I can't backup my phone due to lack of free space

I can't backup my phone due to lack of free space on my computer. How do I resolve? I just purchased a MacBook Air and I didn't have this issue on my old MacBook.

If the free disk space on your Mac is too small to backup and your iPhone then it has too little free space to run properly.
You need to start doing some removal of data to free up space on the disk drive. The data can be either deleted or moved to another disk drive. what ever you do leave the system files alone and work with the files in your Home directory only.
The first thin you need to do is to make sure you have a backup of the Mac first.

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I have 8.6 GB of "other". I don't understand why I have so much because I only have apps, music and pictures on my phone. I decided to restore my phone but first I have to do a backup. I plugged my phone into iTunes to back it up but I couldn't find the back up button. Then I decided to check the settings on my phone and I found a backup button in the iCloud section. I clicked it but now it says "there is not enough iCloud storage available". I'm getting really frustrated by this. I don't understand why I can't just backup my phone and restore it. I would also really appreciate it if someone would explain to me why "other" takes up half of the GB's on my iPhone.
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
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iCloud: Managing your iCloud storage
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847
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iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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