I've upgraded my MacPro but not enough space to do so on my 5s and iPad. Should I take both back to original settings and allow the update?

Not a techie here...please advise on best method to update 5s and iPad Air.

To clarify: I have a 16g iPhone 5s and an iPad 32g and both are due for current Yosemite updates. I successfully completed Yosemite update for MacPro. I attempted to delete photos and music from both of the former in order to allow the download, however, still not enough space. Also removed some apps that weren't being used. Still not enough space. So I thought perhaps taking both devices to original straight-from-the-box state might allow for easiest updates to download.

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