The orange "other"space in iTunes on my ipod...

iphix · iphix #1 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 04:57 PM

What is the "other" ... all I have is music on my ipod. And it's taking up 93 mb of space.

Btw, I have a 30 gig video. How do I get rid of this?

baggss · baggss #2 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 05:03 PM

This has been already answered.

Other is any data that iTunes does not see as iTunes data. If you move documents or folders on there from the Finder, they would be "other". Some of it is also the iPod software and drive formatting as well.

ET5057 · ET5057 #3 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 07:51 PM

such as the pre-packages games, timer, stopwatch, etc.

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #4 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 08:12 PM

Dated 1-07-07: iPod and iTunes Forum > "Other?"

iphix · iphix #5 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D3v1L80Y

Dated 1-07-07: iPod and iTunes Forum > "Other?"

that's strange.

i typed in exactly what the forum title is called "other?" in the search bar and nothing came up.

KoDorSean · KoDorSean #6 (**permalink**)

01-14-2007, 09:43 PM

I can tell you this much.. if you want to get rid of "other" then restore your ipod.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983

mac57 · mac57 #7 (**permalink**)

01-15-2007, 03:54 PM

A large part of it is Album art. I know that my "Other" category expanded dramatically when I installed iTunes 7 and did the global update on album art. So, that is a big part of it.

trtlechick411 · trtlechick411 #8 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 08:45 PM

if i restore will i lose all my songs?

KoDorSean · KoDorSean #9 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trtlechick411

if i restore will i lose all my songs?

Yes, backup your information before the restore!

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iphix #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 06, 2005 Posts: 226 Mac Specs: iBook 1.2 ghz / 30GB 4200 / 1.25 GIG	01-14-2007, 04:57 PM What is the "other" ... all I have is music on my ipod. And it's taking up 93 mb of space. Btw, I have a 30 gig video. How do I get rid of this? I did not read the rules. Also no one should be like me, I was wrong.

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Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	01-14-2007, 05:03 PM This has been already answered. Other is any data that iTunes does not see as iTunes data. If you move documents or folders on there from the Finder, they would be "other". Some of it is also the iPod software and drive formatting as well.

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KoDorSean #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 03, 2006 Location: Denver Colorado Posts: 2,374 Mac Specs: 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo MBP, iPhone 5, iPad 3	01-14-2007, 09:43 PM I can tell you this much.. if you want to get rid of "other" then restore your ipod. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983 I was on the M-F honor roll for month : May 2007

mac57 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	01-15-2007, 03:54 PM A large part of it is Album art. I know that my "Other" category expanded dramatically when I installed iTunes 7 and did the global update on album art. So, that is a big part of it. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007

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Member Since: Jan 28, 2007 Posts: 1	01-28-2007, 08:45 PM if i restore will i lose all my songs?

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