iPod iPod -- What are "Other Files"?

[MadCowDzz]

I own a 60GB iPod Video formatted for Apple. It syncs automatically with my MacBook when I plug it in.

The Capacity of the iPod throws me off... It's almost full (I admit that), and I don't sync movies, photos, tvshows, calendar entries, contacts, etc... I have 54GB of audio, 994MB of Other, and 223MB of Free space.

What are "Other Files"?

To check that I didn't once place odd files on, I restored my iPod and let iTunes sync all the data again. As it was sync'ing, I slowly watched my Audio capacity rise (obviously), and the Other capacity rise. 1GB seems like a lot of space to lose to miscellaneous system files... especially as it grows when more audio is on.

All albums do have artwork that I copy from a Google Image search into iTunes. My "~/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork" is only 128MB. I generally choose an image that's 15k, or 200x200.

 

[MadCowDzz]

Coming up to a week and no responses?

1GB is a lot to lose on "Other files"... I'm curious what other 60GB iPod users are experiencing...

 

[kainjow]

Already been discussed:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/246912/

 

[MadCowDzz]

Thanks Kainjow, I tried searching before I posted, I swear!

So running this command: du -hs /Volumes/iPod/iPod_Control/Artwork indeed told me I'm using 867MB for artwork... daaamn.

Sorry for not finding the thread on my own!

 

[kainjow]

No problem, I just like making it hard for the newbies

 

[glowdoctors]

7.45 GB of "Other" Space

I have 7.5 GB of "other" space taken up, 315 MB of which is artwork.

I have read on other forums about temporary files being an issue with this amount of "other" space. How do I reach the temporary files with Terminal? Is it similar to finding the artwork?

 

[.adam]

You've definitely not got any files on the iPod (a lá external hard drive)?

 

[glowdoctors]

Almost a good 3/4 of the iPod is filled with music, and the rest is basically filled by "other". So I use it a an external hard drive and for playing music. Was that your question?