iTunes 10 Auto Fill Free Space Results in "Over Capacity" Warning.

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iTunes 10 Auto Fill Free Space Results in "Over Capacity" Warning.

In iTunes 9 when i had "Automatically fill free space with songs" checked, it would fill my iPhone to about 100MB or so short of full. Very full, but enough space left to be able to download some apps or maybe some music directly to my phone.

In iTunes 10, clicking the very same option results in iTunes telling me that my phone will now be 0.34GB Over Capacity. I tried to do things like unsync large video files, but nothing seems to work. If i unclick "Auto fill" I have 9GB empty, but as soon as i put it back on it jumps over the limit.

Anyone else having this problem?

Dule 2 GHz G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8), iPhone 3Gs

Posted on Sep 3, 2010 11:41 PM

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Rob-P

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Sep 4, 2010 5:16 AM in response to fhamilton410

I've got the same problem but I'm on Windows 7 with a 3G.

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Sep 5, 2010 5:17 PM in response to fhamilton410

Also there doesn't appear to be any option anymore to limit how much free space is left, contrary to the help pages.

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John-Mcl

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Sep 6, 2010 5:37 AM in response to fhamilton410

I have exactly the same problem, but I am running a iMAC with Snow Leopard. Everytime I click "Automatically fill free space with songs" it says I am over capacity ?????? Also I have noticed that it has repeated Albums several times on my iPod????

Was working perfectly well before upgrading to iTunes 10

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Answer 4

Sep 8, 2010 1:48 AM in response to fhamilton410

Yes, having that issue. Tried manually moving music and deleting photos, videos, podcasts, etc but unable to successfully reduce capacity now.

I'd like to have iTunes 9 back until these issues are fixed, so if anyone can point to where I may download this, I'd be grateful.

/ Jon

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Sep 8, 2010 5:49 AM in response to Jon Ruffell

I phoned Apple Support and the solution is very simple. In fact I feel quite stupid having worked on macs for 10 years.

When you connect the iPhone/iPod go to the summary tab of the device. Click on manage music manually and then press Apply before going to the music option under the device on the left-hand side. This will bring back the Auto-fill functionality.

I hope this solves for all...

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Markg99

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Sep 26, 2010 8:16 AM in response to fhamilton410

I had the same problem. I kept trying to get iTunes to Auto-Fill - up to the AVAILABLE capacity.
It kept refusing because of "Over Capacity"
I tried the Summary - Manual - Apply which the previous poster suggested over and over and it still wouldn't Auto-Fill.

Finally this is the solution that worked for me:
1) Set iTunes to manually manage music and apply
2) Select ALL the music on your device (in my case iPhone) and DELETE it
3) Make the Auto-Fill settings you want and sync

you'll get a dialog box which says that there isn't enough space AND it asks if you want iTunes to randomly select the songs to sync.
This dialog box did not appear in all my other attempts to Auto-Fill!!!

When you agree - it starts to Auto-Fill your music up to the maximum available space.

Try it and see if it works for you.

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JeeHoo

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Oct 18, 2010 11:26 PM in response to Markg99

Hello Mark,

Do you happen to know where to set that I would like to "manually manage" my music on an Windows machine? I tried to locate it underneath the "summary" tab (as suggested by one of the posters) but couldn't.

Thanks,

Jan.

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kylefox

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Dec 20, 2010 7:53 PM in response to fhamilton410

I can't believe Apple allowed this bug to slip through, and that they still haven't addressed it. None of the fixes in this thread solved my issue.

I click +Automatically fill free space with songs+ and this is what happens: http://d.pr/gPyP

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Dec 24, 2010 7:21 AM in response to kylefox

None of the above solutions worked for me, I'm constantly 0.31gb over capacity whenever I try to auto-fill. Every single time, just like kylefox's. I've tried restores, everything, and nothing works. Can someone offer anything else to try? I've had bugs such as this with every mobile Apple device I've owned, and would like at least one of them to be fixable, so I can stop coveting everyone else's Android phones and can free myself of my increasing disillusionment with Apple! 😉

Message was edited by: csbbb

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buchos

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Jan 11, 2011 8:52 AM in response to alexknibb

I encounter this frequently when adding/changing movies on my iPhone.

*I simply uncheck 'automatically fill free space with songs', sync it.*

*Then re-check 'automatically fill free space with songs' and sync again.*

iTunes appears to need this done to recalculate how many songs will fit each time content changes on the device. If my iTunes has filled 22Gb of free space with songs on the last sync and I then add a 2Gb movie, iTunes still tries to cram 22Gb of music on the now 20Gb free space in the next sync. The above action works for me every time 🙂

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Jan 15, 2011 8:46 AM in response to buchos

Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me. Still no solution here.

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szalt

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Feb 5, 2011 7:23 AM in response to fhamilton410

I checked the box "sync only checked songs and videos" under the summary tab and then checked the "automatically fill free space with songs" under the music tab and I was finally able to sync my library without going over capacity.

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kylefox

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Apr 2, 2011 10:04 AM in response to fhamilton410

I've tried all these steps (in various combinations), yet autofill stil goes over capacity.

Does Apple monitor these forums? This is an iTunes bug that needs to be reported, but I'm not sure where/how to do that.

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Alan__

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Sep 2, 2011 4:03 PM in response to fhamilton410

Hi, had similar problem on iPad.

Overcame this by setting manual sync on the summary page as mentioned by John Ruffel previously.

then created a smart play list (File menu or ctrl Alt N) with the following rule:

'Size' 'is greater than' '1' MB

Limit to (check box) 12 GB selected by random Note change to suit your device capacity

Save

Give the smart play list a sensible name.

Select it to check there is some music in it.

If you are happy then drag it to your device, which should then sync automatically.

It worked for me, good luck.

Alan

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Answer 15

Dec 14, 2011 7:17 PM in response to fhamilton410

Here is the step-by-step to make sure you get to the window with the settings you need.

In iTunes with your device connected, click the name of your device under "Devices".
Click the "Summary" tab on the top of the screen (in the main pane).
In the "Options" area (in the main pane), make sure the checkbox next to "Manually manage music and videos" is ticked.
Make sure your device is expanded in the left pane by clicking the triangle next to the device name.
Click "Music" in the left pane under the device name (not the "Music" tab at the top of the screen in the main pane).
Below the songlist on the left, there is a dropdown list labeled "Autofill From:". Select the source you want.
Below the songlist on the right, there is a button labeled "Settings ...". Click it.
There is a slider allowing you to specify "Reserve space for disk use". Select the desired amount of free space.

Note that these settings prevent you from using the sync feature of iTunes with that device and you will have to manually select the music and videos henceforth by dragging and dropping instead of using the nice selection interface in the tabs selected in the top of the main pane.

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