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Louis-grabbing-pills t1_jdircw7 wrote
Someone mentioned that this should be stickied to the top of the subreddit. They are right. I see this question like every day.
madman666 t1_jdiw54i wrote
I've never gotten that method to work
Szteto_Anztian t1_jdjb6lh wrote
While it is helpful, and I’m glad it’s worked for some people, the only way I’ve been able to solve this myself is by doing a full reset of my phone and restoring from backup.
CowboysFTWs t1_jdjmri6 wrote
yup, that is the only way that has worked for me.
liquidsmk t1_jdldjo6 wrote
And this is why we keep seeing these posts every day because none of these methods have ever worked. The system doesn’t work the way apple says it’s supposed to work. It’s the same bs on the Mac but at least there I can actually fix the issue easily. Just cleared 80GB on my Mac today by creating disk images totaling 110GB until my drive was full, forcing it to delete shit I deleted weeks ago. But I had to create 8 separate disk images of various sizes to not trigger not enough space errors. Errors that should never happen if the system works the way they describe it.
The system is logically flawed in its design at the very core.
rushilandrews t1_jdivh1c wrote
Agreed.
meghrathod t1_jdno21i wrote
AFishCalledSelma t1_jdjenqc wrote
Just tried this and it increased 🤦🏻♀️
sauce2011 t1_jdjki92 wrote
Doing it 2~3 times worked for me.
Try it again a few days later.
CouchHam t1_jdjl42l wrote
Apple: it just works.
butyourenice t1_jdkg0n6 wrote
This didn’t work at all for me. And I have an insane amount of “Other System Data,” almost 120 gigs. It’s driving me bonkers.
trustworthyvigilante t1_jdj70z6 wrote
Didn't work
rushilandrews t1_jdljzdp wrote
I don't know what's wrong but I just tried it on 3 other iPhones and it all worked flawlessly. And it has worked every single time for me since I came across this thread.
cerealkiller741 t1_jdic98u wrote
Honestly, unless it’s causing issues for you, is to ignore that. It’s supposed to purge that stuff when you’re running low on system storage.
System_Failed1 t1_jdiyndc wrote
Which it doesn’t most of the time
hillandrenko t1_jdj5rr9 wrote
That's because it doesn't need to release memory at that time.
E34M20 t1_jdk632y wrote
Lolololol
"Trust the developers" -- said no self respecting operations or support engineer ever in the history of ever
really-likes-tea t1_jdlia5l wrote
Nah, I ended up getting errors and need to reset my XR just last week. This is an actual issue.
nikkithegr8 t1_jdjwou0 wrote
the fact that apple does not give option to clear cache system wide or to clear cache for apps is insane. come on apple, its 2023 you can do better
jadondrew t1_jdjy7fm wrote
I feel this way about not being able to turn off HDR on photos. Sometimes I just do not want my images blasted with fake lighting. Unfortunately Apple is not keen on giving you options and toggles.
Luke_S4 t1_jdk8lfq wrote
You can, go into the camera settings and at the bottom is 'Smart HDR'. Turning that off will reveal an HDR button in the camera app, when it has a cross going through it HDR is off. That's at least what I'm led to believe it does, I could be wrong tho
amberbmx t1_jdlvzl1 wrote
in the same vein, it’s such a hassle to take a picture with flash as opposed to night mode.
camera ui needs a real overhaul, imo
BelieveInTheEchelon t1_jdj6isd wrote
Wait until 16.4. There have been lots of reports of the other storage being purged and regulated better now. I am currently on it, and my other before was 20gb. Now it’s currently at 4gb
hamster_savant t1_jdk8g4y wrote
How are you on 16.4?
NeuralFlow t1_jdkajvn wrote
Email Tim Apple. He hooks you up
rockdangelo99 t1_jdkavuk wrote
Probably on developer list and has an early release candidate to test.
BelieveInTheEchelon t1_jdl5y3v wrote
I was on iOS 16.3.1, but I waited until the RC was released and downloaded the developer profile to update straight to it since 16.4 is getting rid of profile use, I just wanted to jump to the RC rather than going from beta to beta
madman666 t1_jdkkxed wrote
I have it on my iPad and this issue is still there
jimjr27 t1_jdjn4lf wrote
Apple’s statements on Other System Data are crap. When it’s the biggest space user on my phone and iOS wants me to delete my apps to upgrade the OS, then it doesn’t “clear data when needed”. The only way I could fix this is to backup my iPhone to my Mac using “backup all data”, factory resetting the phone, and restoring from the Mac backup. This cleared up 20+gb for me.
SiR_SwAG_Al0t t1_jdk8l1b wrote
Must have 13/14 Pro or Pro Max
1- Settings > Camera > Formats > Turn Apple ProRes ON
2- Turn off WiFi (you’ll essentially be taking a very very long video and you don’t want to back up to your iCloud as you’ll be deleting it later)
3- Go to your camera and go into video mode. Turn on Pro Res on the top left, then change from 30 to 60FPS on the top right
4- you will notice it tells you how many minutes you can shoot in this mode before your storage gets full. The goal is to shoot a video for that amount of time where as long as it will let you until you get the message “free resources“ Make sure you take a video for the maximum amount it lets you. Once you select free resources, it seems that the first thing the phone clears out is those hidden cache files in system data. I did this and went from 70GB system data to 15GB which seems appropriate.
If you have a 128 or 256 gig iPhone, do you need to maximize that so just shoot as long as video as you can make sure your phone is plugged in to your charger as well just to be safe. Hope this helps everyone else!
ding0ding0 t1_jdjhtwp wrote
”This value will fluctuate according to system needs.”
Straight_Truth_7451 t1_jdilrx9 wrote
Nothing, its working as intended. Should your phone need space, some of that data will be deleted
Z4bls t1_jdj3gsy wrote
Try turning your phone off for 5 min then rebooting, always works for me to clear the cashes
hallba78 t1_jdkjsm0 wrote
I had 68GB of System Data and couldn’t get it to move much at all no matter what I did. I even manually deleted nearly every app to get rid of its associated data and even that didn’t get me below 60GB.
The only way I’ve found to wipe out nearly all of the system data is to factory reset the device and set it up as a new phone. Of course, you’ll lose EVERYTHING that’s not backed up to iCloud, Dropbox, etc so be careful. You will even lose device settings like haptics and sounds. After doing that and reinstalling all my apps, I had about 2GB of system data.
My theory as to why I had so much: I have not set up any of my last 4 or 5 iPhones up as a new device. I have been just allowing the old phone to load everything onto the new phone each time. I’m guessing after doing that several times, I ended up with a large pile of orphaned data that the phone had no idea what to do with. I could be way off on this; maybe an expert can set me straight.
Shark00n t1_jdl1bkc wrote
Idk but 28GB? What a whimp.
The system data on my iPad surpasses the 140GB mark. A true champion
PiXLANIMATIONS t1_jdiv72v wrote
You don’t need to. It’ll go down as space reduces automatically
kdrdr3amz t1_jdjt3e6 wrote
I had to factory reset my iPhone and then just use iCloud to retrieve my old data. It worked for me. I think I have to do it soon again.
J5Sacay t1_jdjzckt wrote
Recently restored mine because of this
gda8700 t1_jdk5h4j wrote
I just connect my iPhone to iTunes, let it sync and do whatever it’s gotta do. That brings it down.
Jman1994678 t1_jdkicb9 wrote
Throw your phone away
[deleted] t1_jdkx2yp wrote
Only way to fix it is to restore your iPhone, apple won’t add a clear cache button because they’re shit
Curb__ t1_jdl72tz wrote
Back up your phone on iTunes, factory reset, apply backup
BalloonShip t1_jdl7y8i wrote
wipe your phone and start over
FindusDE t1_jdlq34t wrote
Reboot your phone first. If that doesn‘t work, follow the advice others have posted here
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crisego t1_jdk2qts wrote
The only solution is to backup your data and completely restore the iphone. I had to do this twice already …
PM_ME_YOUR_NOODLEZZ t1_jdkl0zq wrote
Sometimes when you sync with itunes or finder (if on Mac) will reduce the size.
trexx888 t1_jdm58jd wrote
In my case Normally just i restart the phone every 2 days clear up lot of junk space around 2gb
Florence-Bowie t1_jdnb0ld wrote
I’m pretty sure this cannot be correct lol
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JordanNeal92 t1_jdkoxu0 wrote
Stop watching so much porn
Korrrrrrl t1_jdk9zah wrote
I just ignore it. I’ve seen it go up and down on its own so I never considered forcing it to reduce.
sonicstreak t1_jdk72lu wrote
Have you tried deleting your system data?
Desperate-Ad-6463 t1_jdj9jnr wrote
I bet you wish you got the one with more space on it now.
tor899 t1_jdjtv83 wrote
And that’s the grift by apple on its customers!
rushilandrews t1_jdhvvew wrote
Try this method:
https://reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/zzoqdj/psa_the_proper_way_to_delete_or_shrink_iphone/