Suddenly iTunes says there is not enough space on my iphone

After the updates and moving my library from my pc to my brand new mac book pro, iTunes says there is not enough space on my iphone!  How can his be?  it's the exact sae library that was on my pc...  the capacity bar in itunes indicates i have 3.2 gb free space and itunes says i need like 9 gb more...so i need an extra 12 gb more than original on my 16 gb iphone 3gs to have the EXACT same media, apps, etc??????  I un clicked all my movies and tried that, and not enough.  Un clicked all my music AND movie, still not enough and so on...
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