My ipod has 5.33 gigs of phantom data

liquidrliquidr
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I tried saving an image to my ipod last night and it told me that I was out of room. I erased all of the image files that I had there and the ipod screen says 13MB available, but only 3.95GB of music on a 10G ipod. What gives, is there a way for me to run a diagnostic on my ipod, reformat it, or find out what this data is?



Please help.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    You could always reformat it using the iPod Software Update application that should reside in the Utilities folder. At least, I believe it updates. When I ran 'restore' on my filled, 1st G, 10 GB iPod, I suddenly had 9+ GB available.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    The iPod reformats differently than disk utility? Never thought about that. I reformatted my iPod (up to 4 times now) and it never worked just right. I formatted again using the iPod update and everything seems to run smoother than ever. Good observation!
  • Reply 3 of 3
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Kewl, thanks for the help. I actually figured it out, but when I first noticed the problem I panicked (sp?). Thank you again.
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