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Freeware Apple device management is something I thought had disappeared as Apple locked down their devices, but 3uTools came up with something that looked sharp. I tested it out and it so far is much better than iTunes, admittedly a very low bar.

Pros:

There's a LOT here. Wallpaper, ringtones, jailbreak, app store connection, junk cleaner, shutdown/reboot, media player, high-compression image conversion (HEIC), photo duplication, and a lot more. Unclear how they make money.

Cons:

• Privacy concerns - A Reddit thread brings up some non-specific privacy concerns. I was hoping they made a cut of some of the purchase items but maybe it's just spyware, I can't tell.
• Functionality - a lot of the features didn't seem to work on my device.

This came very close to actual portability by letting you set your own install and data folder (as below):



Requirements: Softpedia reports an iTunes install to work properly but I didn't have any issue. I do have Apple Application Support, Apple Mobile Device Support, and Bonjour installed. Supposedly there's Wifi capability, but I just used a data cable.

Status: Not portable, writes to registry.

Version tested
2.60.022

SHA256 hash
CB5AC0BD8F7A152B91E4C1F389A2F295F6561783A1F1850765BD9E03D41BE355
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/cb5 ... 03d41be355

Home: https://www.3u.com/
Mirror: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Mobile-Ph ... ools.shtml