Mismatch between library on disk 154 Gb and songs on iPod 84 Gb

Did all kinds of poking

even mounted on Mac mini and ran disk first aid.

all good.


most songs loaded from CDs.


I worked on my library so it would just fit `148 Gb

now I still have 60 Gb left.

it works fine but I am puzzled.


wait a minute

if no match and song gets uploaded (aiff)

do they down load compressed files ?

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Aug 3, 2025 7:36 PM

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Aug 4, 2025 10:21 AM in response to Pat Schaefer

No clear answer.

comparing files on mac mini with songs in iTunes.

some aiff files were uploaded and downloaded (yes they were large 10Mb and larger)

most aiff files were downloaded as acc


could not get an accurate count because

copy song page

does not capture type and size : (

(paste into numbers ss)

apple seems to have those columns blocked


song counts are not consistent either


not happy that it does not make sense

wasted a bunch of time resizing my library so it would "fit"

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