Syncing: Free Space discrepancy

Hope there is a solution for this other than, "wipe it and load everything all over again."
Somewhere in 4.2 I think, a Free Space discrepancy has developed in my iPad. When performing a sync, the Free Space decreases by about .50 GB while in the middle of the sync, but then increases back to normal when the sync is complete.
This did not happen before with the iPad.
The problem is still there in 4.3 version. My iPhone does not have this problem and it has also been upgraded through 4.2 and now 4.3 version.
Thanks

Hi,
If you store photos on the iPad, try deleting the cache.
iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder
Carolyn

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Hi,
I'm trying to sync new itunes purchases onto my ipad. My ipad tells me there is 12 GB left but itunes is convinced there is only 1GB free space. The former must be right because it has automatically removed a whole bunch of watched TV shows.
How can I correct it so it will let me sync?
Ta
C

HI,
To see exactly how much free storage space is available... connect your iPad to your computer. In the iTunes window select the Summary tab. At the bottom of that window you'll see Capacity and Free.
Try resetting your iPad. Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Restart both your G5 and your iPad. Try syncing again.
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Every so often I get messages indicating my hard drive is nearly full. Since it is a small hard drive I never thought much of it and just deleted a movie or two I put on it for when I travel. But lately I realized that I keep all my music, photos, and bulk of my movie files on an external drive, so there really isn’t much on my computer.
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Use a tool like OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 to find what's on the disk, where, and how large.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion's 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.
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5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
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You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
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Free space discrepancy

Hi,
For a particular tablespace I am querying dba_segments view to calculate the utilized space size of that tablespace:
SQL> select tablespace_name,sum(bytes)/1024/1024/1024 gb
from dba_segments
where tablespace_name='TBS1'
group by tablespace_name;
The output is: *74.48*
To find out the total allocated size of this tablespace I have used this:
SQL>select tablespace_name, sum(bytes)/1024/1024/1024 gb
from dba_data_files
where tablespace_name='TBS1'
group by tablespace_name;
The output is: *77.43*
Then I queried dba_free_space to find out the free space of that tablespace using this:
SQL> select tablespace_name,sum(bytes)/1024/1024/1024 gb
from dba_free_space
where tablespace_name='TBS1'
group by tablespace_name;
The output is: *21.8*
Now here I am not able to understand that, why dba_free_space returned 21.8 GB as free space instead of 2.95 GB (calculated by subtracting the value returned by dba_segments from dba_data_files).
DB Version: 10.2.0.1, 64 bit
OS Platform: Linux
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Joy

Hi,
Here i will give the approach how to troubleshoot this kind of issue.
find the dba_segments definination:
======================
SQL> set long 100000
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','DBA_SEGMENTS','SYS') FROM DUAL;
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "SYS"."DBA_SEGMENTS" ("OWNER", "SEGMENT_NAME", "P
ARTITION_NAME", "SEGMENT_TYPE", "TABLESPACE_NAME", "HEADER_FILE", "HEADER_BLOCK"
, "BYTES", "BLOCKS", "EXTENTS", "INITIAL_EXTENT", "NEXT_EXTENT", "MIN_EXTENTS",
"MAX_EXTENTS", "PCT_INCREASE", "FREELISTS", "FREELIST_GROUPS", "RELATIVE_FNO", "
BUFFER_POOL") AS
select owner, segment_name, partition_name, segment_type, tablespace_name,
header_file, header_block,
decode(bitand(segment_flags, 131072), 131072, blocks,
(decode(bitand(segment_flags,1),1,
dbms_space_admin.segment_number_blocks(tablespace_id, relative_fno,
header_block, segment_type_id, buffer_pool_id, segment_flags,
segment_objd, blocks), blocks)))*blocksize,
decode(bitand(segment_flags, 131072), 131072, blocks,
(decode(bitand(segment_flags,1),1,
dbms_space_admin.segment_number_blocks(tablespace_id, relative_fno,
header_block, segment_type_id, buffer_pool_id, segment_flags,
segment_objd, blocks), blocks))),
decode(bitand(segment_flags, 131072), 131072, extents,
(decode(bitand(segment_flags,1),1,
dbms_space_admin.segment_number_extents(tablespace_id, relative_fno,
header_block, segment_type_id, buffer_pool_id, segment_flags,
segment_objd, extents) , extents))),
initial_extent, next_extent, min_extents, max_extents, pct_increase,
freelists, freelist_groups, relative_fno,
decode(buffer_pool_id, 0, 'DEFAULT', 1, 'KEEP', 2, 'RECYCLE', NULL)
from sys_dba_segs
find the dba_free-space definination:
======================
SQL>
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('VIEW','DBA_FREE_SPACE','SYS') FROM DUAL;
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "SYS"."DBA_FREE_SPACE" ("TABLESPACE_NAME", "FILE_
ID", "BLOCK_ID", "BYTES", "BLOCKS", "RELATIVE_FNO") AS
select ts.name, fi.file#, f.block#,
f.length * ts.blocksize, f.length, f.file#
from sys.ts$ ts, sys.fet$ f, sys.file$ fi
where ts.ts# = f.ts#
and f.ts# = fi.ts#
and f.file# = fi.relfile#
and ts.bitmapped = 0
union all
select /*+ ordered use_nl(f) use_nl(fi) */
ts.name, fi.file#, f.ktfbfebno,
f.ktfbfeblks * ts.blocksize, f.ktfbfeblks, f.ktfbfefno
from sys.ts$ ts, sys.x$ktfbfe f, sys.file$ fi
where ts.ts# = f.ktfbfetsn
and f.ktfbfetsn = fi.ts#
and f.ktfbfefno = fi.relfile#
and ts.bitmapped <> 0 and ts.online$ in (1,4) and ts.contents$ = 0
union all
select /*+ ordered use_nl(u) use_nl(fi) */
ts.name, fi.file#, u.ktfbuebno,
u.ktfbueblks * ts.blocksize, u.ktfbueblks, u.ktfbuefno
from sys.recyclebin$ rb, sys.ts$ ts, sys.x$ktfbue u, sys.file$ fi
where ts.ts# = rb.ts#
and rb.ts# = fi.ts#
and u.ktfbuefno = fi.relfile#
and u.ktfbuesegtsn = rb.ts#
and u.ktfbuesegfno = rb.file#
and u.ktfbuesegbno = rb.block#
and ts.bitmapped <> 0 and ts.online$ in (1,4) and ts.contents$ = 0
union all
select ts.name, fi.file#, u.block#,
u.length * ts.blocksize, u.length, u.file#
from sys.ts$ ts, sys.uet$ u, sys.file$ fi, sys.recyclebin$ rb
where ts.ts# = u.ts#
and u.ts# = fi.ts#
and u.segfile# = fi.relfile#
and u.ts# = rb.ts#
and u.segfile# = rb.file#
and u.segblock# = rb.block#
and ts.bitmapped = 0
DBA_FREE_SPACE is taking value from sys.recyclebin$ rb, sys.ts$ ts, sys.x$ktfbue u, sys.file$ fi
DBA_SGEMNETS taking value from sys_dba_segs
Solution:
=====
1) How the value will be populated to these view ?
When you collect the stats then the value will be populated to those table.
2) From where these view DBS_SEGMENTS derived ?
From base tables
So, Please collect the stats on fixed table then let me know the result
Kind Regards,
Rakesh jayappa

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Why is so different the free space reported by my iPod Touch and iTunes?, which of both devices is reporting the correct free space?
also, I restored my iPod two days ago because "other" space was too big (almost a gig),
three days later, is over 500Mb, why is this happening?, thanks.
On the pic you can see the difference between the free space reported by my iPod (403 MB) and iTunes (0.29Gb)

I took the pic when I finished syncing, so that shouldn't be an issue, no matter how many times I sync, free space is never equal (iPod always reports more space).
I'm running iOS 5.0.1 and I restored three days ago because iTunes said I was out of space to sync (and my iPod reported over 100Mb free).
As you can see from the pic, I only have 9 apps, I mainly use this iPod for music. I'm using the AAC option to fit more songs.
I really like this iPod, but as a music player. I had a first generation iPod Touch and "other" space never was an issue, I still have warranty, but I don't know if I should take this iPod to the store because of this, because it seems to be a software issue.
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Hi, I have just transferred my whole iTunes library from my old computer to my new one and am trying to sync my iPod to the new one. However I get an error message saying "iPod touch cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the iTunes Library (additional 5.38GB required). I currently have 8.5GB free on my iPod so I don't understand why it cannot sync.

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The Sync button becomes the Apply button, if you change the iPod's settings in iTunes. If you are only unchecking songs in the iTunes music library, you click on the Sync button.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2830

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At first, my iPod couldn't be synced because 'playlists doesn't exist'(there's another forum about this and apparently this comment helped a lot of people...
"Click on your 'DEVICE' on the left in ITUNES,
click the music tab and where it says Sync Music, hit the all songs and playlist radio button.... worked for me, hope that helps...."
So I did just that, but then songs still won't go in my iPod because...
When I click device and go to the music tab, I clicked 'all songs and playlists' then clicked apply. This message shows up:'...cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the iTunes library (2.99 GB required, 51.2 MB available)'
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Should I delete more songs or is there really something wrong? Before my songs disappeared in my iPod, all the songs could fit into it, even more than what I have in my iTunes now. What's wrong?
Message was edited by: 8uh7yg

When you say restore it, do you mean restore the one in iTunes or restore my iPod itself? The press the circle button then press menu for a long time in my iPod? I already did that.
It says 174.32. I only have about 700 something songs because I tried deleting some to see if deleting some songs would help fix the problem but no. It's strange because before all my songs and playlists disappeared in my iPod, I even had more songs in my iPod than what I have in iTunes now.
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Unless the move is about 16 GB, you are trying to sync more that the movie to your iPod. I would look carefull at awhat is checked to sync to the iPod.
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