iRip (formerly named iPodRip, renamed due to iPod trademark) is a commercial

iPod The iPod is a series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices that were designed and marketed by Apple Inc. from 2001 to 2022. The iPod Classic#1st generation, first version was released on November 10, 2001, about mon ...

recovery tool for

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and

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. It features an

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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

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) and all

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s. It was developed for the Hack Show during

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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

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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

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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

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events.

Books that Reference iRip

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External links

Official site

References

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Name change

E-Sports Support

See also

Books that Reference iRip

External links

References