iRip (formerly named iPodRip, renamed due to iPod trademark) is a commercial
iPod recovery tool for
Mac OS X
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,
Windows XP
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and
Windows Vista
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. It features an
iTunes style interface, iPod media transfer, and integration with iTunes. It was originally released in August 2003 and has since had over 5 million downloads.
iRip supports all iPods (including
iPod Touch) and all
iPhones.
It was developed for the Hack Show during
MacHack
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2003. However, the developer never demonstrated it thinking the hack "too simple" when compared to Unstoppable Progress and Interface UnBuilder, both of which wowed the audience.
Name change
In November 2009 The Little App Factory was forced by
Apple
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to change the name of iPodRip to remove the trademark iPod. In a bid to gain leniency the developer sent an email to
Steve Jobs and this email exchange was leaked garnering headlines due to Steve's succinct reply of "Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal." The software is now known as iRip.
E-Sports Support
In 2010, iRip was a sponsor for some
e-sports
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events.
See also
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Comparison of iPod managers
This is a list of iPod file managers. i.e. software that permits the transferring of media files content between an iPod and a computer or vice versa.
iTunes is the official iPod managing software, but 3rd parties have created alternatives to w ...
Books that Reference iRip
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External links
Official site
References
MacOS multimedia software
IPod software
Shareware
IOS software
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