I have a problem with my iPad, the "other" part of the capacity summary keeps growing like ****

Question

Dear all: I have a problem with my iPad, the "other" part of the capacity summary keeps growing like ****, every time I sync the iPad gets bigger and bigger. What is this "other" and what do I do to keep it from getting bigger? Thanks to all!

Answer 1

Marcos,
I did not try your trick, didn't see your post until after i visited the Apple store.  The tech at the genius bar did not know why my "Other" memory had grown so huge.  It was over 24GB, which only left me with 1 GB free on my 32GB iPad.   I had been loading and unloading video's yesterday thru itunes to try various compression settings.  I did not notice the other categrory growing until I tried to load a 3 GB movie file and it told me I was out of memory.
I probably loaded and unloaded 30 different times, trying different compression settings.  In the process of doing this, it apparently loaded up the "Other: stuff.  To me it seems like recycle bin in windows, but no one knows how to free it up. 
So here is what he did and it worked.  He reset the iPad.  Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.  Then he hooked it up to itunes on his computer.  Fortunately I have everything backed up on my home computer.  When my iPad showed up on iTunes at the store, it showed the 24 MB of "Other" momentarily, then it reduced to about .7 GB giving me 24.5 GB free.  Resetting it seemed to do the trick, but he still could tell me how this is happening and how to prevent it. 
I think I'll try to call someone at applecare to get an explanation, hopefully.