My iPad is almost full

I don't get it. According to iCloud, my iPhoto library is only 1.2 gb. I only have 92 songs. I have iMovie, but I deleted the two projects I had. 29 videos, but theyre all between 2 and 8 seconds.
I had almost 5 gb available and all of a sudden it's down to 2.8. Did 5.1 change things? I have iPhoto, which was multiplying all of my photos, but only within the program, not in the photo roll. I deleted iPhoto and didn't see any extra space. ICloud said it was only backing up 17.9 mb.

What's on your iPad is more than what's stored on iCloud and more than what gets backed up. To see how much space is taken up by different kinds of files, connect the iPad to iTunes and take a look at the color coded bar at the bottom of the Summary screen.
If the Other category is more than, say, 1GB, you may have some corrupt files on the device. A Restore usually helps.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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Huge Syncing bug when iPad is almost full

Hi,
Just wanted to report I've just encountered a huge bug some minutes ago.
My iPad1 16gb (4.3.3) was almost full, there were something like 491mb left.
Tried to sync it via iTunes (10.3.1) which was unable to sync and import purchased apps cos it considered there was no space left on the device. I must say sync was set on manual, apps were not to be synced automatically, as for videos, photos and everything else.
Tried once again and same result. Unable to sync cos' iPad is full.
At this point, iTunes just crashed.
Relaunched it and tried to sync iPad a third time, which failed eventually.
At this particular point, iTunes just told me it was unable to read iPad's content and that I had to restore it…
I feel like there's something really weird which is happening here. I mean, there were 500 mb left and iTunes considered iPad full… which means it can be quite a huge problem for 16gb iPad owners if this bug is "spread" — or say generic.
BTW, I could have lost 2 months of hard work (and it is quite ironic as it was some work for an ebook to be sold on iBookStore soon) if I had not backed-up everything before (when there were 1gb left on iPad). In other words, the device I'm using a lot in my creative process could have screwed me. I wanted to use only iPad and iPhone for some projects but this event shows me it's just a dangerous idea.
If anybody encountered the same problem, feel free to report it.

Well, as I've said, fortunately I backed up everything and i'm backing up on a regular basis since those works are precious. I've just lost some saves from recent games I've purchased and that's it.
I've tried to sync an iPhone 3GS (1.2 gb left) and no problem.
Reinstalled iTunes just in case, after iPhone sync.
Then, I tried something with my iPhone 3GS. I've stuffed it so that there were something like 330mb left and…
same problem just happened. iTunes unable to sync, iTunes crashed, third sync and unable to read iPhone's content then restored iPhone 3GS.
Don't know if some app is involved, i've had quite a lot of problems with Real Racing 2 HD which crashed a lot on iPad but the app is not installed on my iPhone.
I'll try to find the crash report and post it tomorrow. Sorry, it's 2 A.M. in Europe and I'm a little bit in need of sleep.
Thank you for your concern anyway. Good to see the community is very reactive.

What causes ipad storage almost full message

I get a "storage almost full" message. Information in Settings, indicates I have plenty of space. What could cause this?

How much space is 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 5/6, 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

My iPad appears to have hidden data. My usage shows 13gig but my list of uses only adds to 1.5gig. I am also getting messages that my iPad is almost full.

My iPad appears to contain hidden storage data. My usage shows 13gig but. My list of usage only shows 1.5gig and I cannot find where the discrepancy is. When I try to download my first movie I get a 'not enough space' message.

You simply need to get hold of an external HardDrive and move some of your bigger files (e.g.. Music, Videos, photos) to that drive and free up some space. Alternatively get a bigger HardDrive put i your Mac. It will slow up drastically with very little roo left.
Cheers
Pete

Can I create separate folders to save media on my Airport Time Capsule? Issue is I have a 256GB HDD Mac Pro Retina which is almost full. TC will only take backup of my HDD. So where would I save my photos and videos from my iPhone and iPad?

Can I create separate folders to save media on my Airport Time Capsule? Issue is I have a 256GB HDD Mac Pro Retina which is almost full. TC will only take backup of my HDD. So where would I save my photos and videos from my iPhone and iPad?

It is a hard one.. laptops with small drives are a pain.
What you need is a home media server.
Some people use a PC running itunes for cost.. but that is nothing like as good as using a Mac mini.. they make great little HTPC device.. you can plug in large hard disks and store all your files and media. And share it with the network.. Read up apple's instructions on home sharing.
https://www.apple.com/au/support/homesharing/
For cost you can buy a mini from 2011 or 2012.. I would not recommend earlier ones.. the advantage of 2012 is they have USB3 ports. But you will pay more for them.. new mini is not as useful.. they have soldered in memory and you cannot upgrade.. the old mini was the most easily modified mac in the whole range. Uses little power and can be bought for a $300US for a good one second hand.. maybe less.

TS4036 I received a message that my iCloud storage was almost full. So I went in settings and turned off most of the apps that we're set to back up in the cloud. I deated many of my photos on the iPad and MacBook. No change in cloud storage. How do I clea

How do I delete items stored in the cloud and clear it so I can get it working? It will not store any more photos. I cannot use it. It is almost full. I don't want to buy any more storage at this time. I delegated some photos on my iPad and MacBook and nothing changes.

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Tried to backup ibooks to PC using iTools, now iTunes will not open the backup folder and my iPad says that it's storage is almost full

It appears that iTools has backed up on the iPad as well, I tried manage storage from settings but all storage settings are not enabled. I downloaded iTools on my PC and pressed the backup on iBooks in applications, it created a folder on my PC that iTunes on the PC cannot read. I stopped what was called backing up to local when I got a message from the iPad saying that storage was almost full.
So how do I 1- repair the iPad storage
2- backup the books in IBooks to my PC (they used to backup easily with iTunes but after the last update of iTunes they just would not)
Thanks

No, nothing at all happens. Once clicked the 'circle' that suggest it is loading appears (if that makes sense) but no, nothing
Many thanks.
Can you check something for me please?
Restart your PC. after the PC restarts, bring up your Task manager, and go to the "Processes" tab. Click "Image name" to sort the processes alphabetically.
Now try to launch iTunes.
Does an itunes.exe process appear? If so, does it vanish after a second or so, or does it persist in the Processes tab (even though iTunes itself never shows up)?

Storage almost full message on iPad

Hi there,
I used my iPad on a recent holiday to store my photos and videos and pretty much filled it up. I've now transferred most of the photos and at least half of the video clips onto my Mac so should have freed up over half of the space on my iPad but am still getting a 'Storage almost full message'. When I look at the usage it shows PhotoMgrPro, where I store my images, as taking up 55.2GB which is definately not the case. What can I do?

Many thanks. Having Googled 'how to empty the trash' on an iPad and seen over and over again that there is no trash can as such on an iPad I was really confused as to why I was deleting photograph and video files but not freeing any more space. I've since found out that the app I use, Photo Manager Pro, does have a trash can and it was overflowing. Some of the files in there go back nearly a year! No wonder the poor iPad was telling me it had no space. So now I've emptied that trash and am up and running again. Thanks again,
Sue

Storage almost full message on iPhone and iPad

Hi,
I searched the forum already and didn't quite find an answer so I thought I would post this (sorry if I missed something and this has already been posted!).
Background:
- My wife and I both have the iPhone 4S 16GB and we also have an IPod 2 32GB.
- My iPhone and our iPad both have the most recent iOS updates
- My wife and I share an iTunes account
- We have an iTunes Match subscription and are currently right around the 25,000 song limit. My iPhone and our iPad are the only devices with iTunes Match enabled though
Problem:
I recently managed to convince my wife to update to iOS 7 and have all the latest updates as well. It seems that ever since then we've been getting a "Storage almost full" message on all of our devices.
I restored both of our phones to factory recently so there's literally nothing on them except for a few pictures now and some apps. The iPad has nothing on it except for iCloud pictures and some music.
The Storage almost full message does go away if we restart the afflicted device.
Any insight would be appreciated since it's pretty annoying to be constantly restarting our iPhones or iPad!

Sadly this is a bug that I have been able to relicate on 3 different devices, and that has NOT been fixed by 7.1.2
To replicate, you need an "oldish" device (iPhone 4 & 4S, iPad 2 & Mini), and an iTunes match subscription with quite a few songs.
Start from a clean slate:
- Switch off iTunes match (settings / apps store or music)
- Kill all apps
- Reboot
- Reset (home +power until apple appears)
Check available space on settings / general / about
Then:
- Activate iTunes match
- Play some non locally stored music
- Wait
Yesterday, it took 1h for my iPad mini with 5.3GB available to show the "storage almost full" message and 0 bytes available
Note that I have tried with a full reset and it does not change anything.
To solve the problem:
- Switch off iTunes match
- Reset
The memory is now back (but I cannot use iTunes match)

I downloaded a bunch of TV episodes from iTunes and my iPad storage is almost full. How do I sync the episodes to my mac so that I can delete them on my iPad?

I downloaded a bunch of TV episodes from iTunes and my iPad storage is almost full. How do I sync the episodes to my mac so that I can delete them on my iPad?

Hi!
You may want to try the steps on this article to transfer your iTunes purchases on your device to your computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
I hope that helps

Movies on ipad will not play - get the storage almost full message?

I have a number of movies on my ipad showing in Videos, most on stored on icloud (i think). I can start playing the movies but within a few seconds they stop and I get a message say "Storage Almost Full". I thought by storing the movies in the cloud I am saving space on my ipad and can access and play those movies any time. What am I doing wrong?

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

Storage Almost Full on iPad

How do I fix the pop-up message, "Storage Almost Full" on my iPad? I just upgraded my iCloud storage plan to 20 GB and the error message is still popping up every 5 minutes or so. I even tried turning my iCloud backup off and that didn't work either. I don't know what to do and I'm completely frustrated. :-/ Anyone have any suggestions?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
What exactly does the message say, is it referring to iCloud storage or to physical storage on your device.

HT201317 My iPad mini is saying that my icloud is almost full . What can I do?

My iPad mini is saying that my icloud is almost full

It could be large backups (if you back up to icloud) or a lot of emails (these count toward your max usage). One trick is to move emails (using a computer) to local mailboxes, instead of the ones that are part of icloud.
Go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backups>Manage Storage
From there you can find how much and which files are in a backup, and how much different apps use to store data files. At the bottom of the screen is the size of the mail storage. You could turn off certain things from a backup, like photos, which should be synced to a computer for safe keeping anyway.

Why is my iCloud storage almost full?

Ok now I have seen many questions like this on here before, but none of the answers or even the actual questions fit what my exact problem is.
On my iPhone and iPad, I constantly keep getting these notifications about how my iCloud storage is almost full and there is not enough room to back up my iOS device. When this notification pops up, it has the options to 'Cancel' or go to 'Settings'. Clicking setting brings me to the iCloud tab in the Settings app. Now in this, I go to 'Storage and Backup'. It shows I own 5.0 GB of storage, and about 50 something MB available. So naturally, I click 'Manage Storage' to maybe delete some data being backed up from apps that I dont often use or that contain to much data that I dont want backed up. I go to the iPhone backup tab, and I have every single app turned off to backup, but yet, it says my next backup size is 5.0 GB. I do not understand how this is even possible.
Also, under the iCloud tab that I clicked first, I have 'Mail', 'Contacts', 'Calendars', 'Safari', 'Notes', 'Photos', and 'Find My iPhone' all turned ON. 'Reminders', 'Passbook', and 'Documents & Data" are all OFF.
I understand most of the problem is the Photos and videos on everyone's iPhones. I regularly upload all photos and videos to my iMac, and also delete that I dont need or are not important from my iPhone often. I currently have about 2 dozen pictures on my iPhone, and no videos.
Maybe I am missing something, or forgot a step, but bottom line is I do not know exactly how to solve this problem. So any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.

Hi LongLiveRock,
You have indicated that you have turned off all of the Apps backup, but you have not indicated exactly what your Camera Roll, and other things that are being backed up are using.
Can you tell us what the total of each item that is being backed up is?
Cheers,
GB

I keep getting warnings that my icloud space is almost full, but I have almost 1GB left

I recently upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 8, then a couple of days later got an iPhone 6 (obviously with iOS 8), 64GB. I've removed the backups from my old phone, so in my iCloud, it's telling me there's a backup for my iPad of around 800MB and my (new) iPhone of around 3.2GB. All this seems right (it's mostly photos). I am now getting periodic pop-up warnings from iCloud (running on Windows 7 64-bit Pro) that say "iCloud storage almost full". It's showing that I have about 975MB free which while not a lot, is sufficient since each backup should continue to be around the same size.
The thing that's annoying is that I seem to be getting this warning pretty frequently. I haven't timed it, but it seems like these warnings are happening every 10 or 15 minutes. Is there some threshold of free space that I need to maintain to prevent these warnings?
Would deleting my backup and creating a new one help?

In answer to your first question, unfortunately you don't get allocated more iCloud storage as you buy more devices - it is 5GB free per account.
Regarding the pop-up, I too find it annoying but you won't find a resolution to it on these forums - best thing to do is to submit feedback to Apple and hope they improve it.
https://www.apple.com/feedback/

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