Source: iPodhacks

Red Chair Software has released Anapod Explorer v8.8.2 for Windows, now with album art support for the iPod photo. As described on the product site:

Anapod Explorer is the most advanced Windows iPod software available, offering full iPod management through full Windows Explorer integration under My Computer, easy drag and drop iPod transfer and iPod backup, PDA function support, web page interface access to your iPod through a built-in web server, powerful search and reporting capabilities using a built-in SQL database, and much more, all in one compact package.

• Playlist items can now be reordered in batches in addition to one by one. To do so, simply use SHIFT or CONTROL to select multiple tracks, then drag and drop
• Anapod now reads and transfers to the iPod any playcount and ratings information stored in the ID3 tags of MP3 files
• iTunes 4.9 Compatibility
• Various other enhancements and bug-fixes

Anapod Explorer supports all versions of the iPod and requires Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP.

You can get it in our iPod Download section.

YamiPod v0.82 has been released for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. YamiPod is a freeware application manager that allows the user to efficiently manage his/her iPod from any of the most popular desktop operating systems. It can be run directly from the iPod, requiring no installation the host computer. Here are the features:

• stand alone program, no installation required
• iPod is automatically recognized
• mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
• read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
• lyrics support (with internet auto search and unicode support)
• playlist support (On-The-Go included)
• playlists import and export (PLS,M3U)
• full unicode support
• auto-download new versions
• advanced song import/export settings
• 2 restore features
• built in music player
• iPod informations
• 2 search features
• remove duplicated tracks
• find lost music files
• easy ratings edit
• PC to iPod synchronization
• create and edit notes (with unicode support)
• automatically update song playcounts
• News RSS and podcasts to iPod upload
• Growl support (Apple only)
• export song lists to HTML or plain text files
• multiple iPods support
• Audioscrobbler support

You can get it for Mac in our iPod Download section.

You can get it for Windows in our iPod Download section.

Unlike other iPod copy tools, iPod.iTunes checks which tracks and playlists on the iPod are not in the iTunes music library and only adds those seamlessly to the iTunes library, avoiding duplicates, saving your time. iPod.iTunes can also transfer data like "My Rating", "Last Played", "Play Count", etc...

• Simple one click synchronization or...

• Option to choose tracks manually if you don't want to synchronize them all. You can listen to tracks before you choose to transfer them.
• Tracks and playlist entries can be synchronized together or separately. If the tracks on the iPod are already in the iTunes library and you only want the iPod playlists, you can use the playlist synchronization alone.
• With every track synchronization iPod.iTunes creates a date&time stamped playlist in iTunes containing the tracks which were transferred. This gives the option to easily add those tracks to existing playlists or to create new playlists from the transferred tracks.
• Support for the iPod's "On The Go" playlist.
• Copies by default seamlessly to the iTunes music folder and creates a folder structure based on artist/album, as in iTunes (with options).
• File naming based on track number and track name, as in iTunes.
• File formats: MP3, AAC/MP4, Protected AAC (iTunes Music Store), Audible audio books, Podcasts
• Support for Windows-formatted iPods.
• iPod.iTunes can run directly from the iPod, so it's always there when you need it.
• Registration is independent from the computer. You can just connect your iPod to any Mac without registering every machine.

iPod.iTunes can be used to

• Keep music and playlists on different Macs up to date
• Do a full restore of tracks and playlists - i.e. after a hard disk failure
• Revert accident deletion of tracks and/or playlists in iTunes, if these are still on your iPod
• Clone an iPod
• Transfer an entire music library from one Mac to another via the iPod

• Version 2.8.7 introduced two bugs which could lead to the wrong message "No tracks on iPod" or copying tracks from the iPod already in the iTunes library. If this happened to you the copied tracks can be removed by sorting the iTunes library by "Date Added", then remove the tracks that where added during the last synchronization.
• PC-formatted iPods: since the iPod name must not exceed 11 characters, iPod.iTunes renames the iPod to match the iPod's disk volume name automatically now.
• Tools: The function to fix ID3 tags on the iPod could fail with "Parameter error -50". Fixed.
• Improvements in the user interface.

• Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
• iTunes 3.0.1 or higher
• iPod

Registration

iPod.iTunes was and is a lot of work and is therefore not free. If you like it, you can register [here]. iPod.iTunes can be tested without a registration to see it in action. The unregistered version skips about 50% of tracks during synchronization (the exact rate depends on the contents on the iPod). When registering later, iPod.iTunes will transfer the rest of tracks and/or playlists seamlessly to the iTunes library, without duplicates.

Registered users of iPod Free File Sync or iPod2iTunes 1.x may purchase iPod.iTunes 2.x for an upgrade fee.

You can get it in our iPod Download section.