I have just switched from windows and bought myself a new mac mini, only had it a few weeks and already getting message not enough free space. Help, surely cant be out of space already

It sounds unlikely of course. But from your question it's hard to tell what might have filled your HDD. Are you constantly on file sharing or has filled the drive with movies?
Best way to tell is to start checking what folders occupy space. "Get Info" for the HDD and its subfolders is a way to start checking where the data in question resides.
And as BGreg say, call Apple support is also a good way to begin with.

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Sooooooo...
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I just bought a new 30 GB iPod. I have a rather large library of music, and when I first tried to sync, it told me it didn't have enough space on the hard drive. Okay, that's fine, but I tried everything - removing podcasts from sync, album artwork, and I unchecked a lot of music (I set it to sync with only checked music). Still, the same message. I did the five Rs as well, but I get the same message.
I would appreciate any help anyone can give.
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hi there
i have the same problem on my iphoto 20GB. I have over 2GB free but cannot sync even 500MB of music. The message "not enough free space" keeps coming up everytime i try sync it. yes i have restored it, the 5Rs, removed every playlist etc. cannopt get it to fill up. I once filled it till it had about 80MB free. Any ideas guys?
Thanks

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I`ve had no replies, but answered my own question. For those interested . . .
If you have say 1500 songs and only 2 Gigs on you iPod here`s what you might do.
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[September 30, 2014]
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