How can I reduce / remove MobileMe sync storage on Itunes?

Hi, I´ve got a MacBook Air 64GB (which is bloody stupid but I seriously thought it was a lot more storage on a new product like this...) and see that I have over 16 GB for MobileMe Sync files related to Itunes...
Does anyone know how I cane reduce or remove this?
Thanks
Trond

Read this article (it is labelled for iPod but it works the same for the iPhone)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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