Just bought a 160Gb iPod, but an enormous amount of space is taken up by 3 games I will never play and do not want to keep. Sadly, there are no instructions for ejecting these unwanted intruders. Perhaps Apple feel that only young people with nothing better to do than play stoopid games will buy these iPods - this seems weird to me.I want to be using the whole capacity for music and films. Has anyone a tip to wipe this off my new pod, please?
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iPod How do I get rid of scuzzy games on my new iPod Classic?
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Given that the games for sale on iTS are no larger than 60 MB each and thus these three games probably take up ~200 MB or just over 0.1% of your HDD's space, me thinks you protest too much.
Even if you could remove these games you'd only be able to get ~60 more 128 kbps songs on the device.
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If your really determined to get rid of those games, you might have some luck looking through the iPod Help menu in iTunes.
Edit; Just looked myself... built-in games can't be removed. They only take up about 200 MB anyway and I actually think they're pretty cool.
Edit; Just looked myself... built-in games can't be removed. They only take up about 200 MB anyway and I actually think they're pretty cool.
Here's what the Apple FAQ say:
How do I remove game titles from an iPod?
1. Click the iPod in the iTunes source pane.
2. Click the Games tab.
3. Select Sync games.
4. Click the Selected games button.
5. Deselect all items.
6. Choose File > Sync "iPod" to remove the games.
Aren't they stored in the ROM, then? (sorry if this is a stupid question, my iPod is so old that the only games on it ar Brick, Music Quiz, Parachute and Solitaire, and these seem to be in the ROM or on a hidden partition - they don't use any space on my hard disk).
I'd also like to delete the built ingames, mainly because I can't stop playing them and end up wasting loads of time. There must be a way to do it. I've spent an hour online looking now and all I can find is that they're built in to the firmware so you can't.
Now you could say I should have some willpower but I find the games (crap as they are) addictive. i need to go cold turkey and remove them.
A couple of people elsewhere on the web say they can delete them but links are broken. If I've overlooked this elsewhere on the forum I apologise, but i really have looked.
Thanks all.
Now you could say I should have some willpower but I find the games (crap as they are) addictive. i need to go cold turkey and remove them.
A couple of people elsewhere on the web say they can delete them but links are broken. If I've overlooked this elsewhere on the forum I apologise, but i really have looked.
Thanks all.
And to Tom B., that avatar is wrong in so many ways
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