What's eating my iPod space?

spriter · Mar 16, 2007, 02:46 PM

I always wondered what the 'Other' part (orange bar) for iPod summary meant. Does anyone know?

My 80GB iPod has data enabled but even so, that only takes 767.5MB compared to the 1.9GB iTunes says my iPod has used up for 'Other' things.

My audio adds up, so does the video (TV Shows + Movies) and I have 1 game (Mahjong). That's it. So what's using that extra gig+ of space?

Osarkon · Mar 16, 2007, 02:57 PM

Album art most likely, judging by the size of your library. Do you have album art enabled? If you want the space back, you could always disable it.

shu82 · Mar 16, 2007, 03:03 PM

It could also be your pics from iphoto. The game is also in there. I use mine as a jump drive sometimes, but you would remeber doing that.

spriter · Mar 17, 2007, 06:49 AM

I guess it could be Album Art... wait that folder in my iTunes folder is 102MB. It's not iPhoto since I don't sync photos (I use LightRoom). Maybe it will be freed up if I do a full re-sync

tt's not critical because I've loads of space left but a whole gigabyte is quite alot to go missing.

fistful · Mar 17, 2007, 06:59 AM

Is it possible that space is being taken up by album art stored within the song files? If you've used iTunes to get all of your artwork this won't be the issue. iTunes stores the album art separate but art you've added yourself will be stored with each individual track.

Mar 16, 2007, 02:46 PM	#1
spriter macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2004 Location: England	What's eating my iPod space? I always wondered what the 'Other' part (orange bar) for iPod summary meant. Does anyone know? My 80GB iPod has data enabled but even so, that only takes 767.5MB compared to the 1.9GB iTunes says my iPod has used up for 'Other' things. My audio adds up, so does the video (TV Shows + Movies) and I have 1 game (Mahjong). That's it. So what's using that extra gig+ of space? __________________ MacBook Air (2012) 13", 1.8GHz i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD: Galaxy Note II; iPad 3rd gen
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Mar 16, 2007, 03:03 PM	#3
shu82 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rocket City, AL	It could also be your pics from iphoto. The game is also in there. I use mine as a jump drive sometimes, but you would remeber doing that. __________________ Mini 1.66 CD, PB G4 1.67 17" thx RichP!, ibook g3 466 LIME, "Does Jimmy have Fear? 1000 times no...Jimmy has Fancy Plans, and Pants to Match"
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Mar 17, 2007, 06:49 AM	#4
spriter Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2004 Location: England	I guess it could be Album Art... wait that folder in my iTunes folder is 102MB. It's not iPhoto since I don't sync photos (I use LightRoom). Maybe it will be freed up if I do a full re-sync tt's not critical because I've loads of space left but a whole gigabyte is quite alot to go missing. __________________ MacBook Air (2012) 13", 1.8GHz i5, 8GB, 128GB SSD: Galaxy Note II; iPad 3rd gen
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Mar 16, 2007, 02:57 PM	#2
Osarkon macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wales	Album art most likely, judging by the size of your library. Do you have album art enabled? If you want the space back, you could always disable it.
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Mar 17, 2007, 06:59 AM	#5
fistful macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Socan	Is it possible that space is being taken up by album art stored within the song files? If you've used iTunes to get all of your artwork this won't be the issue. iTunes stores the album art separate but art you've added yourself will be stored with each individual track.
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