When I try to back up my iPad to the computer it gives me a message saying it can't sync and cannot back up because there is not enough room in the iTunes library. How can I fix this? I need to back up the iPad content so I can restore it to a new 1

when I try to back up my iPad to the computer it gives me a message saying it can't sync and there is not enough room in iTunes library. How can I fix this? I need to back up iPad content to restore on a new one

juliefrombaton rouge wrote:
when I try to back up my iPad to the computer it gives me a message saying it can't sync and there is not enough room in iTunes library.
Pretty sure it doesn’t say there is not enough room in iTunes library because it is not backed up to the iTunes library.
What is the exact message?

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