes 6.01...

now i cant even copy my regular files from it, factory reset time....goddamit!!!!!!  
(Version 0.29)

BENJI  Great software! Quick easy and it only took about 2 minutes.   
(Version 0.29)

ANONYMOUS  Wow! This even extracts video from the video iPod. Nice!  
(Version 0.29)

TED E  I don't think I have every had the chance to say this about a piece of software.

This software ROCKS!

Software developers take note of Senuti. The GUI is simple but elegant and intuitive. No trying to figure out something, looking at the help page and

crying in frustration as you can't figure it out.

The software just plain works.

I did try a few other pieces of software before finding Senuti, including one I paid for. I wish I had found Senuti first.  
(Version 0.29)

INITRAM5  Senuti 0.28 is great software, worth to donate even. It is easy to use, does everything it offers, and it is freeware. Its success and popularity is granted. And its design is 100% OS X outlook.  
(Version 0.28)

GOD  good program...

i may be just stupid, but it took me some time to figure out how to copy the songs :P  
(Version 0.28)

ELLON  great program for utilizing your ipods ability to function as a true hard drive  
(Version 0.28)

ANONYMOUS  The Best Free iPod song extractor available  
(Version 0.28)

ANONYMOUS  Senuti is working without any trouble on my ibook. Thanks a lot. The incapability of Itunes to transfer my songs FROM my Ipod TO my harddisk was really frustrating.

Thanks a lot.  
(Version 0.28)

ELLIOT  This program is very simple use and is absolutely amazing. I just got a new powerbook and instead of having to copy all 500 of my cds again, I just hooked up my iPod and got Senuti to copy all my music. Bravo to the developer and thanks for making it free.   
(Version 0.28)

BARRY  Sounds like a great program...if you can get pass the ":donation request". I always make a donation if I keep and use the software, but Senuti gets stuck at the "donation request" . Even if you hit the DISMISS button, nothing happens and you can't use the application.

Barry  
(Version 0.28)

ANONYMOUS  Doesn't seem to work with iTunes 4.9 and OS 10.4.  
(Version 0.27)

BART VAN DEENEN  Works perfectly. The interface is easy and immediately useful. Your donation is coming.

Bart

I put a 4 on features instead of a 5, because a drag from Senuti to an iTunes window didn't work (I had to drag to the iTunes field in Senuti itself).  
(Version 0.27)

CATSPAW  Works as advertised with no glitches in the few times I've used it so far. And building it around the iTunes interface was a good choice.

Thanks for the freebie.  
(Version 0.27)

ANONYMOUS  Down right wonderful program! it is really easy to use so far the best I've used for moving music files to ITunes .  
(Version 0.27)

ANONYMOUS  best music re-ripper-offer there is. works flawlessly, and it's free. can't ask for much more than that.  
(Version 0.27)

ANONYMOUS  I've been using it for 6 months now. No problems and its free.... Thanks  
(Version 0.27)

HOBY  Surprisingly, this is the best freeware app of this kind I've looked at. I don't know how it compares with shareware apps, it doesn't seem like something anyone should pay for.

It's great that it uses the same interface as iTunes, so there's zero learning curve. It's a little slow at many things and it blew down once so far. But it works, it's free and it makes sense to use.

I recommend it.  
(Version 0.26)

MISTER E.  Absolutely phenomenal! The GUI is intuitive (looks just like iTunes), the process is easy (a tenet of Apple's), and it's well worth the price. I haven't had any problems with it and it actually made life easy for me. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.   
(Version 0.23)

BANDAR RAFFA  Almost perfect...

i have some songs with arabic names and tags on my ipod

it did extract them to my mac... but failed to add them to itunes... the other songs with roman names were added fine....

very stable

you rock my world !  
(Version 0.23)

ANONYMOUS  Slick, Fast, Organized

What else can I say.  
(Version 0.23)

ANONYMOUS  Fast, simple, fantastic. With no pesky "donate" interruptions, Senuti is even more userfriendly than PodUtil.  
(Version 0.22)

JEREMY  sweet!  
(Version 0.22)

ANONYMOUS  Clearly the best iPod/iTunes freeware out there. From my experience, this is the only application that allows the user to easily select songs or albums to transfer from the iPod to iTunes. Other applications force you to import the entire iPod library.

Very easy to use! Fantastic interface! Best freeware I have seen so far in 2005!!!  
(Version 0.22)

LARS  Great program for extracting music files from your iPod. Works and looks great. So easy to use. Highly recommended!  
(Version 0.22)

KAINJOW  Such a sleek and smooth interface - love it. A few things I noticed - you should be able to drag a playlist on your iPod onto the iTunes library in the app. You can only drag tracks. Also, a little bug - if you're viewing a playlist under iTunes, and then collapse the iTunes group, it selects the Library group of your iPod, but the tracks for that playlist are still showing. It should refresh to show the tracks for the Library since that is what's selected.  
(Version 0.22)

FIN  AMAZING software, great interface, actually has playlist access through the program, can play songs through the program before importing them to your computer OR iTunes. it can do both flawlessly and quickly. By far the best program I have found of its type  
(Version 0.21)

ANONYMOUS  !TON - eman revelC  
(Version 0.21)

ANONYMOUS  Very good!!

Supports multi-lingual, song titles showed up correctly  
(Version 0.21)

ANONYMOUS  They don't come any better than this. One word sums it up really: Brilliant. Nah, make that two words: Brilliant and Free.  
(Version 0.20)

IANANDREW  Best freeware version of an iPod ripper I have used. Only concern is that if the ID3 tag contains a backslash (/) in the song title, artist title, or album title it neglects to load that song, so you will have to go through and do those ones individually. Great because it contains the playlists too.  
(Version 0.19)

RMCMAHAN  Finally -- a free iPod utility (I'm cheap) that shows playlists as well as song titles. The only improvements I can think of is 1) to be able to select a playlist name and have Senuti copy the all tracks from the playlist without having to select the songs first, 2) to have a user-selectable option in preferences for Senuti to automatically create a folder (using the playlist name) at your selected location and copy the songs to that folder, and 3) to be able to edit info directly, (title, album, artist, & genre) if necessary, rather than going to iTunes.  
(Version 0.12)