iTunes Tip: Viewing iPod Stats

Posted by Jack Sauer on 02/3/07 in Tips & Tricks

With thousands of features packed into iTunes, there are so many tips and tricks to discover - today I happened to find this little beauty.

When iTunes 7 introduced their new device section, it didn’t seem like much of an improvement, but after having a good look through it I found this extra. Plug your iPod in and click on the bar graph to view additional information, such as quantity of songs and overall time.

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Andre said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:07 pm

No screenshot of the extra info?

Rennervater said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:34 pm

@Andre
What Jack means is that when you click the stats bar the info under the heading “Audio” changes.
It normally just shows the amount of music you have in GB’s but when you click on it, it shows you the no. of Songs you have. If you press it again it will show you how long it would take you to play all of your audio (usually in days). Click it again and it goes back to displaying GB’s.

Tucker MacDonald said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:39 pm

I never knew that. Wow, I am going to use this so much.

Sherb said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 7:46 pm

Another one of apple’s little hidden secrets

wph said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm

Very applish thing to do. I actually have seen this trick before.
In the “About This Mac” you can click on the version number and it changes to other info.

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Jack Sauer said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 pm

Yeah, since I found that I click on everything to see if it changes.

Sherb said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 pm

@wph. Not just the about mac, but also the login screen does that.

Daniel Nass said on

February 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm

I never knew! Great little tidbit.

Andre said on

February 4th, 2007 at 1:07 am

@Rennervater: I see. I don’t have a Mac right now so there was no way I could try it out, and the screenshot is rather unclear, so.. :}

Ryan Ponce said on

February 4th, 2007 at 1:26 am

Wow that saved me a lot of time when updating my nano. Thanks.

Rennervater said on

February 4th, 2007 at 2:28 am

@ andre
It works on iTunes for windows as well. If thats what you mean.

Niklas Nisen said on

February 4th, 2007 at 2:58 am

Wow, nice find! Helps me alot.

luke dorny said on

February 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am

Well, don’t you see that info at the bottom of iTunes when browsing the iPod music? It seems such a minute feature to be showcasing it here with new apps and the suchâ€¦

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Indraneel said on

February 10th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

that’s convienent