I'm trying to sync and back-up my iPad2. I keep getting an error message (1140) saying, "The iPad cannot be synced. An unknown error occured." What on earth is that all about?

I’m trying to sync and back-up my iPad2. I keep getting an error message (1140) saying, “The iPad cannot be synced. An unknown error occured.” What on earth is that all about?

iPad: Basic troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3274
iOS: Resolving update and restore alert messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
iPad: Unable to update or restore
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097
 Cheers, Tom

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Hi,
I know similar cases were posted here but I did not find something that matched my case:
Here is the message I got:
The iPad cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the iTunes library (1 MB required, 4.29 GB available).
Obviously I have 1M space if I have 4.29GB of space.
I do not have any music or photos
I just updated the current apps I have and did an synced several new apps with a total of about 500M (which is far less then the free ~4GB I have)
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thank you

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