IPod updater without installing iTunes.

Never used iTunes, never will, but I would like to get the updater for my iPod. Can we download just the updater or will I never update my iPod ever again with anything new?

1. Because it kills PC's. There are too many problems with it. It is a drain on the system. etc...
2. As the IT person at a company that does not want users accessing the web for music, we do not allow the install of iTunes on machines. We allow people to plug their iPod into their machines to charge, or run the updater if they die while at work, but do not allow music to be downloaded or purchased online. Therefore we do not want to install iTunes just to get the updater.
3. For home use, it is not even close to being the best music organization software. Once iTunes touches a file I have labeled and named in another software, it wants to change it and rename it and so on. It also puts a lock on music that you download, which shockingly, I do not like because I have 4 iPods, 6 computers, and to other systems that access my music, so I would like to be able to use that music on all MY machines. Every time iTunes updates, it likes to take over and I do not like that. No thanks, I don't want it on my machine.
I found a link to get the last updater on another site and in Apple support as well:
http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=7369
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/ipodupdater20060628.html
it is still one of the most downloaded items, so I must not be the only one. Since Apple forgets they put out a previous version of their products, I don't see any updater improvements to my 1g, 2g, 4g and 5g iPods, so I think I am pretty set by just using the old updater.
Thanks for your help.

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Sooooooo, you can't update your iPod without iTunes now?
Sounds like Microsoft OS/Internet Explorer type thing.
I DO NOT WANT ITUNES. It kills computers, it is not even close to being the best music organizing and playing software, and it is a pig on the PC.
But I do want to get the most up to date updater.
Shockingly, I use a 3rd party software to sync my iPod, one that is WAY better than iTunes and is no drain to the system, one that leaves my song information THEY WAY I WANT IT (Jimmy buffett is not country, Porcupine Tree is not rock, etc...). Anapod Explorer kills iTunes in every category and I have absolutely no need to download music from the iTunes store.
So why do I have to install it to update my iPod?
Apple, quit GOING BIG BROTHER ON US and let us download an updater without iTunes.
oh, and I had to reboot my mac all the time, unlike your commercials say.
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1. Because it kills PC's. There are too many problems with it. It is a drain on the system. etc...
2. As the IT person at a company that does not want users accessing the web for music, we do not allow the install of iTunes on machines. We allow people to plug their iPod into their machines to charge, or run the updater if they die while at work, but do not allow music to be downloaded or purchased online. Therefore we do not want to install iTunes just to get the updater.
3. For home use, it is not even close to being the best music organization software. Once iTunes touches a file I have labeled and named in another software, it wants to change it and rename it and so on. It also puts a lock on music that you download, which shockingly, I do not like because I have 4 iPods, 6 computers, and to other systems that access my music, so I would like to be able to use that music on all MY machines. Every time iTunes updates, it likes to take over and I do not like that. No thanks, I don't want it on my machine.
I found a link to get the last updater on another site and in Apple support as well:
http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=7369
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/ipodupdater20060628.html
it is still one of the most downloaded items, so I must not be the only one. Since Apple forgets they put out a previous version of their products, I don't see any updater improvements to my 1g, 2g, 4g and 5g iPods, so I think I am pretty set by just using the old updater.
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