Re: What is 'other' being used for in iTunes
zoara
> This here iPod touch is only an 8GB one, now I see that category
> 'other' is
> taking 1.1GB of that.
>
> What is 'other', how do I manage the space usage of this category?
I *think* it's data used by the apps, but I'm not sure. 1.1GB is quite a
bit though - got any apps that store loads of data?
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Jim
> This here iPod touch is only an 8GB one, now I see that category 'other' is
> taking 1.1GB of that.
>
> What is 'other', how do I manage the space usage of this category?
At a guess, application data. I'm fairly sure that the maps for a GPS
system woud show up under 'other', for instance.
Jim
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zoara
> Colin Harper <colin...@x.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > This here iPod touch is only an 8GB one, now I see that category
> > 'other' is
> > taking 1.1GB of that.
> >
> > What is 'other', how do I manage the space usage of this category?
>
> At a guess, application data. I'm fairly sure that the maps for a GPS
> system woud show up under 'other', for instance.
They don't, at least not on a TomTom; I think that fits within the
application "bundle" (I know the iPhone doesn't have those).
I think it's "temporary" application data. Think tweets in a Twitter
app, images in an image editor, or tasks in a to-do list.
Chris Ridd
> If I delete an app I've paid for (e.g. Newstap) can I reinstall it for free?
You can delete it from your iPod and keep it in iTunes, where it will
continue to get updated etc. Or just uncheck it from the new
Applications tab in iTunes 9.
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Chris Ridd
> I've run a sync, now trying a 'restore' to see if the 835MB of 'other' data
> goes away. Deleting The Settlers freed a couple of hundred MB, but still 800+
> remain. I wish I knew for sure what it was :(
Disable an app at a time and see?
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Martin S Taylor
>> If I delete an app I've paid for (e.g. Newstap) can I reinstall it for free?
>
> You can delete it from your iPod and keep it in iTunes, where it will
> continue to get updated etc. Or just uncheck it from the new
> Applications tab in iTunes 9.
Or you can delete it from both Mac and iPod, in which case yes, you can
re-download and re-install it for free.
MST
Chris Ridd
Yes, assuming it doesn't disappear from the store in the meantime - eg
Delicious Library had to be pulled from the iTunes Store because Amazon
changed their T&Cs
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zoara
Unfortunately, if it is removed from the iPhone (by either of the above
methods) all the data associated with it is lost. Worth bearing in mind.
zoara
> Is there no way I can tell which application is storing these data, if
> in
> fact, that's what it is?
Not that I'm aware of, unless you jailbreak.
> The two apps I've got my beady eye on are NewsTap (formerly Lite,
> replaced by
> the full version) and Dropbox. I thought both of those used online
> data
> though. I can see how NewsTap would want to store the likes of the
> group list
> and group headers though. But still, 1GB+
That's an insane amount. Have you told it to delete old posts? It's in
the download tab. What constitutes "old" is defined in the iPhone
settings app.
> If I delete an app I've paid for (e.g. Newstap) can I reinstall it for
> free?
Yes, but you lose all the data associated with it.
Martin S Taylor
> Thanks everyone for the tips. I deleted NewsTap, Dropbox and Settlers and it
> dropped to ~830MB, then I did a restore. It's now down to ~240MB so I'm
> guessing that deleting an app doesn't delete everything it could do.
Depending on what exactly is going on, and whether you synced and backed up
before the restore, there's a chance that the Restore put all the associated
files back again.
I've recently discovered there was some destrucive cruft lurking on my
iPhone, and every Restore-from-backup simply restored it. The only way I
could get the phone working again was to restore the system software, but
*not* the backup (ie. set the iPhone up as a new phone) and then reinstall
all the programs one by one. I lost all the associated data from all my apps,
but the phone is at last working properly again.
MST