AppleTV sync problem...Hard Drive Full Computer

So i got my ATV with a large hard drive installed weeks back to use as a way to buy shows and movies since my computer hard drive was maxed. I never synced the apple tv up with my computer until tonight because i wanted to transfer my movies and tv series that i downloaded over the years to my ATV. After i synced up it deleted everything on my ATV that i purchased and wants to basically install it on the itunes on my computer but the problem is i have no hard drive space. Now im not able to re download stuff on my ATV unless i download everything that i just purchased onto my computer. Does anyone have any advice for me??

ryanlameyer wrote:
Does anyone have any advice for me??
get an external HD and move your iTunes library to it.
JGG

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Initial easy steps to gain disk space:
- Delete all files in the Downloads folder.
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Empty its trash.
Restart.
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Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
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Then use the free application OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more to explore your volume in descending order by size so you can attack the problem from the top down, deleting the largest unwanted files first. Delete with caution and do not delete any system files. Remember to empty the trash after trashing the files.
Additional reference on freeing disk space:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
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Consider moving some of the no-often-used large files or directories to an external disk. Use ODS again to find them. This will be at least your second hard drive. Your first one(s) is/are for your Time Machine (or other) backup(s). Do not offload files onto a Time Machine disk.
Format the second drive as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Using OWS to find large files/folders and copy them from the system drive to the external hard drive and delete them from your internal drive.
Then  > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options… > Remove the offload HD name from the exclusions list.
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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.thexlab.com/105/ 00000849.html
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https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12175/iphoto-buddy
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