What does not enough free space mean?
My Mac Mini has 44.25 g available, but when I try
to transfer files (37mb) to a 512 mb flash drive.
It gives me this message "The item '1995-willie.jpg'
cannot be copied because there is not enough free space.
I tried it on several different flash drives but it
only copies so much and gives me this message. Help!
I ran into this same problem when I tried to copy just the contents of a folder (200+ jpg files). I discovered that if I copied the entire folder instead of just the contents within, it copied just fine. I'd say that was an unrequested feature. Kind of irritating since I was able to copy all those jpgs from my PC to the same flash drive with no issues.
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I cannot import my pictures and movies from a DVD - What does this mean when I get a computer message on my Mac -
"I photo cannot import your photos because there is not enough free space on the volume containing your I photo library"It means pretty much what it says - your HD is full.
This can arise because your HD is full - how big is your HD? How much free space on it?
Or it can be a mis-report due to to other issues.
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TD -
I have IPhoto version 9.5.1. I cannot export pictures since the following message appears: "iPhoto cannot import your photos because there is not enough free space on the volume containing your iPhoto library." What am I suppose to do? I have a Mac mini which properly used can perform any reasonable task, the problem is I do not know what to do.
Any help will be appreciated.Hmm... that was labelled:
As a Test:
In bold and all
Try repair the main Library:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
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The complete iTunes library was already on my iPhone 4. Why would it all not go back on? It left out around 4 or 5 songs from my play list. How do I get them back on my iPhone?
Note: All software on both devices is up to date.
Then, I tried to sync my iPhone to my MacBook Pro. I got the message, cannot sync your iPhone because there is not enough free space in the iTunes library (not exact quote, but same meaning).
I researched how to get more free space on my phone which might 'supposedly' alleviate the above issues. I removed some less used apps, and some photos and videos from my phone. Then, I tried backing up again. I still got the message there wasn't enough free space on my phone, and the missing songs from the iTunes library were not returned to my phone. I gave another try at syncing my iPhone. I still got the same message that the phone couldn't be synced because there wasn't enough free space in the iTunes library.
Any suggestions on how to remedy these problems will be appreciated!
BTW... I read a suggestion on the internet to restore my phone (I did this recently when something went wrong during a phone update and the whole process went 'hey-wire', shutting down before the update was complete. However, at that time, all of my songs and apps were still on my phone and stored in the iTunes library.) If I restore my iPhone now, will the apps and songs no longer on my phone be lost?
Sorry there are so many questions within the same 'New Discussion' thread I'm starting! But, I think all of these issues are somehow related.
Thanks!I Have fumbled all day to this resolved, I'll run the battery down and see what happens afterwards. This is not good !
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I try to sync my nano and get: the ipod cant be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the items library (need 100MB) - I have a new computer?? can you help me understand this message: what to do?
Hello pryan1012,
What this message means is that you have more music in your itunes library than there is free space in your ipod.
I had this same issue at one time. This is what helped me put my music on the ipod. I used manually manage.
Learn how to sync muisc here.
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~Julian -
I just replaced my iPhone 5 because of a cracked face. I backed up the old phone to iTunes. When I tried to restore my data off of iTunes to the new phone, I got an error message saying that iTunes could not restore the iPhone because not enough free space is available on the new iPhone. Now what?
I have Apple Care+, but I'll be darned if I can find any way to contact anyone at Apple to talk to about this. They take your money, but make darned sure they don't have to support you unless you jump through a bunch of hoops first, like this site.I've done a restore.. The phone was completely wiped back to factory settings.. It then tells me there isn't enough space on the phone to restore from back up? How when the phone is empty?!
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The cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the items in the iTunes library (additional 1.91 GB required). What do I do?
sbartmess wrote:
What do I do?
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The iPad “Grant” cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items (additional 5.67 GB required).
What do I do?I believe the reference is to space on your hard drive, not on your iPhone.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
See Lion's Storage Display.
You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
See Where did my Disk Space go?.
See The Storage Display.
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I really need help because my ipod mini isnt working correctly my mom just gave it to me and The iPod “TAMI DUGARD’s iPod” cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items (additional 146.5 MB required). it says this. Over and over when i try to sync it too my itunes what does this mean and its a 4gb
It means you try to sync an amount of content to your iPod Mini that exceeds for 4 GB, or the amount of space that is available on the iPod. See this article for more details.
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Not enough free space in iTunes???
Ok after 4 hours of messing with this, I NEED help.
I tried to put some music into iTunes library and I went to "Update songs" and I get an error saying there is not enough free space in the iTunes library.... So I'm stuck with an Ipod nano that I can't add any songs to. I need help ASAP
There is also a lock at the bottom beside free space, does that matter at all?It tells you what's wrong!
The content of your iTunes Library that you are trying to put onto your iPod is greater than the space on the iPod. It states that you need another 15.06GB on the iPod in order to put everything onto it.
It looks to me as though you have a 32GB iPod and you have 8Gb of audio (that's Music, Podcasts and Audiobooks), 10GB of video and 5.9Gb of Apps. Although the amount of "Other" is a little high, it's not the problem. You have about 3.1GB of space remaining that can be used.
So, what are you now trying to put onto your iPod that is new? Is it music or video? Or have you changed the "Pictures" folder that iTunes is using to Sync pictures?
If it's music, that's a lot! Have you have added a lot more music to your iTunes Library? 15.06GB plus the 3.1GB free space means about 18Gb more music. You only have 8Gb on there at the moment, so that would mean you've added more than twice as much as you already had.
If it's video, since you currently have 10Gb of video on the iPod, adding another 18GB is also a lot of extra, nearly as much as you already had.
As for pictures. When your iPod is connected to your iTunes Library, look on the Device/Photos pane and check which folder is being used by iTunes to put pictures onto the iPod. Then in Windows Explorer, have a look at that folder. Have you added a lot more pictures to it, say from your camera? Or does the folder have a lot of sub-folders in it that have recently been added?
The main Sync (parent) folder appears on the iPod as Photo Library and the Sub-folders (child) appear on the iPod as named folders listed below the Photo Library. So on the iPod, the parent folder has every single picture in it that is in both the parent and child folders. -
IPod can't be synced because there is not enough free space?
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)'
By the way, my iPod's supposed to store 1,000 songs/4 GB, and at this moment, my iTunes has about 700-800 something songs, that only takes up about 2-3GB.
At the bottom part in device, it says this...
Capacity - 3.77 GB
Audio - 851 KB
Other - 3.71 GB
Free Space - 51.2 MB
I basically don't get it. Isn't it supposed to store 4 GB and more than 2-3 GB? I feel so stupid, but anyway...
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: 8uh7ygWhen 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.
About 15-30 minutes ago, I was able to put only about 9-10 songs in my iPod because it says it doesn't have enough free space. It's so strange, it really frustrates me. -
IPod can't be synced because there's not enough free space?
One day I connected my iPod to iTunes and when I disconnected it when it said 'Ok to disconnect', when I turned on my iPod, all my songs and playlists disappeared.
In iTunes, it says that it can't be synced because there's not enough free space.
*My iPod mini has 4 GB space, and currently the songs in my iPod only take up 174.32 GB.*
Then it says in the message that 2.88 GB required and that there's only 52 MB left.
What is wrong with my iPod/iTunes? It's frustrating me so much already, you have no idea. Please, please help me, I'm already so desperate.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.
About 15-30 minutes ago, I was able to put only about 9-10 songs in my iPod because it says it doesn't have enough free space. It's so strange, it really frustrates me. -
annot sync ipad. statement "ipad cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items (additional 157.3 mb required) There is 1.86gb available on ipad and i am trying to remove items. any thoughts...
If you haven't changed your sync preferences, meaning that you are not trying to add more content from the last time that you synced with iTunes, try quitting iTunes, restart your computer and then try again.
If you are trying to add more content to the iPad than what you had before, you can only use so much of the available storage capacity that is left on the device. You probably need to leave about 10% of the space free so if you have a 16GB iPad, you might not have enough space left to sync that content that you are trying to sync. -
'Back-up is corrupt.', "Not enough free space"
I got my third ipod touch (4th gen) yesterday and I'm having trouble backing it up to my iTunes account. The first time, after it tried to restore, it said "The backup is corrupt or not compatible"-something like that. Later, it tried to sync and I got another pop-up, something like "There is not enough free space. free space needed is 2.77 GB". i then deleted several songs and apps until it went down to 1.01GB. I then started unchecking things, etc. At one point I had absolutely everything unchecked. The colored bar at the bottom that tells you the number of what data is songs, books, etc. was one big yellow bar of "other" (even though I had apps, movies, etc. unchecked!!). I then tried to sync one more time...and it STILL needs 1 megabyte, yes, just 1 megabyte. i didn't have this problem at all when i backed up my second ipod...(my first ipod broke, my second was lost). The only difference is...this ipod is white. the other 2 were black. does it really make a difference? Oh, and I did another restore today...same "backup is corrupt message"... I x-outed and open up itunes again on my computer, it tried to sync but once again i got "needs 1.01 GB" (everything I unchecked before is back, the bar of data is now a rainbow again). Oh and one more thing: my second ipod was having numerous problems just before it was lost...whenever I synced it, it would often disconnect itself because "the temperature was too high" (when it was room temperature) or "this device is not compatible" (even though I was using a USB chord). I would almost always get pop-ups about there not being enough storage for the backup on iCloud...but I'm not using iCloud, I'm using iTunes on windows...what can I do????
Thanks for taking the time to follow up and offer your insight. It looks like your solution hasn't really worked for me, but what I have noticed is this:
It seems to occur when I change my backup option from "computer" to "icloud"
I suspect that itunes does not like me switching it back and forth, and bugs out upon syncing.
If you're wondering why I switch between the two, sometimes (like last week, when a new over-the-air update was released), I wanted to update my iOS immediately, so as usual, I *always* backup before upgrading the iOS.
I'll try deleting all my iCloud backups, and see if we have some success.
Stay tuned. -
ITunes could not restore iPhone (from backup) because not enough free space on *iPhone*?!
Hey everyone,
I recently upgraded to iOS 6 and before I upgraded, I made sure to make a backup because I know upgrading to the new OS can often cause people to lose their things. After upgrading to iOS 6, I found I had everything except for all my messages and some of my contacts (it appears all contacts I added within the past 6-7 months or so are gone, but the older ones are there). I need my messages and those newer contacts, so I want to restore from the backup I made before upgrading to iOS 6, but unfortunately, I get an error message saying iTunes could not restore from backup because there is not enough free space on my iPhone. Note, not my computer or my hard disk, my iPhone. First of all I don't see why I would need free space on my iPhone to restore it, and secondly, I have about 5GBs of free space on it. What can I do?Yes. Those are the only ones saved by iTunes, as the working assumption is that all the other photos are on your computer and thus can be synced from that source, without the backup duplicating them and taking long time and lots of space. Photos on the camera roll are assumed to be not yet Transferred.
A few random-thoughts suggestions...
Not sure if you tried this multiple times, but it might worth doing. Just remember to cancell the Sync as soon after connecting so you don't overwrite the backup.
1. Check if you still have an older backup that might have the pictures. Follow the instruction by user Linda Custer in this discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13011509#13011509
2. Check the links in the More Like This box on the right, or do a search for your issue on these forums or on Google.
3. Find third party utilities that treat the iPhone as an external USB disk and therefore allow for extracting photo files directly from the device, bypassing iTunes. Search here, Google or check MacUpdate: http://www.macupdate.com/
And perhaps the most obvious, that I forgot to ask about:
4. If you switched iCloud on, and selected backup to iCloud you should have a backup outside of your computer; just select the iCloud backup, instead of the local one, for Restore.
5. If you switched iCloud on and checked PhotoStream on, you should have the camera roll photos in the cloud and can retrieve them from the cloud via the Web site, your Photo app, etc.
Good luck.
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