Apple decided remove iTunes with the launch of macOS Catalina 2 years ago, independently adding all the functionalities that this application offered us, including access to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Although two years have passed, enough time for users to get used to it, there are still many users who do not quite accept it.
In the market we can find different solutions that are presented as alternatives to iTunes. One of the best solutions we can find is called MacX MediaTrans, an application that allows us to manage the content of our device as if it were an external hard drive or USB drive.
What is MacX MediaTrans
MacX MediaTrans is an application that allows us to interact with the content of our device to transfer files between Mac and iOS device as if it were a hard drive, be it videos, photographs, files, books, ringtones, as well as offering us the possibility of encrypting files to store and / or share them in a completely secure way.
Despite the fact that Apple long ago forgot its old terminals, such as the iPhone 5, with this application still you can continue taking advantage of your old iPhone, at least as a camera or storage service, since most of the applications available in the App Store require higher versions of iOS, so using it as a regular device is not an option.
Take advantage of the 50% discount
MacX MediaTrans is available for your download for free with a but. While it is true that we can download the latest version of this application completely free of charge, it must be borne in mind that this version will not receive any more updates.
If you want the application to receive new updates, we must buy the lifetime license, a license that is priced at $ 25,95, which is a 57% off above its usual price, and that will allow us to receive future updates with support for new iPhones, new functions, performance improvements ... These promotions are only available for a few days, so you should not think about it much if you do not want to miss it.
Always having an application of this type at hand, on more than one occasion can save our lives, not literally, but yes avoid many headaches, headaches that sometimes have a much simpler solution than we might initially expect.
What can we do with MacX MediaTrans
As I mentioned in the previous section, MacX MediaTrans is a software that allows us to do practically the same functions that iTunes allowed us but in a much simpler way and above all intuitive.
iTunes has never been known for being a simple and intuitive application. To copy photos, we had to sync entire albums, as with music and movies. Using it as a USB drive was possible with quite a few limitations ...
Transfer photos and videos to our Mac
The photographs and videos that we take with our device are, for most users, the most important content. If you don't use iCloud to back up this type of content in the cloud, thanks to MacX MediaTrans you can use your computer to backup.
But in addition, we can also use this application to copy the photos and videos that we have stored on our equipment, a function that allows us to always have at hand the most emotional photographs or videos that we always want to take a look at.
Create and manage our music library
Other functionalities that MacX MediaTrans offers us is the possibility of ccopy any music file to our iPhone and thus be able to create our own playlists through the Apple Music application.
Transfer movies to our iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Although the Videos app disappeared a few versions of iOS ago, Apple continues to offer us the ability to enjoy our favorite movies through the Apple TV app, through the Library tab, where you can also find all the content that we have been able to buy or rent through iTunes.
Thanks to MacX MediaTrans, we can copy any movie to our iPhone, iPad or iPod touch in a format that is natively compatible with iOS, since this application does not play any video format as if it allows us to make the VLC application, Infuse ...
If we do not have an application that allows us convert videos between different formats, the application can take care of it automatically. We just have to move the video file to the Videos section and click on Convert. This process will take more or less time depending on the size of the file, the encoding ...
Encrypt files
One of the functions that allows us to protect not only the content of our device, but also the files we want to share, is the possibility of encrypt your files with a password. In this way, unless the recipient has the password, they will not be able to access your content.
Manage our library
Although it is true that the Apple book store has a wide catalog of books, it is likely that on some occasion we have found that a title is missing and we are forced to turn to other stores.
With MacX MediaTrans, we can transfer any type of book compatible with the iOS Books application, as well as eliminating the books that we have finished reading and that we are not interested in continuing to store on our mobile device, but on our Mac for future reference.
Manage our voice notes, ringtones, podcast
If you are a regular user of voice memos, with this application you can also manage them in a very simple way, either to make a backup, organize them in folders, share them with other people ... In addition, it also allows us easily transfer ringtones or any other type of sound files like podcast.
Use iPhone as a storage drive
Since Apple began to expand the storage space of its devices, with versions of 32 and 64 GB, use our iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as storage device It is possible, as long as we use the MacX MediaTrans application.
