iTunes 10 displays incorrect free space for iPod touch (2G)

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iTunes 10 displays incorrect free space for iPod touch (2G)

iTunes 10 is displaying erratically changing values for available free space on my iPod touch 2G. iTunes 9 did not have this issue.

What's the best way of accurately determining free space on my attached iPod touch?

2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPod touch 2G

Posted on Sep 2, 2010 8:21 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 2, 2010 8:27 PM in response to Stephen Downs

I've got an iPhone4 with the same issue...displays 0.70 G free right after a sync, which is correct, but changes to 1.9 G free on its own after I click around the iTunes interface a little.

Makes it really hard to manage storage...I've been manually looking at the iPhone's own capacity in its Settings app to remember what's really going on...

😟

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Answer 2

gowanis

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Sep 4, 2010 6:31 AM in response to taffinito

same problem for me on my iphone 4. similar thread here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12208250#12208250

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Answer 3

Sep 6, 2010 1:44 PM in response to Stephen Downs

For a workaround, I just subtract an additional 0.5 GB from the free space amount.

As a side irritation, I don't understand why GB was enforced as the de facto measurement unit for all situations. It should change to MB for measurement below 1 GB (re: Finder). Case in point: I have "0.01" GB of photos on my iPod touch (I would have more, but the built-in camera isn't working 🙂 ).

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Answer 4

gowanis

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Sep 25, 2010 8:03 AM in response to Stephen Downs

iTunes 10.0.1.22 released, and they didn't fix this problem. Disappointed.

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