Cannot sync ipad. statement "ipad cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items (additional 157.3 mb required) There is 1.86gb available on ipad and i am trying to remove items. any thoughts...

annot sync ipad. statement "ipad cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items (additional 157.3 mb required) There is 1.86gb available on ipad and i am trying to remove items. any thoughts...

If you haven't changed your sync preferences, meaning that you are not trying to add more content from the last time that you synced with iTunes, try quitting iTunes, restart your computer and then try again.
If you are trying to add more content to the iPad than what you had before, you can only use so much of the available storage capacity that is left on the device. You probably need to leave about 10% of the space free so if you have a 16GB iPad, you might not have enough space left to sync that content that you are trying to sync.

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