Thread: Ipod Issues

Deleting my mail was the first thing I did, As I said I pretty much deleted everything.

Hm, ok LS, I'm currently at "My Computer" and there are like 4 things under "Devices With Removable Storage." One of them is the DVD Drive, the other three are removable disks. So which one of these is the ipod?

For the record, I'm a noob with PC things.

Okay, your iPod should be a device that says "iPod" or whatever you named it, it should be in "My Computer" if its plugged in, but if it isn't showing up then there may be some problems in terms of connection and you may need to solve the problem using the iPod itself which is not too hard.

Let me know if you can find the iPod device, if you can, double click it and enter the device, just like you'd double click "My Documents" to view your documents.

I'll be here every step of the way

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

Okay, your iPod should be a device that says "iPod" or whatever you named it, it should be in "My Computer" if its plugged in, but if it isn't showing up then there may be some problems in terms of connection and you may need to solve the problem using the iPod itself which is not too hard.

Let me know if you can find the iPod device, if you can, double click it and enter the device, just like you'd double click "My Documents" to view your documents.

I'll be here every step of the way

Just plugged it out, and plugged it back in. It's not showing up. I guess there are some connection problems here.

And thanks LS, I really appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Xox

Just plugged it out, and plugged it back in. It's not showing up. I guess there are some connection problems here.

And thanks LS, I really appreciate it.

Don't worry about it, its not a problem.

Erm, okay, i take that its not showing up in iTunes either?

Did you say it brought up a message saying it cannot sync because there is not enough memory?

Does it still do this upon connecting if so, does it do anything at all?

If not, i may have a solution. I'll be watching this thread, so i won't be going nowhere.

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

Don't worry about it, its not a problem.

Erm, okay, i take that its not showing up in iTunes either?

Did you say it brought up a message saying it cannot sync because there is not enough memory?

Does it still do this upon connecting if so, does it do anything at all?

If not, i may have a solution. I'll be watching this thread, so i won't be going nowhere.

It shows up on Itunes, and the same "Songs/Photos could not be synced because there is not enough memory" shows up. But it's not showing up on "My Computer."

Originally Posted by Xox

It shows up on Itunes, and the same "Songs/Photos could not be synced because there is not enough memory" shows up. But it's not showing up on "My Computer."

Okay, this should be a bit easier then.

You do still have your files on the iPod right? Like your music?

Right, anyways, i know that it says that a lot of the storage taken up is "Other", these are usually files which have been added by the user, however there can be an odd problem that occurs.

Now, the thing you need to do first is to stop iTunes from trying to sync your photos and stuff to your iPod straight away upon connecting.

So when you plug it in, if it can stay plugged in, go to the left of iTunes and click your iPod. Then in the main screen where it shows all the details of your iPod, click the "Photo's" tab and where it says "Sync Photos From.." untick the tick box and this should stop it from trying to sync the photos and coming up with that message. You can always turn it back on later.

I have a hunch of what it could be, do you have a large photo library by any chance that you may have put on your iPod? Because if you do, sometimes if the setting is on, it will transfer all the full size photos onto your iPod anyways as a sort of backup set of files.

Just give me the details of what you know is on your iPod, give me a list, it should help em narrow things down. It doesn't have to be specific, but just a vague outline of whats taking up how much space and so on.

Heres a list of exactly everything I have on my ipod
- Audio (495 songs)
- 2 Alarms
- Just a couple of notes.
- 5 Bookmarks on youtube.

I actually had a bunch of photos on the ipod, and deleted all of them previously. Now I checked off all the boxes so that it doesn't attempt to sync them in. Although when I plug it in, it still says "Optimizing Photos For Your Ipod." But no photos do get stored.

Another possible weird thing is, one of my personal photos was my wallpaper, and when I deleted all my photos, it didn't delete the wallpaper one; and is still my wallpaper.

And two-thirds of the memory is still being taken up by "Other." The rest is Audio.