iTunes says I don't have enough space, iPhone is out of sync with iTunes library

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iTunes says I don't have enough space, iPhone is out of sync with iTunes library

Hi,

My laptop recently crashed and got reformated which meant all my iTunes data had to be redone and I've managed to put back all the music and etc back into my library. However, when I tried to sync my iPhone 4 it came up with not enough space (see photos below) but I have more than over 8GB space free. I clicked individual playlist to sync and it showed that it's duplicated all the songs. So instead of going over all previous data, iTunes seems to be just adding in everything in my library. It seems that my iPhone has become out of sync with my laptop library.

I really don't want to restore my iPhone because I have loads of conversations on my Whatsapp and other application data that I don't want to wipe out, can someone help me with this issue?

All the help is much appreciated!

iPhone 4

Posted on Mar 8, 2014 4:44 AM

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Musikant

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Mar 27, 2014 7:18 AM in response to NicoleH213

I had the same problem. The way I solved it was by unchecking "Sync Music" (as most of the space on my phone was taken up by music," syncing it so that it deleted all of the music on my phone, and then going back and retelling it when playlists to sync. It takes a while for your phone to delete and rewrite all your music, but it's a solution.

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Mar 27, 2014 5:03 PM in response to Musikant

I've tried unchecking and checking the sync music button but it doesn't erase my music, it just stops syncing the music. When I check the button, it will try to sync everything again so I end up with two copies of songs.

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Musikant

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Mar 27, 2014 9:39 PM in response to NicoleH213

Sorry, I should have been more clear about what I actually did: I still had the sync music box checked, but selected "sync selected playlists" and unchecked all of my playlists. Then I clicked the sync button and it deleted everything. Give that a shot...

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