AnyTrans 4.0.0

Despite all their unquestionable qualities, Windows users find Apple devices too dependent on iTunes when it comes to file management. They miss a higher level of flexibility when it comes to moving files from one playlist to another, adding new media to your iPhone, iPod or iPad, or backing up their media content to PC and vice versa. And that is precisely what AnyTrans was designed for.

AnyTrans provides you with the same level of manageability that Windows explorer offers to PC users. You can deal with all the media files, folders, and playlists in your Apple device just as if they were but another external drive that you’ve just connected to your computer. It is that simple. You can “explore” your iPhone or iPod with the same freedom you browse the files and folders in a memory stick. You can copy, delete, move, transfer, and back up your music, videos, photos, e-books, podcasts, notes, messages, contacts, voice mail, Safari bookmarks, etc. with the same level of simplicity that Windows explorer offers, right-click button options included.

The program is wrapped up in a really attractive and modern interface, with clean interfaces and nicely-designed icons and buttons. This nice-to-look-at environment adds up to the program’s functionality, making it both usable by all types of users and comfortable to “play” with. You are offered an at-a-glance view of the entire contents of the device selected, complete with the type of content and the amount of space it takes up. Just below that information, you have four useful buttons to perform four equally useful tasks with just one click of your mouse. Thus, you can send content to your iTunes library, back up all or part of your device to your PC, transfer content from one device to another, and import new content to your device with a single mouse click. You can select one or various categories of files to import, export, or move to, from, and between your Apple devices and your computer, or you can perform the same tasks with their entire contents just as easily.

One of the features that surprised me most refers to the program’s “conversion” capabilities. Thus, you can set AnyTrans to convert your videos, images, and audio files to Apple-compatible formats on the fly at the time of transferring them from your PC to your portable device. You can choose the overall transcoding quality as well as some more specific settings regarding the various types of media files, but the main thing here is that you can simply forget about media formats and codecs when moving content to your Apple devices, and let the program deal with those conversion issues on its own.

AnyTrans transforms Apple’s traditionally closed and iTunes-centric environment into a free and flexible file managing system where you are truly in charge of your data. Besides, you can install AnyTrans in all the family PCs for nearly nothing compared to the price of a personal license, which will allow you to move and share content among all devices and family members easily and seamlessly.