Q: How do I clear all files from my iPod Nano (6th Gen) and start over?
I can no longer manually sync all the files I need on my iPod Nano (6th Gen) from my Macbook (OS 10.6.8) because it's full. Rather than remove individual folders and songs on the Nano,which would take forever, I'd prefer to just delete the whole thing and start over by cleaning out the folder I keep in my iTunes (11.4) library and then loading the whole thing onto the Nano.
How do I:
(1) Delete all the music from the Nano?
(2) See in how much is in the iPod folder in my Macbook iTunes library so I know what to eliminate?
I know this must be a simple process but it's been a long time since I did it! Thanks for any help out there.
iPod nano (6th generation)
Posted on May 2, 2016 9:08 AM
It's not based on "minutes." Songs (and other media) are encoded differently. A higher-quality encoding (with a higher bit rate "kbps" number) takes up more space compared to a lower-quality recording, for the same song. For example, podcasts and audiobooks are often recorded at a lower bit rate, so it takes a lot more "minutes" of a podcast or audiobook to take up the same space used by a typical song. Also, if you have photos on the iPod, they can take up space on the iPod that is not related to audio content. (A 6th gen iPod nano cannot play videos, so you won't have any video content on the iPod.)
To get a snapshot of the iPod's current content, select the iPod in iTunes (click its device button on horizontal bar) to show its settings screen in iTunes window. At the bottom of the iPod's settings screen, there is a Capacity Bar. It shows, at a glance, the types of media on the iPod and remaining free space.
If you want to "start over," do a Restore on the iPod using iTunes. This erases the iPod, reinstalls its software, and sets it to default settings
Posted on May 4, 2016 5:01 PM