ITunes taking too much space

I'm nuit sure but I think iTunes is taking a lot of space from my Computer for backups. Is there any way I could remove the useless purchases I made?

Would probably be a good idea to find out what is actually taking up space before trying to remove items.

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The "other" is taking too much space on my phone?

Its almost six gb. What could that be?

You cannot remove the core apps included with the iOS. You could try clearing safari's cache:Clear History & Website Data. Depending on what third party apps you use, they may have a cache clearing function as well. Go to General->Usage then under storage tap Manage Storage. There you will see how much space each app is using. Sometimes deleting & reinstalling an app can clear up valuable storage space. Cleaning up messages, emails, & photos can also free up space.
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ITunes Music files taking too much space???

In my innocence, I had imagined that the storage requirements of iTunes would match those of my iPod. The iTunes programme now tells me that I have 6,694 songs in my library, using 46.43 GB of space. However, my iTunes Music directory boasts 10,278 files and occupies 75.7 GB of space, which is a real problem for me. Whence the discrepancy? When I delete files from iTunes I send them to the Recycle bin. So, what are these extra 2,600 files which occupy 35 GB of space that I cannot afford.
Help, please.

Thank you for the sensible suggestions, ed. However, it is specifically, and only, my iTunes Music folder that shows 75.7 GB; and that does not include music files stored elsewhere. Is it possible that when iTunes imports a file it stores it simultaneously both in AAC and in its original format? That would seem pointless and wasteful. As for deletion, the question is to the point and all I can say with certainty at this stage is that, when I delete a track, I click the button for deletion; so, it seems to me, these files OUGHT to be deleted. So, I remain bewildered. And irritated. And, unless someone comes up with an easier solution, shall gear myself up to go through those thousands of files individually...

Aperture taking too much space, are files duplicated?

I am trying to create more open space on my MacBook Pro, that has a 120GB hard drive, that is nearly full, mainly with photographs. First, I relocated nearly every master in all my projects on Aperture to an external hard drive. Then I checked my Pictures Folder, and the Aperture Library file still had over 30GB. I went back to Aperture and looked under Library 2007 and it seemed like all the pictures were there again, that I thought I had relocated to the external drive, every picture I had taken or imported over the past year. Are these duplicates? How do I really clear photos off my laptop to maintain clear hard drive space? Ideally, I would like to just be able to retain the selected ones (Previews?) for slide shows and keep all my raw files on an external hard drive.
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When you relocate masters, you should still be able to see them in your library - that's the whole point of referenced masters.
The master files you relocated - how big were they combined? does their size account for the reduction in the size of the library? Do you have previews switched on and if so, what preview size are you using?
Do you have lots iof rejected images that you are hiding and may not have relocated?
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Apps taking too much space

A week ago iTunes reported that my apps too about 160 MB. I bought CoPilot NA, and tried to install on the phone. After a lengthy download, and then install, it failed. I then downloaded on my computer, and synced to my phone. CoPilot works fine, but, iTunes is now reporting that I have 4 GB of apps on the phone. CoPilot NA is about 1.3 GB and I have no other "large" apps.
My guess is that the install attempt on the phone left behind files, maybe 1 zipped file, and 1 app bundle that doesn't work and is invisible?
Any ideas on how I can get back some of this space?
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Chris

I uninstalled Copilot, then reinstalled. Lost all my user settings, like My Places entries. That sucked, but, oh well.
Total app space went down to < 1 GB while Copilot was gone, then back up to 4 GB when it was installed, even though it is listed as 1.3 GB in the app store.
Am I the only one?
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Chris

ITunes uses too much space

I have a Dell PC, and I use iTunes to manage my iPod. I was just looking for a few files I can delete (my hard disk is becoming too small) and I noticed that I have 3 separate iTunes subfolders in the Program Files folder: iTunes - 52MB, 2925 files 12/18/2011; iTunes(2) - 80MB, 1828 files, 2/19/2010; and iTunes(3) - 90MB, 1813 files, 6/17/2010; and another folder, not a subfolder of Program files, named Itunes Music - 603 MB, 188 files, 6/24/2006. Does anyone have any idea why there are so many? Can I get rid of any of them? What about getting rid of all of them, then reinstall? It's a relatively old (Gen. 2?) ipod.
BTW, I don't have any paid music (it's either free or loaded from my own CDs) but mostly I've got free podcasts, so it could be recreated although it'd be a PITA.

Some of those are backups iTunes makes. I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to mess around with any of these files. A better option would be to invest in an external hard drive and copy your iTunes library over to that, which in turn will free up space on your PC's main drive. You can buy pretty bulky storage drives for quite cheap these days.
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Time Machine Back-up Taking Too much Space

I have only been a Mac owner for a little over three months.
I set up Time Machine with an external hard drive three months ago. My Mac hard drive has used 64.16 GB of space out of 249 GB. Ny external drive (300 GB) however was full and deleting on its own in just 10 weeks. Three days ago I erased everything on the external drive and started over. After the first full back up, 50.61 GB of space was taken. Now three days later it is up to 102.54 GB. What am I doing wrong, or what do I need to do to correct.
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I have exactly the same problem on three macs running SL. Sometimes it simply wants to backup the whole drive instead of creating an incremental backup. The worst thing is that it deletes old backups first (when there is not enough space for an additional complete backup) without asking you if you want it to do that. So, the best solution is to deactivate the automatic backup in TM and start it manually only. Watch at the TM window, see what it is doing when the backup starts. When it starts to delete old backups, cancel the backup, restart your Mac and then try again. In most cases, TM then works again and creates incremental backups. Another bug is that sometimes it backups even folders that are in the list of excluded folders. I didn't manage to break TM of doing that. So I decided for a reinstall of SL on the machine that was affected.
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"other" is taking too much space

I would like to know what it is so I can delete them

Hi, I noticed the "Other data" grows when the synchronization does not complete well. Wheter it is through Wi-Fi or connected, my iTunes does not seem to block the mac to go in sleep mode.
Mostly happens when synching through Wi-Fi as it is longer. I solved the issue by launching Cafeine (https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/caffeine/id411246225?mt=12) or the cafeinate command (http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/03/disable-sleep-mac-caffeinate-command/) when syncing my device (if transferring a lot of data)
It solved my issue on my iPhone and iPad
Note: that to reduce the "Other Data" do a restore of the software (restore Iphone, ipod or ipad... the top right button), then a restore of a backup. Then let it sync with the cafeinate or cafeine app running.
cheers!

My songs are taking too much space

I have like 7 gigs of music in my "my music" folder and all of it is on itunes.
And in the itunes music folder theres also 7 gigs of music..
So I have double the music files and I was wondering if I deleted all the files in my music would I still have them in itunes and on my ipod?
heres a picture
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/1863/musikbv0.png

Your description doesn't make sense to me. And is that picture ONE screen shot and all three folders are found in the My Music folder? Or did you paste a couple different pictures into a single picture?
Here is the way it NORMALLY is organized...
My Music
1-> iTunes (inside My Music folder)
2--> iTunes Music (inside the iTunes folder)
Now if your picture is one screen shot, then is your folder structure like this...
My Music
1-> iTunes (inside My Music folder)
1-> iTunes Music (inside My Music folder)
1-> music (inside My Music folder)
where all three folders are on the same level (1) as each other?
Patrick

How do i identify all RAW photos in my Mac and have them removed - taking too much space.

I have a Macbook Air and I keep getting message that I'm out of space. i have emptied the trash but no difference. I believe it is the photos - I have impoted quite a bit of RAW photo files - how do i identify them and then delete them. I dont want to have 2 formats of the same photos.

The process is simple - but tedious.
Select the photos and export them, saving them as Jpegs.
Trash the Library. Make a new one. Import the Jpegs.
Alternatively: move the Library:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're intent on trashing the Raws, you have a couple of bigger questions to consider: why are you shooting raw if you're going to trash them? Why are you using iPhoto, which is designed for a non-destructive workflow, if you want a destrucutve one?
Regards
TD

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My iPad 3 has had ios7 for a while now and just in the last month or so "other" has taken about 8 gb of memory. What is inside "other" and how do I reduce it?

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