iPad1 malfunction
My iPad1 (16GB) suddenly started telling me my disk space was full and to start deleting pictures and videos. I only had half a dozen pictures and no videos, but when I checked the content in iTunes it was showing over 12GB of space taken up by apps. I was surprised by this and deleted some. Still no difference. Then I counted the volume my apps was taking up and it was just over 1GB.
I did a full restore, during which iTunes quit two or three times and to cut a long story short I have original settings restored now and a restore done from my last backup today, and the iPad now shows 1.12GB of audio, 1.34GB of apps, and 10.6GB of "Other". Most of my apps are missing from the iPad screens, and when I try to select and apply them from iTunes the system goes into sync mode. I'm just waiting for it to crash again, as that's what was happening before. The backup starts, then quits, then starts again. Then iTunes crashes.
Anyone seen anything like this? What is 12GB of "other", why can't I get my apps back into the iPad, and what's with all this crashing? Yes, I've tried restarting the Mac and I've tried changing the USB ports, and even the USB cable.
Dual quad core Mac Pro, 2.16GHz MacBook Pro, 16GB iPhone 4, 1.6GHz MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 16GB iPad