What takes up 'other' memory usage

Im not sure if anyone else has this issue, but while syncing my iPod, the 'Other' usage rose almost half a gb in an instant. what takes up sp much memory, and how do I sotp it?

iTunes also uses the "Other" section as a temporary file, that's why it can change the size while you are syncing, for example if you add updated versions of apps, the data is stored there until the new app has been transferred.
A file size up to 1GB of "other" is normal, if it is getting bigger, there might be corrupt data inside resulting from a sync that went wrong. You can reduce the size again to normal by restoring the device.

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What takes up 'other' memory??

on the ipod's memory usage bar on itunes, it has 'audio' and 'other'
i have a lot of 'other' memory being taken up
what kind of files would be taking up this space?
how do i delete it?
all i have on my ipod is songs, so that would be the 'audio' memory?
i really need to get rid of the 'other' memory being used up!!

Other can be the file system, contacts etc. If a lot of space is being taken up try restoring your iPod, this will erase the hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions and it should connect to iTunes and give you a prompt to automatically update your library onto the fresh installation: Restoring iPod to Factory Settings with iTunes 7

After upgrading ipod touch4 to ISO 5, why is the 'other' memory usage running at 25gb?

just upgraded my ipod touch4 to iso 5 and discovered that the "other" memory usage is running at 25gb and basically uses all of my 32gb capacity. Something mucst be wrong???

it is icloud's backup and photostream feature. Turn them off and reboot the device and the space will come back.

App Download and "Other" Memory Usage

For a month or so I've noticed that my iPhone 5s "Other" memory was on the order of 6gb... Deleted texts and emails attempting to reduce that size, to no avail...
Today I noticed that an App (Numbers) that had begun to download from the App Store (about a month ago), had not finished (WiFi was required for the large download, but had been turned off and on several times, but not long enough for the download to complete). It wasn't obvious to be that Numbers hadn't finished downloading...
I deleted Numbers from the iPhone, and installed it from iTunes on my iMac.
Upon the deletion of Numbers, my "Other" memory usage went from 6gb down to 2.25 gb, which was reasonable with some large maps and Good Reader docs I have on the phone...
The Numbers app is about 224Mb in size... So, it appears that the iPhone sets aside a very large part of memory for an app as it downloads, and then clears that memory once the app is installed...(though the amount cleared was on the order of 17x the size of the Numbers app...)
I notice a similar usage of Time Machine storage space... Small Time Machine saves require very large amounts of HDD space to be reserved for the backup... Wonder if the same logic is applied to the iPhone... Or perhaps every time WiFi was turned on and Numbers would reattempt to download, the amount of Other memory it required from the iPhone would increase...?
Anyone else noticed this behavior?
Bob

Update...
For "grins" I just un-checked "Sync Music", and synced my iPhone... Other Data went to zero. Re-checked "Sync Music" and synced, and only had 250Mb of Other on the iPhone. After a full sync with 7gb music, the Other memory number is back up to 2.23gb...
Interesting...
Bob

I have a 16 GB ipad2, and the "others" memory usage is in 2,8Gb. Does somebody know what is this about? How can I release space from that "others" issue?

Please help me to use better the available memory of my iPad2

Yeah, that's high.
First, try a system reset. I don't have too much confidence that it will help but it does cure many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. Connect via cable to the computer that you use for sync. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
At the end of the basic Restore, you will be asked if you wish to sync the iPad/iPod. As before, say "yes." Note that that sync selection will disappear and the Restore will end if you do not respond within a reasonable time. If that happens, only the apps that are part of the IOS will appear on your device. Corrective action is simple - choose manual "Sync" from the bottom right of iTunes.
If you're unable to do the Restore, go into Recovery Mode per the instructions here.

"other" memory usage

I recently restored my ipod mini and replaced most of my songs, but I could only fit maybe 3/4 of the music I had before. A good chunk of my ipod memory is being used for "other" (the orange coding at the bottom). What is this used for and is there a way to trim it down or eliminate it???

If you're seeing an unusual amount of "other" files on the iPod, there's a good chance that it's more to do with how Windows is reading/mounting the iPod, rather than stuff actually being on the iPod.
Try changing your iPod's drive letter:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
CG
PS- If it's only a few MB's, it's probably just the iPod's operating files... but try changing the drive letter anyway, and another restore wouldn't hurt.

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8.5go right now...too high!
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8.5go right now...too high!
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Ok,
I understood your answers but I see the scenario is not clear.
Suppose a program has to launch and high number of threads. Some of these threads will wait on a monitor for a large period of time (in terms of days...) and others will have no wait at all.
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What are Microsoft- or other's-best practice or recommendation of Disk usage, CPU usage, memory usage monitoring to prevent system trouble and improve availability ?

Hi,
You can refer the following Performance Tuning Guidelines,
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/0/2800a518-7ac6-4aac-bd85-74d2c52e1ec6/tuning.doc
Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2010/08/27/performance-tuning-guidelines-for-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 - PERFORMANCE TUNING GUIDELINES
http://blogs.technet.com/b/itprocol/archive/2012/11/27/windows-server-2012-performance-tuning-guidelines.aspx
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Please help!! I got my iPhone 4s screen fixed, now in my Photos it shows nothing, although in my memory usage it shows 10.5gb of photos, thats 2000 photos not showing up. What happened?! Where did all my photos go?!

I got my iPhone 4s screen fixed, now in my Photos it shows nothing, although in my memory usage it shows 10.5gb of photos, thats 2000 photos not showing up. What happened?! Where did all my photos go?!

WOOHOO!!! i finaly fixed the problem. Here is what to do:
Chances are if you did the same thing as me you either have
A) No album names at all for ALL your songs in your library
or
B) Have the same name for every album for ALL your songs in your library.
Here is how to fix it (yah it will take a little work but its worth getting your iPod functioning properly).
Unless you dont want to have to go and actualy set al lthe album names for every song here is what you can do:
Go through to iTunes and arange your songs by Artist name. Click the top song for your first artist, hold Shift and click the last song for that same artist (to multi select all the songs for the artist) go into get info and check the Album box. Copy the name of the artist to the Album box and hit ok.
Now when u update your ipod and go into ur Artists section the actual Artist name should show up instead of the song names.
For some reason having the same album name for all your songs messes up the organization of the iPod.
Hope this helps anyone else that is having the same problem

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Hi,
I have a library with several functions written in labview and compiled into shared dll. Library provides functions to be used in test cases for Production (init, write, read, change, deint, etc). In init function some files are created, connections are established, and some functional globals are created to pass some data between functions.
This library is used at the end in TestStand. I test it first in CVI.
When I start prepared in CVI interface, it takes at start about 55MB. When I hit init for the first time it increases ~10MB. Deinit frees only some kB. Another init adds ~1 - 2MB, and every another init adds ~1-2MB. It seems like some memory is not released. That is not a problem at a test phase, but Production does not do restarts, they just run it on and on, and suddenly they might face a lack of memory.
There are several global variables passed via shift registers, but there should be always the same part of memory used. I read into internal structure xml file that is of size about 400kB, but even if it is read at every init it should be overwritten.
However how to deallocate place for such global.
I was trying to use DesktopExecutionTraceTolkit, but I am unable to analyze 400k lines.
Is there any other way to analyze what takes the memory, and what keeps it after vi ends?

Hi Piotr,
thank you for hints.
I used function "request deallocation" before, but it gave not any better results.
Filtering result from Desktop Execution Trace Tolkit gave me still klines to be analysed. It is impossible.
I have never used In Place Element structure, but I can check if it can bring some positive results.
As a clarification:
INIT function reads some files (and close them after reading) and stores some of this info in functional globals (in registers) - ini file, xml file, log file. It also establish a connections to targets. This refnums are the only ones that are not closed until DEINIT funciton is used. Deinit function mailny closes the connections. I made a mistake in my first post. DEINIT function does not free any memory, it just takes only some kB.
I made some tests.
I removed reading of xml file. The consumption of memory decreased a lot as expected. But still memory was allocated and not freed in every start.
I removed then almost all functional globals (but one responsible for holding of refnums to targets), but still some kB was taken and not released.
I dont really understand whay the memory that should be self deallocated, is not. I write to some registers, and when i write again, it seems like some other components are created in memory but I still talk to the same register.
Or maybe there is a problem in CVI environment? It could not be, that the momory is not released when vi finishes execution.

What's the recommended setting for "Process memory usage" ("process virtual" in UI) for a 64-bit host on a 64-bit OS?

Hi gurus
In resource based throttling, what's the recommended setting for "Process memory usage" ("process virtual" in the resource based throttling tab of the UI) for a 64-bit host
on a 64-bit Windows OS?
According to MS (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee308808(v=bts.10).aspx):
"By default, the
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server, you can increase the Process memory usage value to 50. On a 64-bit server, you can increase this value to 100. This allows for more memory consumption by the BizTalk process before throttling
occurs."
Does this mean that 100 is the recommended setting for a 64-bit host on a 64-bit Windows?
Thanks
Michael Brandt Lassen

Hi Michael,
Recommended setting is the default setting which is 25 .dot.
If your situation is abnormal and you see message delivery throttling state to “4” when the following performance counters are high or if you expect any of you integration
process could have impact on following counters, then you can consider the suggestion by Microsoft. Don’t change the default setting.
High process memory
Process memory usage (MB)
Process memory usage threshold (MB)
You can see these counters under “BizTalk:MessageAgent”
You can gauge these performance counter and its maximum values if have done any regression/performance testing in your test servers. If you have seen these counters having
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The above two cases where I know my expected process usage (by doing performance testing) or suddenly my production server processing has gone high due to unexpected business
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I purchased 2 ipad mini's at Xmas, I then sync'd them with itunes on my pc, and put basically the same apps on each of them. Both are 16gb units. One of them is full ( with over 9gb of "other" memory) the ipad still has 10gb left.What could be causing thi

I purchased 2 ipad mini's at Xmas, I then sync'd them with itunes on my pc, and put basically the same apps on each of them. Both are 16gb units. One of them is full ( with over 9gb of "other" memory) the ipad still has 10gb left.What could be causing this "other" storage

How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
 Cheers, Tom

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