Anyone have experience moving files from an iPad to a Mac?

Dear Folks,
I need a way to transfer files from my iPad to my Mac, to deal with the content (music and videos right now, but probably other types of files in the future) that iTunes doesn't back up. I've come across two programs that supposedly will let me mount an iPad on the Mac desktop and/or allow me to transfer files from it to my Mac. Deggie and dwb also know of several and have kindly mentioned them. So, I'm considering:
IMToo Podworks for Mac (http://www.imtoopodworks.com/pod-works-mac.html)
Air Sharing HD (http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing-hd/)
Senuti (http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/)
Yamipod (http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/)
iRip (http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/)
Does anyone reading this have an opinion on (or experience with) how well any of these work?
Free vs fee isn't an issue for me, how well it functions is.
Thanks!
pax / Ctein

I can tell you with certainty that for documents of any kind "GoodReader" is an excellent app. It will let you connect to your mac via wi-fi. It mounts it as an external drive and you can create folders and drag files to the folders.
I haven't tried dragging any movies or music but there wouldn't be anything to stop you from doing so. There is also a file management component to the app that lets you choose an "Open with ... " type of dialog and open a file with pages if it is a .doc file, or GoodReader can open pdf, doc, xls and many other doc types.
Very happy with this .99 cent app. I agree with the other question though. If I rip a dvd, I use handbrake to convert to mp4 and add to my iTunes - then sync as per normal.

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