"other" files in itunes-help!!!

When I plug my ipod touch to my computer normally from itunes we are able see how much capacity is left or how much capacity does songs fill.But when I looked at it, next to music, videos, photos, books...there is a part called "other" that fills 220 mb of my 8 gb ipod's capacity. I research this a lot and I even asked to an apple store but they can't explain it either and for other people this "other" file even fill 5 gb or lot more. So I really want to solve this problem. And some people says that itunes copy files 2 times but even it copies I wanted to know how can I fix it cause I don't know where it copy files. Also please don't say restore it cause it won't work. Thanx for reading and helping.

Other is a variety of things including album art, contact info, application data. The amount you're describing sounds about right for the size of your Touch. If "Other" ends up being several gigabytes, it usually means a corrupt database. This can be resolved by restoring the Touch.

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When I sync my iPhone to itunes it shows over 7GB of "other" files.

My phone has been showing a "full" status and when I synced it I saw that no matter how many songs and apps I deleted, the "other" category kept growing. My brother told me about a trick to swipe the "music" section in the "about/ usage" setting and this seemed to get rid of the "other" but it also seemed to mess up my music player app- it keeps skipping through my songs.
I have attempted to fix it using this again but it has not worked. I have over 7GB of "other" files, my voice memos are no longer on my playlist despite selecting it to sync. I also seem to have lost over 200 songs which will not sync. I have only ever purchased music via itunes.
My phone continues to warn me that it is full but I do not know how to get rid of the "other" category. I am surprised to find out that apple charges $35 to get support. Wow.
Any help on this would be great, because I seem to have lost access to my music, I've lost important voice memos, my music app is not playing properly, and my phone continues to warn me that it is full.
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I should mention that I also did a restore hoping that would solve the problem but it did not, and it was after this that I lost some of my music.

"other" files in itunes-help!!!

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