Oh, so you're sick and tired of iTunes are you? Well, there are lots of options for you out there.

One thing to keep in mind is that iTunes is nothing more than 1) an iPod management software and 2) a way to buy stuff from the iTunes Store.  There are plenty of other iPod managers, so if you don't need to buy stuff from the iTunes Store, you can use any of them.

To start, read this Wikipedia article that compares the feature of difference iPod managers. As they point out, "This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date."  So you may just want to use it as a jumping off point for your research.

You should make a list of what you want your iPod to do for you, then compare it to the features offered by each software.  Since many have free trails or are free, give some a test drive and decide that way.

Before you do that you may want to back up your iTunes library (if you already have one):

• Open My Computer, and open this sequence of folders: 
  
  • Local Drive C:
    
  • Documents and Settings
    
  • (your username)
    
  • My Documents
    
  • My Music
• You'll see a folder "iTunes".  Right click over it once and select Copy.
• Paste it to a place you'll remember (like your desktop or preferably an external hard drive).
• After the transfer is done, open this folder and open the iTunes Music folder to make sure the files copied okay.
  

• Open iTunes, go to Edit and select Preferences.
• Select the Advanced tab.
• Under the General tab, you'll see "iTunes Music folder location".
• That is you path to your iTunes folder.
  

 Click here to download some cool music to your iPod.

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