Deleting hidden files on my iPod?

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gizmo8899


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I have an iPod Mini that I use on my MacBook Pro (Snow Leopard). For some reason it says I have a bunch of data on there in iTunes, but when I open the iPod as a hard drive, I can't see the data to delete it. When I look at the folders, there's only a few MB total, but iTunes says I have about 5GB of stuff on there.

How can I access/view this 5GB of non-musical data to delete it, without purging my iPod completely? Directions on Mac would be great. :D
 
McYukon

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2012 MBP i7 2.7 GHz 15" Matte - 16 GB RAM - 120 GB Intel SSD - 500 GB DataDoubler Mac OS 10.9
Open Terminal and copy/paste this. Hit enter after each.

Code: 
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1
Code: 
killall Finder


CAREFUL of what you delete, or you may well have a paperweight afterwards!
 
McYukon

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Ok, I should have added that to my original post ;)

Code: 
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0
Code: 
killall Finder
 

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