CopyTrans Manager and Co. without iTunes
In order to use iPhone and iPod touch without actually iTunes have that so-called Driver will be installed. Only by this Files, the Apple devices are recognized by the PC and the respective iTunes replacement software.
How to install the driver without getting iTunes to install themselves, their experiences afterwards. Preliminary "Show file extensions not disabled in your Windows folder under the option the option.
If you are using iTunes 7 or 8 am as follows: Change
iTunes 7 & 8
- iTunesSetup.exe Download the file from the Apple website
- the file extension from exe to zip ..
- Open the zip file with WinRAR (using WinZip, you get an error message) and extract "AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi" and "QuickTime.msi"
- Create a shortcut (icon in the workplace) of "QuickTime.msi"
- Click the right mouse button and settings / properties
- joining at the end of the displayed file path select add:-passive / prompt restart. (The complete file path should look like this: "c: \\ Documents and Settings \\ [your username] \\ QuickTime.msi" passive / promptrestart)
- now install the files (total 2)
If you are using iTunes 9 , follow these steps:
iTunes 9
- iTunesSetup.exe Download the file from the Apple website
- Change the file extension of. exe to.
- zip (with WinZip you get an error message) Öffnee the zip file with WinRAR and extract "AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi", "AppleApplicationSupport.msi" and "QuickTime.msi"
- Create a Shortcut (symbol in the workplace) of "QuickTime.msi"
- Click the right mouse button and select Settings / Properties
- joining at the end of the displayed file path add:-passive / promptrestart (The complete file path should look like this: c: \\ Documents and Settings \\ [your username] \\ QuickTime.msi "passive / promptrestart)
- install the files (total 3)
Now you can CopyTrans Manager and other alternatives to iTunes without using iTunes altogether. Original article from CopyTrans support.