5.5gb of "other" storage space used
All the sudden this morning I have 5.5gb of "other" storage space used. Is there any resolution to this? I'm going on a trip to Orlando, FL and not near my iTunes syncing pc.
I am having the same issue with my new iPhone 4s.
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My 'other' storage space is high and I've tried everything suggested on here, what else can I do?
I recently got an I pad mini with ios7, I only store little music and apps however my 'other' storage space is nearly 7GB. I have tried everything I could find that was suggested to sort the problem out but nothing has seemed to work. Any advice?
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
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After syncing and installing ios, I lost all my music and my other storage space is over 9gb. How do I get rid of this?
You need to restore your iPhone from a backup to clear the "other" data. If that does not work you must restore it as new.
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My new macbook air has lots of storage space used up by "other"
Ive only got a 64gb hard drive in my macbook air and i want to make the most of it but when i go into the system utilities to see how where my storage space is being used i find that 28gb is used up under the "other" section, i can understand that documents may be included in this but its brand new and ive not got any files as such other than my music and photos which have there own disk space covered so what is in this other, the OS i assume but 28gb?? it cant be that big.
im worried ive transfered some massive file from my PC somewhere and cant find it, is there a way of looking more in detail where my storage is going?
what is covered under the other section of hard disk usage?
I'd appreciate if any of you mac genius could help as I'm new to all this
Many thanks
Kim xI read the article you posted but I wasn't able to find anything that I was able to delete based on the advice from that website. I took my Macbook to the Apple store and they were convinced that my computer's mail account was taking up all the memory. We unlinked my account and it cleared up about 10 gigs. Unfortunately, "other" space is back up to 28 gigs (over half of my memory). Please help! The Apple store has no other solutions and I am continually running out of startup space. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
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My iCoud storage space is being used up by old data from a 1st generation iPad I traded in nearly 2 yrs ago for an iPad Mini. The people at the sprint store where I made my trade were supposed to transfer everything over from my old iPad to the new Mini once they backed up the old device to iCloud. Well, long story short, none of the data ever got transferred to the new iPad, but it all got backed to iCloud, eating up all my storage space. Here I am almost 2 years later, and I've never been able to back-up my iPad mini. What's worse, My iPhone 4 wasn't backed up that whole time, and now I can't back-up my data from my new iPhone 6 Plus to iCloud either. Trying to find creative ways to store and save my information and data between all my devices is getting to be ridiculous. I don't want to upgrade my storage space though...just want to clear out a great deal of what is already being stored. How can I access this old data to clear it out?
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How do you clear storage space taken up by "other"?
To do that you will need to restore your phone:
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below but DO NOT restore any previous backup. If you do then you will
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A Complete Guide to Restore or Recover Your iDevice (if You Forget Your Passcode)
If you need to restore your device or ff you cannot remember the passcode, then you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and re-sync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software.
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1. Verify that you are using the latest version of iTunes before attempting to update.
2. Connect your device to your computer.
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Back Up option. If you have just backed up the device, it is not necessary
to create another.
7. Select the Restore option when iTunes prompts you (as long as you've backed up,
you should not have to worry about restoring your iOS device).
8. When the restore process has completed, the device restarts and displays the Apple
logo while starting up:
After a restore, the iOS device displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen. For updating
to iOS 5 or later, follow the steps in the iOS Setup Assistant. For earlier versions of
iOS, keep your device connected until the "Connect to iTunes" screen goes away or
you see "iPhone is activated."
9. The final step is to restore your device from a previous backup. If you do not have a
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How much storage space does OS take out of the box on a 16G model?
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OK, now with storage, some of that space is always taken over by the OS in order to actually manage the storage. But most of it remains as storage. So to answer your question, probably a few dozen megabytes. It also probably uses the flash storage memory as what's called virtual RAM. I think it must, as that's the only way it could run those really big apps that are always crashing unless you reboot first in order to clear all memory.
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Auto encoding and storage space using iDVD to burn a movie?
Today I wanted to burn some old TV shows I had downloaded (legally) onto a blank DVD, that could be viewed on a regular DVD player/TV. I used iDVD to do so, dragging and dropping .avi files onto iDVD's start up window. Everything worked fine, iDVD automatically processed/encoded the 350 MB files, and the resulting DVDs played the shows fine on my consumer DVD. Two questions:
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Not familiar with .avi files I can share some thoughts about iDVD.
iDVD doesn't care about Mega or Giga bytes ONLY minutes of movie.
iDVD 5 can handle two qualities.
- less than 60 min movie and (Best performance)
- less than 120 min (Best quality)
The iDVD menue is included in this = less time for movie.
That's why one can not with iDVD put 2 x 60 movie on a DVD.
You have to select Quality from start then drop Your movies into the
theme window (at least that's what I do with .mov files)
With other DVD creating programs like DVD Studio pro or as I use
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Just upgraded to iOS5 on my iphone 4 but my phone's hard drive capacity is taken up by "others" and I only have 0.8G of memory space left. How do I get my capacity back?
see what it's from
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Time Capsule not backing up - Most of storage space used.
I have a a 1TB time Capsule that only has 50.0 GB left. It has worked fine until of late. It now will not back up no matter how small I make the file to backup. It tells me backup disk image could not be mounted. It was giving me another error message until I lowered the file size to backup. Suggestions and also is there a way to delete Time Machine usage space (not other files) from Time Capsule. Guessing that it is not deleting to make room for more. Help.
Sorry to hear that you are having problems. Before you think seriously about erasing the Time Capsule, it would be a good idea to make sure that it will have adequate space to backup your computer(s) and leave plenty of space for incremental backups.
Right click your Hard Drive icon and select Get Info to get the specifics for each of your computers. The general rule of thumb is that your Time Capsule should have enough space to backup both computers and another half of the space will still be available for backups. For example, your two computers have a total of 250Gigs stored, so you would need a minimum of a 500Gig Time Capsule.
If you decide to erase the Time Capsule, open AirPort Utility. Click on Manual Setup, then click on the Disk icon at the top of pane. Then click on Disk just below the icons and you will see an "Erase" option. Allow plenty of time for the process, overnight is a good option.
When you are ready to try backups again, you will need to completely reset Time Machine by selecting your Time Capsule as the disk you want to use and click Use for Backups. You will need to do this for both computers.
Try to use an ethernet cable for the first backup by connecting to one of the LAN ports on the Time Capsule and your computer. Allow plenty of time for this. It might take 1-2 days. Once the backup for the first computer is done, then do the other computer the same way. You can probably use wireless for incremental backups since they will be much smaller and faster.
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"Other" Storage Space....Getting pretty fed up.
What is "Other"?
I'm getting very fed up with having to delete my pictures/music once a week. I just restored and lost all of my songs. I put back only 30.
I have tried taking my email accounts off of my phone...doesn't free up any space.
This didn't start happening until late September. I don't want to buy a new phone.
Any help is great. Thanks.If You Are Locked Out Or Have Forgotten Your Passcode
iTunes 10 for Mac- Update and restore software on iPod, iPhone, or iPad
A Complete Guide to Restore or Recover Your iDevice
If you need to restore your device or if you cannot remember the passcode, then you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and re-sync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software.
Try restoring the iOS device if backing up and erasing all content and settings doesn't resolve the issue. Using iTunes to restore iOS devices is part of standard isolation troubleshooting. Restoring your device will delete all data and content, including songs, videos, contacts, photos, and calendar information, and will restore all settings to their factory condition.
Before restoring your iOS device, Apple recommends that you either sync with iTunes to transfer any purchases you have made, or back up new data (data acquired after your last sync). If you have movie rentals on the device, see iTunes Store movie rental usage rights in the United States before restoring.
Follow these steps to restore your device:
1. Verify that you are using the latest version of iTunes before attempting to update.
2. Connect your device to your computer.
3. Select your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch when it appears in iTunes under Devices.
4. Select the Summary tab.
5. Select the Restore option.
6. When prompted to back up your settings before restoring, select the Back Up
option (see in the image below). If you have just backed up the device, it is not
necessary to create another.
7. Select the Restore option when iTunes prompts you (as long as you've backed up,
you should not have to worry about restoring your iOS device).
8. When the restore process has completed, the device restarts and displays the Apple
logo while starting up:
After a restore, the iOS device displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen. For updating
to iOS 5 or later, follow the steps in the iOS Setup Assistant. For earlier versions of
iOS, keep your device connected until the "Connect to iTunes" screen goes away or
you see "iPhone is activated."
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Ipad Storage space, incorrectly using iCloud?
I have an iPad mini and I keep getting notices about my storage being used up. When i go to settings and check the usage it shows 11.9GB are being used by my photos. I have less than 30 pics saved on the actual device and everything else on my iCloud. but in the settings I also show I have 5GB of 5GB available for storage space. I don't understand!! When I am on my device and in the pictures app I see the cloud that says "shared" beneath it. All my pictures are there. Is this not the cloud? When I select a picture and select "iCloud" it sends it to whichever album I have selected in the shared space. Is this not the iCloud? What am I doing wrong!?
Any photos that you can see on your iPad are stored on your iPad, even if they are also stored in iCloud. This is done to allow you to be able to access them when you are in locations where you can't connect to the internet. In other words, adding the photos to a shared stream will not keep them from also being stored on your iPad. This is likely change later this fall with the introduction of iOS 8 and iCloud Photo Library (see https://www.apple.com/icloud/preview/).
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Why is my iMac using 150GB of "other" storage?
So I've had my iMac for about one year now. I noticed it was running slow, and noticed that there was 150GB of "other" under the storage. I was advised to do a clean install to rid of that. So I did. When I booted up my new machine, I installed all my software (Adobe Master Collection, Aperture, Final Cut, etc). I did NOT restore from a Time Machine backup. I simply took files located within my Time Machine backup (under the "Documents" area of my user on the backup) and dragged over my files (which include photos, videos, school papers, etc).
I just checked my storage again, and I STILL have 150GB of "other" storage being used. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks.Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash as well:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
To locate large files, you can use Spotlight. That method may not find large folders that contain a lot of small files.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders. It may take some minutes for ODS to list all the files.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
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According to iTunes I am using approximately 20.35GB of the available 27.32GM of memory, leaving about 7GB free. Of the used memory, about 7.9GB is labeled "OTHER". Making the same measurement on my iPad Air, only 3.9GB is labeled "OTHER". Why am I loosing so much memory capacity and what do I do to mitigate this problem?
This is having a significant effect on using my iPhone for recording Video interviews which in some cases constitute two to three hours of video. I need to be able togged the "OTHER" memory space so I can do more than one video recording during a session. Lowering the "OTHER" category to 3.9GB, the same as the iPad Air, would make it possible to record two or in some cases three videos before having to offload them to the MacBook Pro for editing in the evening.Charliebear88 wrote:
No. He mentions freeing up storage on the iPhone, Mac, and hard drive. I'm looking for just the iPhone, and his suggestion for that is downloading some program.
No, it's not, if you would actually read the linked information like I said. There is plenty of information in this link about how to reduce or eliminate your 'Other' data without using third-party programs or procedures:
http://appducate.com/2013/01/reclaim-other-storage-space-on-ipad-iphone-and-ipod /
• Delete Browser Cache
• Delete Mail account and re-add
• Delete Text Messages
• Empty out the Reading List
• Delete iTunes Backups
• Backup to iCloud instead of iTunes
• Restore as new then restore the backup
• Restore as new, but don't restore backup
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