Q: Laptop says it can't sync iPad!

Thought I posted this yesterday, but can't find it. My laptop claims it can't back up my iPad because there's not enough room. Can't it just replace the current backup? And why would there suddenly be too little room for a backup when there's actually more room on the laptop than there was last time I backed it up? Last time I did back it up successfully, it told me there were two short video clips it couldn't transfer, so I deleted them from the laptop. I haven't added anything large to the iPad recently; in fact, I've deleted several things. Could the "no can do" message itself be an error?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 8, 2015 12:16 PM

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brenden dv Feb 10, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Erilar
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Feb 10, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Erilar

Hey Erilar,

Sorry to hear you are having issues with your iPad. If you continue to get an available space error when you try to back up your iPad in iTunes, you may find the info and troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:

If you can't back up or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using iTunes - Apple Support

Cheers,
- Brenden
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Erilar Feb 10, 2015 12:33 PM in response to brenden dv
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Feb 10, 2015 12:33 PM in response to brenden dv

I Still don't know what was going on. Yesterday afternoon it backed up with no problem. Either it was lying to me or some ephemeral problem arose and went away again. As there WAS a backup on the laptop, it had to be possible to replace it with a new one.
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