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IPod Photo Cache, can it be deleted?

Jer2000 -  
 ivan (ayeven) -
Hello everyone

I have a small question, but I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum.

It's about syncing photos on an iPod. I have a 15GB folder named iPod Photo Cache on the drive with the entire iPod structure (F01, F02).

It's starting to take up a lot of space on my drive; does it have any usefulness, can I just delete it?

Thanks in advance

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Max2009
 
Hi Jer2000!
So have you finally tested deleting the F01 F02 F03... files directly?
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ivan (ayeven)
 
I have always deleted this folder when I see it, and it has never caused me any problem... It is actually the data from your iPod's photo library, i.e., a compressed version of the previously added photos. To put it simply, if you delete the iPod Photo Cache folder, you won't have any issues except that your iPod will have to "Optimize" ALL the next photos you add, even those already present on it. It's the same principle as a song: if you delete one from your iPod through the system folder (the hidden folder in ), iTunes will load the song again during the next sync (which is not the case if you don't delete anything)! It's still silly that the iPod Photo Cache folder is created on your computer while all other data (songs, videos, calendars, contacts, etc.) are on the iPod =S

I hope this big paragraph was understandable and that some people learned something! Feel free to ask if you have other questions; my hours spent on iTunes have provided me with a lot of knowledge ;)
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Geekman votre! > ivan (ayeven)
 
"It’s still stupid that the iPod Photo Cache folder is created on your computer while all the other data (songs, videos, calendars, contacts, etc.) is on the iPod =S"
Actually, syncing allows you to retrieve your data in case of a crash. That’s why the data is on the PC.
:)
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ivan (ayeven) > Geekman votre!
 
What do you mean by that? If you lose your photo data, it's no big deal, since logically the originals are in a folder on your computer, so it would just be a matter of transferring them back, right?
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