IPod Updater

iPod Updater (also known by its internal project name, iPod Updater Extreme) was a utility to update or restore an iPod to the latest firmware. With the release of iTunes 7.0, update and restore functionality was merged into iTunes.

Supported iPods
As of the final 2006-06-28 release, iPod Updater installs the following firmware versions on the following iPods:

iPod Reset Utility
iPod Reset Utility (initially iPod shuffle Reset Utility) was a variant of iPod Updater released with specific support for the iPod shuffle (1st generation), later adding support for the iPod shuffle (2nd generation). It was intended to be used as an alternative to iTunes, should it fail to restore an iPod shuffle.