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3 Ways to share iTunes music on a Mac

Solutions to circumvent Apple's FairPlay DRM and share iTunes music with friends (Podworks, Senuti, iPod.iTunes) for Mac users.

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by jane on 16/05/2008Audio & MP3
Tags:itunes, itunes music, share music
If you are a user of iTunes, you will find it's an impossible thing to share your music with others. You are forbidden to transfer or copy music from iTunes or other products from Apple as iPod, iPhone, iPod touch etc.

Apple's proprietary DRM software is called FairPlay. FairPlay is built into QuickTime and used by iPhone, iPod, iTunes, and iTunes Store. FairPlay protected song purchased from iTunes are digitally encrypted preventing them from being played on unauthorized computers.



The world is a shared world, and most of us want to share the music we love with our friends. Now we have solutions to circumvent Apple's FairPlay DRM.

3 Ways to share iTunes music on a Mac

1. PodWorks

    PodworksPodWorks is a Mac OS X application that allows you to copy songs and videos from any iPod or iPhone to any Mac running OS X 10.4 or higher.

  • iPhone support: PodWorks recognizes and allow transfers from your iPhone.
  • Playlists: PodWorks recognizes your iPod's playlists. Entire playlists can be copied to your computer with a single drag.
  • Song Playback: PodWorks allows you to preview songs before you copy them by playing them directly off the iPod.

2. Senuti

    SenutiUnlock your iPod with Senuti, a simple application that allows you to transfer songs from your iPod to your computer.

  • Finding Songs: Senuti includes all of the built in options that one would expect to find songs. You can search and sort in any combination of ways that you want.
  • Playlists: Senuti not only reads the playlists that you made on your iPod, but it allows you to transfer them back to your computer as well.

3. iPod.iTunes

    iPod.iTunesUnlike other iPod software to copy songs off the iPod, iPod.iTunes does real add-synchronization, even in two directions, if desired. The content source can be the iPod but also the iTunes library.

  • Superior iTunes integration including playlists and meta data.
  • Supported formats: MP3, AAC/MP4, Protected AAC (iTunes Music Store), Audible audio books, Podcasts, Apple Lossless, Video.
  • Creates a date&time-stamped playlist in iTunes with a reference to the copied songs.

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