Freeing up space by removing iphone photos
Hi Forum,
Tonight i encountered something very unfamilar to me when syncing my iphone 6. when plugged into my computer the task bar located at the bottom of the iTunes details the space being used by particular applications (EG, music, photos, apps, other) .
It is displaying that my photo count and size( GB/MB) is larger than what is actually on located on my camera roll. for example it currently says there is 119 photos on the roll (including recently deleted) and when im looking in my settings> General> About . its says 531.
Help!! how do i free up this space of other things.
Thanking you
Deleting them from the iphone will have ne effect on the content of your ipad.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
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