ITunes cannot back up this iPhone because not enough free space is available on this computer

has anybody got a solution to my problem, its getting annoying now, cant seem to backup my iphone keep getting an error message "
iTunes cannot back up this iPhone because not enough free space is available on this computer
i have plenty of space on my mac book pro.

Hey yshabir,
Thanks for the question. If you are having issues creating a backup in iTunes on a Mac, the following resource provides some great troubleshooting steps that you can try:
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
Thanks,
Matt M.

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