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iPod-argh: Where is my music??? 10 G in use, 8 G free, 410 MB (I had 13,5G) music??!!
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Chmod 760
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Somehow the "automatic synchronization" had gone on on iTunes.
Result: I have now the same music on my iPod than I had on my iBook. That is
410 MB of music.
Before: I had 410 MB of music in iBook, and about
13,5 G of music in the 20 G iPod, free 5+ G.
Now: It shows me in iPod
10 G in use, 8 G free - and 410 MB music.
What are those 10 G??? My lost music?? What has happened to the remaining 3,5 G lost?
How do I find and rescue my music??
I have now switched back off the automatic sync ... (and the next one switching it on will be dead).
The screenshot shows the mess.
[ iTunes wrong settings problem = software, untill ottherwise proved not hardware ]
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Chmod 760
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Does not look good:
from terminal.
I should be able to see the mp3 files.
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[lozen@mac /] %cd iPod_Control/Music
[lozen@mac /iPod_Control/Music] %ls
F00 F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 F06 F07 F08 F09 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19
[lozen@mac /iPod_Control/Music] %cd f00
[lozen@mac /iPod_Control/Music/f00] %ls -lias
total 0
1021461 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 lozen admin 68 Mar 9 16:50 .
1021460 0 drwxrwxrwx 22 lozen admin 748 Mar 9 16:50 ..
And all the other folders I tried randomly showed the same content.
[lozen@mac /iPod_Control/Music] %ls -lias *
Did you figure out what is using the 10GB? That's really weird.
Chmod 760
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I have no idea what is that 10 G. All I see in terminal is posted above.
I tried also iPod Viewer, I see some names of tracks that were in the iPod but not in iBook - but not all, nor I can't get the space they require. They are less than 10 G though.
Chmod 760
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/Volumes/iChing/iPod_Control/Music/
.. ok looks like i see most of the music in the folders.
now how i get them to itunes ???
i can't see them nor in itunes of the ibook nor in ipods control, just in terminal. what's wrong?
Chmod 760
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I manage to copy the files from terminal, e.g.
cp "Idiot Wind.mp3" ~/Desktop
BUT - I can't see the files in iTunes nor in iPods display.
I see one solution: copying EVERYTHING to a harddisk, remove all mp3-files from those F00 - F19 files, and then copy them back there again?
- The folders F00 - F02 are practically empty, the other folders seem normal. So it'll be painful to find out which are those 3,5 G lost (once I can find an empty 13++ G HD for a couple of hours.)
Posso aiutare.
Err...probably would be easier to copy them all from the F00-F19 files, import them into iTunes, then update the iPod from there. You could delete 'em from iTunes after that.
Chmod 760
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I will copy all those files via the terminal to a hard disk that has at least 15 G free space, all the musics that are in the F00 - F19. After that, rm *.mp3 in all those folders, And then copy back to the iPod back via iTunes.
I Can't do it right now on my iBook. I don't have that much of free space on it's HD. I'll eventually resolve it this week.
Anyone else with an iPod had anything similar?
Not me. Though it does seem to be freezing on me a lot lately...
