ITunes is telling me I don't have enough space to do a backup, even though I have 26 gb free. My iPhone only has 6 gb of stuff on it.
I tried pointing the backups to a 1tb empty external drive, and it still told me I didn't have enough space. All this to try and fix the problem that I can't connect to the cellular data network with my iPhone 5. So far, I have had an extremely negative experience with this phone.
know that is BS because it clearly says 3 GB
Didn't know an iPhone is capable of "BS"! Impressive. Do the basic troubleshooting steps described in the User Guide: Restart, Reset, Restore.
Never post your email address or any personal info in a public forum like this. Any answers you get will be found here.
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rabidrabbit wrote:
Can I back up my iPhone 4S to my ipad 3 (64 gb)?
no
rabidrabbit wrote:
However, now I don't have enough space in iCloud to backup either device. Why not?
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I realized that my laptop only has 2GB of memory. It's a MacBook Pro 13in bought in 2009. Is it true that I'm able to upgrade up to 8GB of memory. Seems like 4GB of space is a lot for a single program to be running.. A bummer I'll have to save up for more memory.
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My problem is my Macbookpro mid 2010 with OSX 10.7.5 seems to turn off or logs off before timemachine is finished with the backup even though I have changed settings for energy management to "never" shutdown when plugged in to an outlet?
I had this problem on an IMac and I finally found a solution in an unlikely place. The problem was a security setting. I don't remember right this moment the exact setting and I am not on that machine right now but when I am I will try to retrace my steps to the fix. In the meantime check your security settings and any browser or browser extensions for computer log off settings. These settings are intended to prevent unauthorized use and incidentally screw up your backups. Hope this helps.
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I want to get this app SO BAD but the App Store says I do not have enough space but my settings say I do have enough space what do I do
Thanks but one last thing I have deleted EVERYTHING except for 17 photos 64 songs and an app that is 1.4 GB my iPod holds 5.0 GB and it says it is useing 3.4 GB BUT THAT IS A LIE what do I do because I can't get the app and very thing I have on the iPod touch I absolutely need
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My new IPOD won't snyc, the error message says I do not have enough space but ir shows at the bottom of the screen and on the main page that I have pleanty of space. Help!
It appears that you are trying to sync too much media to the iPod. Check your checkmarks. Also see:
How to sync music to your iPod when your library is bigger than your iPod storage space
iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
or
iTunes 11 for Windows: Syncing overview
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I downloaded Yosemite OS X and when I try to select my HD (the disk) where I want to install it, the hard drive doesn't have enough space. I have a MacBook Pro bought in 2008. What can I do and still have all my files? I haven't backed up...
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.
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Itunes would not update my Ipad soft citing insuficient space on PC to back up Ipad files. Even though I just baked up Ipad through Itunes on the very same PC.
It seems that Itunes is disconected from itself and is not able to track processes within itself for the same device in the same session. Any solutions?Hello there, EllVar.
The following Knowledge Base article offers some great recommendations for the issue you're describing:
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
i have iphone5 , iwant back up my hone in icloud but i cant go through...how can i back up its just showing me i dont have enough storage but i have available 5 gb..pls help me
If your data is more than 5 gb then you will need to purchase more storage space. Icloud will tell you how much space is needed.
If you don't want to purchase more space, then backup to iTunes http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766 -
My iPad won't backup even though I have 4.7 of 5 GB available
My iPad won't back up even though I deleted a lot. I have 4.7 of 5 GB's available. I tried turning it off. Didn't work. Says that I have never backed up, when I have done this many times since I first received my iPad in 2012. Please advise. Thank you!
Welcome to the Apple Community.
I think you'll find it means you don't have enough storage available on your phone. -
i really need help
If you were manually managing your iPhone then yes, you need to manually transfer your apps. If you were regularly syncing and arranging your apps on your computer (which is easier) then yes a sync will not disturb anything. You do have to go to file and transfer apps and music if you are not autosyncing. Perhaps you should take the time to read the manual.
Where did I say that "Apple products don't have issues and don't crash..." Please point this out to me. My phone has had to be reset, I've had to turn it off and back on to resynch with the GSM network (this predates my iPhones, had to do the same thing with my Treo), I've had issues with other products and versions of the phone.
But in your case you stated that your computer did not match your phone and I've seen this happen before. I do say that some people don't take responsibility for their own actions and want to blame others. So gut it out, download your apps again if you lost any (doesn't cost anything) clean up and sync and then keep things that way. It will make you happier and more content.
Or sell you iPhone and buy a smartphone that has no issues. I find it hard to believe any reasonable person would continue to use a smartphone that they find is "buggy as **". This just doesn't make any sense. -
I get an error on my iPhone saying that iCloud photo library storage has run out of space and it will stop uploading photos from my phone. However, my iCloud has 1.5gb of free storage and my photo library only has about 22 photos. So, what's happening here?
Are you using iCloud photo library beta.
Are any of your photos actually video. -
My iphone won't backup even though I have plenty of icloud storage
I just recently brought more iCloud storage because I was out of iCloud storage. However, my iPhone 4S still won't back up. I show that I have 15 GB of storage and 9.4GB available. I also show that my next backup size is 5.5 GB. Why is my phone not able to backup? The "back up now" option is blacked out and the message shows "this iPhone cannot be backed up because there is not enought iCloud storage avaiable." But I should have plenty of storage available. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your help!It's probably refering to your iPad and not iCloud.
Check your balance space on iPad here:
Settings>General>Usage>Storage
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