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I updated the software for my 8G Ipod Touch 4th Generation on Saturday morning and have had nothing but problems. At first it would not let me get past the setup portion for Wi Fi which I do not have. Then after fussing with it for about an hour I was able to start listening to my music. But I noticed I am unable to load as much music as the past. I have found that out of my 6.35 GB (instead of 8 that I bought) there is now 2.7GB of Other which takes away over a third of my storage. Does anyone know what this is and how to remove it?

The excessive "other" is due to some files that got corrupted during the update. You need to restore the iPod to get it reduced to its normal (<0.5 GB) value. Firs try restoring from backup. If not successful, restore to factory defaults/new iPod.

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