Not enough space in iTunes?

When I tried to sync my iPod I keep getting a pop-up that says that there is not enough free space in my iTunes library for all of the content to sync. This makes no sense to me because I want to put the stuff from my iTunes onto my iPod. Also there is hardly anything on either of them. I have only several apps and little to no music. That is it. When it is plugged in and I can see at the bottom that there is 3.58 GB of free space. But it will not sync. Somebody please help because I have been stuck on this for ages.

It sounds like you are tyring to sync too much stuff. What yo are trying to sync to the iPod is more than the 3.58 GB you have avaialbe. Try sycing less media. This may help.
How to sync music to your iPod when your library is bigger than your iPod storage space

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