Manage iPhone and iPod without iTunes

A media-player that needs one minute to open, another minute to load your iPod contents and an eternity to synchronize your iPhone can quickly become annoying. That is why we made CopyTrans Manager, the iTunes Alternative that is fast, light & 100% free. Organize your device on a daily basis, on any computer, at any time.

Add with drag and drop

With CopyTrans Manager, drag and drop to add a file, a bunch of files and even entire folders directly from your Windows explorer or desktop into CopyTrans Manager.

Add from application interface

Use the add music to ipod to add music or videos from your computer to your iPod Touch.

Tip: Almost all actions described in this tutorial are also available in the mouse right-click menus.

Remove from iPod Touch, iPhone or iPod

Use the delete music from ipod or hit the delete key to remove music & videos from your iPhone and iPod.

Create iPhone and iPod playlists

In the left column playlist explorer:

  • Click on the create playlist ipod to add playlists
  • Click on the delete playlist iphone to remove it

To populate the playlists, drag and drop tracks from the main track listing into the playlists or use the add music to ipod from the menu bar when in a playlist.

Remove tracks from playlists

To remove tracks from playlists, choose the remove music from playlist and confirm your choice by clicking on "yes".

Tip: If you don't want the warning to show up every time you remove or delete a track, just check the "Don't show this message again" option.

Edit ID-Tags, lyrics and iPod album artwork

You can open the Tag-Editor by clicking on the edit music iphone or through a right button mouse click.

You can edit the title, artist, album, lyrics and artwork.

Confirm changes by pressing the check mark button.

Apply changes

CopyTrans Manager offers 2 possibilities to synchronize your device:

  • Immediately after a change: Visit the Settings tab to enable this option.
  • On demand: Click on the apply changes ipod.

Integrated media player

Play iPod songs and watch iPhone movies on every PC, anytime you want.

To play songs and movies which are on your device using the integrated player, select the tracks from the main track listing and click the player launcher at the bottom left corner.

During playback you can change the play order, add more songs or play tracks in shuffle or repeat one/repeat all mode.

Install your iPod manager on your device

By installing CopyTrans Manager on your iPod or USB-stick you can play your music, videos and films whenever you want on absolutely any computer. (Please respect copyrighted material.)

To install CopyTrans Manager on your iPod or USB-stick (excl. iTouch and iPhone) please:

  1. Download the standalone zip file from our download page.
  2. Open the iPod summary in iTunes and choose "enable disk use".
  3. Browse your iPod disk using Windows Explorer.
  4. Extract both CopyTransManager.exe and CopyTransManager.ris from the downloaded zip directly into a "CopyTrans Manager" folder on your iPod.

Now you can use the iPod manager on any PC without installing it.

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