Two identical 16GB iPod nano 6Gs -- iTunes reports different capacities!?!?

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Two identical 16GB iPod nano 6Gs -- iTunes reports different capacities!?!?

I have two identical iPod nano 6Gs -- same color, both 16GB, both formatted for Mac, everything -- yet iTunes reports the capacity of one at 14.98GB and the other at 14.89GB! What's the explanation for this? Why am I being cheated out of .11GB (~110MB -- not insignificant storage space) on one of 'em?

27" Core i7 iMac / 8GB RAM / 1TB HDD, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 28, 2010 4:42 PM

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luthsane

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Sep 28, 2010 5:47 PM in response to Schwa72

Check your math.

You are being cheated out of .089GB or 89MB

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Schwa72 Author

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Sep 28, 2010 7:36 PM in response to luthsane

luthsane wrote:
Check your math.

You are being cheated out of .089GB or 89MB

I realized that after I clicked "Post Message." But hey, thanks for your extremely helpful post!

By the way, since we're now having math lessons, I'm pretty sure that 14.98 - 14.89 = 0.09, not, as you kindly suggested, .089.

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luthsane

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Sep 29, 2010 7:33 PM in response to Schwa72

Have you tried licking it?

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