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why does my 16gb iPod touch hold only 510 songs, all I have is the music on in

I have a used 16gb iPod touch 3 generation, I only have music on it, and it will only hold 510 songs, is there something I can do to fix this? In the summery section it lists it as a 16gb capacity but underneath it states i have 14.2 available. I have restored it to factory settings. thank you

Posted on Jun 25, 2014 1:42 PM

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Jun 25, 2014 1:50 PM in response to Community User

Yes, a 16 GB only has 14.2 GB available to the user, The difference is taken up by the operating system and of how GB is advertised and actually reported.

How OS X and iOS report storage capacity

How many songs depends upon the song's length, and more importantly the compression used. In the Summary pane for the iPod in iTunes you can compress the songs. Yo check the box that says Convert higher bitrate songs to XX kps ACC. An X of 128 is a good compromise of quality and degree of compression.

why does my 16gb iPod touch hold only 510 songs, all I have is the music on in

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