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If you're sporting a TiVo with the nifty new 9.1/9.2 fall updates, you may have noticed some issues with TiVoToGo for the Mac. Sure, you've got support for external hard drives and access to streaming audio from Rhapsody. But at what cost?

Dave Zatz reports that both TiVo and Roxio have confirmed that the TiVo fall update has messed up the TiVoToGo features on Roxio Toast 8 and Popcorn 3. Roxio says Apple's release of Leopard didn't really help things either.

A fix is reportedly coming soon, although there's no word on exactly how soon.

In the meantime, there are always third party, unsupported, and free options like TiVoDecode Manager and SeasonPassGetter.

TiVo finally released a TiVoToGo package for Mac this year that allows Mac users to download recorded programs from their TiVo to their computer. And when we say TiVo released this application, we mean TiVo partnered with Roxio to include the feature in their commercial applications, which means there's no official free version available.

Fortunately for cheapskates out there, TiVoDecode Manager gives you some of the same features for free. And this week, Alex at TiVo Blog spotted another free application called SeasonPassGetter. The program takes content from your TiVo, moves it over to your computer, and automatically adds it to iTunes.

The best part is that is regularly transfered scheduled recordings. In other words, if you have a season pass for Lost, SeasonPassGetter will transfer every episode to iTunes, which can then export every episode to your iPod, AppleTV, or iPhone.