HT1296 when syncing with itunes with my i pad it says not enough space ? dont know why as my i pad is a 16gb

When syncing with i tunes message comes up saying not enough space and i cant understand why as ipad is 16GB

- Because as the message says what you want to sync to the iPad exceed the space available on the iPad. You either have to sync less to the iPad or delete some items from the iPad.
- Also, in the colored bargraph that shows the distribution of storage on the iPad, how large is the "other" category? If larger than about 1 1/2 GB then restoring the iPod should reduce that so you can regain that storage.

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