Ignorant too!
I have a music library, songs I’ve ripped from my CDs (and some from LimeWire days). I hate iTunes. I have 2 iPods.
I want software (other than iTunes) to manage/play music on my computer that will also allow me to load my music on my iPods.
Does it exist?
I have ripped hundreds of CDs into iTunes. iTunes itself will work but I am having the dickens of a time trying to get the newer ones to appear in my Sonos library.
It no longer shows iTunes as a backup source but I see Apple Music is there. Maybe I need to try to rename iTunes to be Apple Music. Anyone have success with that?