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iPod touch iPod touch Version 1.1.4 - Now Available!
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are all these updates taking up space on my Touch, is that what 'Other' is as shown on the bar on the Summary page ?
I only started with 15.4 GB (not 16GB as advertised) or whatever now they keep filling it up with updates
Each update overwrites the previous one. The updates are saved and installed on a separate partition to your media, therefore, you are not losing any space installing official updates from Apple. Your 'Other' category represents the iPod touch OS, it's application files needed to run the applications, and data saved from within those applications.
R-Fly
Yes - partially.
Incorrect - because I just tested this. On 1.1.2 firmware (pre-5 extra apps), max formatted capacity 14.84GB, "Other" 18.4MB. On 1.1.4 firmware, max capacity still 14.84GB, "Other" now 103MB.
That jump represents the new, non-standard (1.1.3) applications [edit - which install whether or not you pay to unlock them]. The OS itself, the default apps, and related data apparently are stored in a separate 300MB partition - that's not part of your 14.84GB. OS updates write to this, so they don't impact your max space.
Everything else - for now, the 5 January apps. - does impact your max space. Expect any future stand-alone apps, any firmware updates that include apps, or any firmware updates where you have to pay to unlock the apps
to similarly chip away at your max space.[Editorial]Apple is dumb to bundle these together, as you can see the snowball effect multiple firmware + locked app updates would have. It's like having a forced, locked copy of iWork stuffed into each Security or OS X update. Why they can't just push them separately... [/Editorial]
I was referring to people who had not bought the January Software Update, therefore, I think you'll find the information I gave was accurate, if not correct.
R-Fly
Looking back, I can see how my post may have been unclear here:
I have not bought the January software update (5 apps); went directly from 1.1.2 firmware to 1.1.4; and can verify that the "Other" size does increase. Again, the apps are there whether you pay for the 1kb code to unlock them or not; and, they eat up free data space (NOT the OS partition) whether you unlock them or not.
This kind of forced bundling is
on Apple's part.Email PDFs retain last page viewed
One fix I found is that when I am reading a PDF in my email and move to another application and then back to mail, the PDF stays on the page it was on and does not go back to page one. This is obviously a big help if you are reading a large PDF document.
One fix I found is that when I am reading a PDF in my email and move to another application and then back to mail, the PDF stays on the page it was on and does not go back to page one. This is obviously a big help if you are reading a large PDF document.