IPad / "other" data / sync

When I delete movies from iTunes (delete, move to recycle bin), then re-sync iPad, space on iPad doesn't clear and shows up as "other" data - now have 6.9GB of wasted space. How do I prevent this from happening and how do I re-claim bogus "other" data without full restore of iPad software (having to do WEEKLYnow). Current on iTunes and IOS software - Windows 7 - iPad 1 - 64 GB wi-fi.

How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
 Cheers, Tom

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TS3988 My wife bought an iPad Air and synced contact from our PC (Outlook), now all our contacts in Outlook have gone and we have to go to iCloud to get them, and even then they are a bit jumbled. How do I get my data back onto my PC?

My wife bought an iPad Air and synced contact from our PC (Outlook), now all our contacts in Outlook have gone and we have to go to iCloud to get them, and even then they are a bit jumbled. How do I get my data back onto my PC?

If you can see the iCloud contacts in Outlook, you can copy them back to your PC by selecting all the contacts (click one, then press Control-A), then drag and drop the selected contacts to Contacts under My Contacts on the left sidebar of Outlook.
If you want to copy your calendar back to Outlook, select your iCloud calendar on the left sidebar of Outlook, switch to the list view (select View from the ribbon, then click Change View>List), select your events (click on a single event, then press Control-A), then control drag and drop them to Calendar under My Calendars on the left sidebar.
Then you can sign out of iCloud on the iCloud control panel and your local copies will still be there. If you want to add your iCloud email account back to iCloud, you can do this with these settings: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864.

Questions on getting "other" data off ipad

I have been reading the threads, but before I do a full restore I have a few questions.
I have about 2GB of "other" space on my 8GB ipad 2 (OS 7 withou the latest patch). I need to get rid of it because I can't load the new OS and I have the ipad down to bare bones.
Anyway, I was reading that "other" could be corrupted data or stuff that apps are using. I got rid of my photos. All I have is apps, and music plus the files I store in pages.
1. How can I tell which apps are sucking up space?
2. If I do a restore, will the corrupted data just come back from my MBP onto my ipad? I am backing up to the MBP and also syncing everything in icloud. This is where my brain gets lost because I don't understand where the bad data is being stored.
Any thoughts or hints would be appreciated before I start doing neurosurgery.
Thanks in advance!

How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
What is Stored in iCloud and What is Not
https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/what-is-s tored-in-icloud
 Cheers, Tom

How do I sync multiple devices on iTunes without apps that are only on an iPad Air not sync on other devices?

How do I sync multiple devices on iTunes (iPad Air & iPhone 5) without apps that are only on an iPad Air not syncing on my iPhone 5? I have apps on the iPad that I do not want on the iPhone, but when I sync my iPhone I have apps that are on the iPad sync to it also. How do I fix this so only the apps/data on each device sync to it?

Settings
iTUnes and app store
turn off automatic downloads for apps
Then what you buy on one device only goes onto another if you want it to

How do I stop the "other" data from growing every time I sync my iPhone?

I recently started putting music on my iPhone 4s, and I found that every time I sync music, the "other" storage keeps growing. This only happens when I sync music. If I don't have music on my iPhone, the "other" doesn't grow. Why is this?? Does anyone know how to make this stop? I had to restore my phone as new to delete the "other" storage (I had almost 3 G on my 8 G iPhone). Because the "other" data takes up so much room, I find it difficult to add everything that I want to on my iPhone (like all of my music). Please help!

Hello brownielox,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
Other: Everything else, such as contacts, calendars, messages, emails and their attachments, Safari Offline Reading List, settings, and other system resources.
iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
Resolution
Try disconnecting and reconnecting your device, then syncing again to solve this issue.
Orphaned files may remain on your iOS device if it is physically disconnected while syncing music, podcasts, videos, or photos. This can prevent iTunes from syncing the iOS device on subsequent sync sessions. When this happens, the Capacity indicator in iTunes may report a large amount of "Other" disk usage for the iOS device. To resolve this issue:
Turn off the music or photo sync option in iTunes for the device.
Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Turn the music and photo sync options for the device on again.
Click Apply again to try to sync the device to iTunes.
If the 'Not enough free space' alert appears, continue to step 5.
Turn off the automatic syncing functions for the iOS device. To do this:
Select the iOS device from the iTunes window and click the Summary tab.
Deselect "Automatically sync when this device is connected" and select the "Sync only checked songs and videos" checkbox.
Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Reduce the amount of data that is being synced to the device and resync the device. For example, if syncing your Music library exceeds the memory capacity of the device, choose "Selected playlists" to transfer rather than "All songs and playlists" under the Music tab in iTunes.
If the 'Not enough free space' alert appears, continue to step 6.
Restore using iTunes.
Have a nice day,
Mario

Trying to restore ipad mini to delete "other" data.

Software up to date on device, but when I try to restore on itunes, it starts downloading the software update then I get a message that says "There was a problem downloading the software for the ipad.The network connection timed out. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, or try again later." Please help

Texas Mac Man wrote:
How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
 Cheers, Tom
Of all the things I've tried this is the ONE that worked. I went from 1.88 to 1.20. Not a lot, but more than every before. Thanks.

On my new iPad under the space category it shows I have 5.5gb occupied by 'Other" data - Can you tell me what this is exactly and how can I reduce it Thank-you

On my new iPad under the space category it shows I have 5.5gb occupied by 'Other" data - Can you tell me what this is exactly and how can I reduce it
Thank-you

How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
 Cheers, Tom

My ipad 2 shows a lot of "Others" data. How do I find out what they are?

Can anyone help?

How much space is your Other using? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
 Cheers, Tom

New Ipad and cannot sync contacts; error message unable to load data class info from sync services; reconnect or try again later

new Ipad and cannot sync contacts; error message on Itunes - unable to load data class info from sync servies; reconnect or try again later

For Windows - look at this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567?viewlocale=en_US
For Mac - maybe this applies
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3744
I just picked these out by going to the box to the right called - More like This.

Syncing iPhone 6+ creates "other" data

I am using an iPhone 6+ (version 8.1.3) with the latest version of iTunes. I recently tried to sync my iTunes library to the phone, but none of my new music transferred (the song list on the phone has the songs, but they are grayed out, implying that they did not actually transfer). I tried syncing again, which sat for an extended period of time before I cancelled. Now, all the iTunes material on my phone (all the previously synced music, TV shows, etc.) shows up as "Other" data within iTunes. I have restarted both the phone and the computer. Since all this material shows up as other (roughly 30 GB on a 64 GB phone), iTunes thinks that I am trying to add an additional 30 GB of data to the phone and the sync fails. This is a problem that I have had with my old iPad (2nd gen) for over a year now, but it only recently happened for the first time on the phone. The only way I could fix the problem on the iPad was restoring and setting up as a new iPad, which was time-consuming and extremely annoying (it also happened during every single sync, which basically means I don't try to add new stuff to my iPad anymore). Is there a better way to fix the error? Thanks in advance.

O.K. I may have fixed it (time will tell).
As I had previously chosen to sync with Microsoft Outlook 2010, but the trial period expired and the price to but it was far too high, so I changed to Syncing with Gmail. Therefore I wondered if Outlook may be affecting the iTunes sync even though it was not current chosen in iTunes contact sync option. So, I un-installed Microsoft Office 2010 and re-booted the PC. Now, pressing the 'Rest Sync History' button in iTunes no longer created new contacts in Gmail.
However, this did not completely solve the problem. With 0 contacts on the phone, and 0 contacts in Gmail, syncing the phone still re-created 41 of the previous contacts. Thew only way I could get rid of these 41 contacts was to deleted them one at a time from the iPhone itself. Doing it from Gmail, or un-checking the iTunes 'sync contacts' option to delete all contacts from the phone at once, did not work; the contacts still kept coming back.
Funny thing though, iTunes did indicate that it would add 41 contacts when I synced the phone to the computer, but after deleting them from the phone it now warned that it would delete 41 contacts from the computer. But, these contacts were not in my Gmail, so I still don't know where they were coming from.
Either way, after many hours spent over many days, I seem to now be able to sync my phone contacts with my Gmail without it creating any more unnecessary duplicates.
I hope someone out there can tell me why this happened, and I hope my experiences with this help someone else in a similar situation.
- James.
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Ipad is disabled, connect to itunes. know the passcode but ipad is not synced so i lose data if restore it. can you help me to save the data. thanks

ipad is disabled, connect to itunes. know the passcode but ipad is not synced so i lose data if restore it. can you help me to save the data. thanks

You're going to have to get that info about his iTunes account if it's on iOS 7. Does it at least show the username it needs?

Can anyone please tell me what constitues "other" data that is taking up room on my iPad?

I am trying to maximize storage on my iPad and am wondering what the "other" component of the storage is on the iPad (like when you have it connected and you see the status bar at the bottom that shows how much storage is devoted to audio/video/apps etc.) Any info would be appreciated, thanks!

How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
 Cheers, Tom

Sync only 1 app without loosing all other data

Hi
I am having trouble syncronizing only 1 app from my macbook to my ipad 2. After browsing and reading similar issues i can't seem to find a thread with the same issue as me.
As i said, i am trying to sync only 1 app from my macbook to my ipad 2, the problem is, as soon as i check the "SYNC APPS" box i am getting a warning about how all apps and their data will be deleted (see attached image)
Deleting and replacing the apps them selves would not be a problem, i am however concerned about loosing all the documents i have in one of my apps as it would be extremely time consuming to put them back the way they are.
As a side/history of the issue not, if it was a free app i would just re-download it, but it was a rather expensive paid app and when i go back in the app store to try and download it i am only getting the option to purchase it (i think maybe because it got a huge update). I really do not want to pay for an app that i have already paid for once.
Is there any way anybody can see to transfer the app from itunes on my macbook to my ipad without loosing the data and files within any of my other apps?
Thanks in advance for your help

You do not have to sync the iPhone apps. You can select the content that you want to sync to the iPad and to the iPhone. You do not have to sync your entire iTunes library to either device. I copied this from another discussion explaining how a user and his wife can share an iTunes library but still sync only the content that they want to sync to each device.
First turn off auto sync in iTunes. Launch iTunes on the Mac and go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices>Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from automatically syncing. Click OK and then quit iTunes.
Connect one of your devices to the Mac and launch iTunes.
Click on the device name on the left side under the devices heading.
Click on a tab in iTunes - Apps for instance.
Click on the Apps that you want to sync to that device.
Make sure that the Sync Apps heading is checked.
Follow the same procedure for all of the other tabs in iTunes ..... Music, Photos, Movies and so on.
After you have finished making all of your selections, click on Apply in the lower right corner of iTunes.
When you are done, eject the first device and do the same thing with the other device. iTunes will now remember the sync configuration on each device.
You can change that configuration any time that you like by following the steps outlined above.
If you want to continue to auto sync, turn it back on in the iTunes preferences as described above.
Something like this should work for you as well.

Problems syncing and lots of "Other" data

I have a 32gb iPod Touch 5th gen running iOS 7. I have 2 major issues, as stated in the title.
The first is with syncing. As iTunes goes through the steps it gets stuck on "Waiting for items to copy" or "Waiting for changes to be applied;" whichever happens to be the last step. I've managed to get around this by stopping the automatic sync and clicking "Back Up Now" and "Sync" seperately. Frustraiting, but it worked. But lately I've been having to restore from a backup just to put a few new songs on it. And sometimes that doesn't even work.
On top of that there's been a growing mass of "Other" data. It's pretty firm at sitting around 7.27 gigs. I've gotten it to completely dissapear once (save for a few megabytes), but then discovered that half of the music that should be on my iPod wasn't (I have just under 15 gigs of music on it), and when I got it back on, the other data was back exactly the same size as before. inversely, it's jumped to as much as almost 10 gigs, but after a similar problem and fix, it shrank to 4.26.
I've heard the only way to get rid of either of these problems is to restore to factory settings, but I really don't want to do that since I have a lot of irriplacable data (game records, worlds in Minecraft, notes, etc.), but I'm afraid that may be my only option.
I can assure you I have my data under control, I understand how to delete unwanted data to free up space, so going through settings and deleting unused apps and data wont help. All in all I have precisely 14.97gb of music, 920.4mb of photos, 1.66gb of apps, 44mb of doccuments & data, now there's 8.17gb of other data, and only 2.24gb free.
Is there any way to fix this besides resetting? Any help is appreciated, I hope this makes sense, and thank you for reading.

These 8GB is mostly corrupted data I suppose.
Since you do sync and backup manually, when you look in iTunes now, goto preferences then the devices tab, you see two backups. is there one that has a date before this 8GB mess happened?
If yes, it is easy: connect, do the "RESTORE iPOD", then after that "restore from backup" and choose the older backup. Done.
If not, there is a problem, you cannot, as it is, restore from the backup, because that has all corrupted data in it.
Tell me and we will find a another way to get back your data, maybe not all. wait with restoring the ipod.
Lex

How do I get my iPad and IPhone synced where if I delete an email off one it is deleted off the other device?

How do I get my iPad and IPhone synced where if I delete an email off one it is deleted off the other device? I can get all the Apps and music from one to the other but why won't the emails I delete off one not delete off the other? Is there anyway where I can make this happen?

As James says, make sure that you are using the IMAP servers for your email. You will need to check the help pages for your email provider to get the correct settings in all your devices. POP really doesn't fit the needs of todays mutiple access, always on internet, so you are better off moving to IMAP.

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