What is "other" on iphone sync? How to free up space?

Upgraded to Lion, iOS5, and cloud. Now I can't sync iPhone. Half the space is "other". How can I free up the space?

Other is the iPhone operating system. Free up space by moving pictures and music off the phone to the computer.

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What is "other" in storage and how do I reduce it

what is "other" in storage and how do I reduce it

For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
In Photos:
File ▹ Show Recently Deleted ▹ Delete All
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the 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. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside a photo or iTunes library will corrupt the library. Changes to such a 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 or GP 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 the app in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
For ODS:
security execute-with-privileges /A*/OmniDiskSweeper.app/*/M*/* 2>&-
For GP:
security execute-with-privileges /A*/GrandPerspective.app/*/M*/* 2>&-
Launch the built-in 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 and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password.
The application window will open behind other open windows. When you scan a volume, the window will eventually show all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything 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.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Ikeep getting a message that my start up disc is full and i don't know how to free up space.. also when i o to download some files i am told there is no space left to download i bought this macbook pro used an receiver no discs.. what can i do?? t

ikeep getting a message that my start up disc is full and i don't know how to free up space.. also when i o to download some files i am told there is no space left to download i bought this macbook pro used an receiver no discs.. what can i do??

You need to purchase an external drive and start moving some files to it or you can try trashing some files that you no longer need.
Download OmniDiskSweeper and see where your larger files are... you can move them to an external drive or trash them: it's up to you.
I would also begin, since it's obviously don't have backups, a backup scheme or two. See Most commonly used backup methods.
Good luck,
Clinton

How can free + used space tbs size, can someone explain

Hi Gurus
Can someone explain this, How can free + used space in a tablespace can be greater than size of a tablespace. What am I missing here . Thanks a lot .
I am on 10.2.0.1, HP-UX
14:38:52 SQL> select owner,sum(bytes), sum(BYTES) /1024/1024 "MB" from dba_segments where tablespace
name='USERDB1ADATA' group by owner;
OWNER SUM(BYTES) MB
USERDB1A 839680000 800.78125
1 row selected.
14:40:42 SQL> select bytes, BYTES /1024/1024 "MB" from dba_data_files where tablespace_name='USERDB1
A_DATA';
BYTES MB
3758096384 3584
1 row selected.
14:40:42 SQL> select sum(bytes) , sum(BYTES) /1024/1024 "MB"from dba_free_space where tablespace_nam
e='USERDB1A_DATA';
SUM(BYTES) MB
3067412480 2925.3125
1 row selected.
14:40:43 SQL> select 839680000 + 3067412480 "used + free space" from dual;
used + free space
3907092480
1 row selected.
New DBA

Good point, Howard, about the recycle bin. So I cleaned up, recreated the table, filled it, dropped it but did not purge it, and ...
SQL> create table test.x tablespace test as select * from dba_objects where 1=2;
Table created.
SQL> insert into test.x select * from dba_objects;
12617 rows created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> drop table test.x;
Table dropped.
SQL> with
2 dbf_size as (select sum(bytes) size_
3                 from dba_data_files where tablespace_name='TEST'),
4 dbf_free as (select sum(bytes) free_
5                 from dba_free_space where tablespace_name='TEST'),
6 dbf_used as (select sum(bytes) used_
7                 from dba_segments where tablespace_name='TEST')
8 select size_, free_, used_, (size_ - free_ - used_) left_
9         from dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used
10 /
     SIZE_      FREE_      USED_      LEFT_
   5242880    5177344    2162688   -2097152
SQL>and then I played around with my SQL and came up with
WITH
dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
               FROM dba_data_files
              WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
               FROM dba_free_space
              WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
               FROM dba_segments
              WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
               FROM dba_segments
              INNER JOIN
                    dba_recyclebin
                 ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
                     AND segment_name=object_name)
              WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
SELECT      size_, -- tablespace size
     free_, -- free space reported
     used_, -- segment space used
     fbin_, -- segment space in recycle bin
     (size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_ -- 64K overhead per data file
FROM      dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
/which does
SQL> WITH
2 dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
3                 FROM dba_data_files
4                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
5 dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
6                 FROM dba_free_space
7                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
8 dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
9                 FROM dba_segments
10                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
11 dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
12                 FROM dba_segments
13                INNER JOIN
14                      dba_recyclebin
15                   ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
16                       AND segment_name=object_name)
17                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
18 SELECT     size_,
19     free_,
20     used_,
21     fbin_,
22     (size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_
23    FROM     dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
24 /
     SIZE_      FREE_      USED_      FBIN_      LEFT_
   5242880    5177344    2162688    2162688      65536
SQL> alter tablespace test add datafile 'C:\ORACLE\ORADATA\XE\TEST2.DBF' size 5m;
Tablespace altered.
SQL> WITH
2 dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
3                 FROM dba_data_files
4                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
5 dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
6                 FROM dba_free_space
7                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
8 dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
9                 FROM dba_segments
10                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
11 dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
12                 FROM dba_segments
13                INNER JOIN
14                      dba_recyclebin
15                   ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
16                       AND segment_name=object_name)
17                WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
18 SELECT     size_, -- tablespace size
19     free_, -- free space reported
20     used_, -- segment space used
21     fbin_, -- segment space used in recycle bin
22     (size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_
23    FROM     dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
24 /
     SIZE_      FREE_      USED_      FBIN_      LEFT_
10485760   10354688    2162688    2162688     131072Message was edited by:
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Cleaned up the script and tested with second data file added to verify LMT overhead.

How many free disk space after install OS X lion (10.7) ?

Hi,
I would like to know that how many free disk space after install OS X lion (10.7) on MBA i5.
Many Thanks,
Eric

I want to buy MBA i5, I would like to free disk space of MBA 13" i5, Could anyone tell it to me? Thanks
As you're buing a new MacBook Air, it will come pre-installed with Lion. The actual installation will be somewhat larger than a "clean" Lion install as it will come with iLife preinstalled. Obviously, with an Air's limited storage space, you want to be sure that you have enough room for any applications and data that you'll want to keep on the SSD as well. It is fairly easy to upgrade the SSD on an Air:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Express
The amount of RAM you have installed is probably more important. Fortunately, the newest 13" MacBook Airs all come with 4GB standard now.

Does anyone know what the "other" is that is occupying my free space on my iPhone? And how do I clean it up so I can start syncing again?

I have been trying to figure out what the heck is occupying over 1.4 GB of memory on my iPhone and how I can get rid of it. I had a friend say I needed to reset, but I need to ensure that I can retrieve my text messages because I am in a legal battle and whenever I try to email them, they never get sent so I just need to figure out what I should do.
Thanks

COPirateDad wrote:
I have been trying to figure out what ... is occupying over 1.4 GB of memory on my iPhone
Other is usually around 1 GB...
See Here > maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone
More Info about ‘Other’ in this Discussion
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

When typing an iMessage from a Mac or other non iPhone device how do you get a subject field?

From the iPhone there is now an option to add a subject field to your iMessages. This can be nice but what about doing it from the MAC or other device. Also how do you insert a line break (which I'm told is alt/option enter) from an iPhone. Sorry two questions in one.

Hi,
The Messages app on the Mac has no means of indicating a "title" or subject matter.
It only sends messages be they iMessages to Contacts or IM (instant Messages) to Buddies on various services that you could join.
Re 1) The AIM service added the ability to use the "/me" lead in/pre-emptive text which adds the little grey center info text to AIM chats as my pics show.
In other services that do not support "/me" you see a sentence that starts "/me".
On the iPhone as an iMessages item it appears like this
They appear as Sent items due to the Sync process.
Re 2) No.
I am just suggesting using a feature that works in the Messages (and the previous iChat) App using an AIM Account in Messages (as it appears to work at your end all the time in any account) so that you can create something that can be used as a "subject" marker.
re 3) Yes.
The original premise was you sent something like "/me waves" which appears like the time stamps as "Your Name waves" (Your Name on the other depends on what they have in their Address Book or Contacts app as your details (you could appear as just a Buddy ID of some sort.)
Enlarging part of that earlier pic.
The so called Subject one.
Grammatically it could do with a 'has".
Re 4.
AOL (who Own AOL Instant Messenger) gave out AIM names with AOL accounts and with accounts with other companies that they owned.
At one time they owned Netscape Mostly Netscape referred to a Browser that was popular on the Mac at the time. It had a Messenger part added to what it could do and registration gave you an AIM ID (Screen Name)
This tended to be the Username part of your your account name which was an email.
We are talking when there were computers sold by Apple that could boot into OS 9 as easily as they did into OS 10.2.
iChat 2 that did the first Video chats was in OS X 10.3
At that point iChat was an AIM only client. This continued until iChat 3 which added Jabber (and that version required a small amount of work to add a GoogleTalk ID)
Basically when I bought the G4 Tower listed below I already had an AIM name by preferring to use Netscape over Internet Explorer.
At various points I have tried ProteusX (the Original Site seems to have gone now).
I have also tried AdiumX
Both these were and are text only multiple service apps.
I have used Psi This is a Jabber only app. It is a bit "windowsy" as it is a cross platform app written in Java (means you have to download and Install Java and keep it updated)
I got it for doing this http://allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber/
These instructions need you to be able to "register" for Transport on Jabber servers which then allows you to link to your MSN or other service account to in turn add those Buddies to your Jabber Buddy List.
I have tended to Stick with using my AIM name as my main form in iChat and Messages because it has the Privacy and Security settings that allow you to Block people, or have Allow Specific people or Allow Buddy List only people as ways of restricting who can see when you are on Line.
AIM also works with Apple IDs ending with @mac.com and iCloud linked @me.com and @icloud.com (Lapsed @me.com from MobileMe will not work)
You have to keep the password to 16 characters or less to work with the AIM servers.
There is also MeBeam which has been known as Koowy (coo-we) for a while and currently seems to promote itself as "CuSeeMe.tv"
It as a site you will need Flash for.
It then, when you allow it, has access to your Camera and Microphone and you can video to people in "rooms" (private URL) you create.
I have tried Skype in it's early days.
It shares your connection to the internet to make lots of connections to maintain a non centralised service.
This makes it vunerable to "Man-in-the-Middle" attacks becasue at time you are the man in the middle.
Each download used to list it's own Specified port to use but if you didn't set it it used port 80 (web Browsing or port 110 (mostly mail) to connect. Some see this as defeating your firewall or router as it is not made clear in the set up.
I have Office 2004, and 2008 and whatever the last one for Macs was called. (2011 I see on the box)
This has MSN Messenger which I have tried but don't like (Microsoft do some great Apple apps in the Office collection but MSN is not one of the).
Yahoo has been in some variant of Beta 3 for almost as long as the OS has been OS X (it is certainly about 8 years).
It never seems to get to a first GM release.
This can do "video" but broadcasts this to anyone and the Audio is then to one Buddy.
Basically iChat was the app I used first and an AIM name I already had.
Over the years I have created several Apple ID (some during a time when @mac.com name could be registered as "iChat Names" after the .Mac service had finished).
AIM have always been there.
Google has been there some of the way.
(Other jabber servers can come and go)
I do have my Yahoo account set up in Messages but it basically was as a test and I rarely use it (it is only text and does not do Video in the iChat 6 or Messages apps).
I am not a great phone user so iMessaging people is limited for me.
(I know about 2 people who I could iMessage outside of my family).
10:57 pm Saturday; March 15, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Iphone sync - how good is it?

How good is the iphone sync with communications?
I have read that it is possible with http://www.synthesis.ch/iphone.php?lang=e&lay=desk and the Java Mobile Communication package, but it seams as the contacts is not synchronized.
Is there some other way to synch a ihpone with communication?

Check this thread: [http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5370131&tstart=15|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5370131&tstart=15]
I tried some time ago the Notify Link and synchronization works pretty well with iphone and it provides synchronization for mail,calendar and contacts. Check this link for more information:
[http://help.notify.net/TechDocs/device/iPhoneSolution/UserGuide/NetHelp/|http://help.notify.net/TechDocs/device/iPhoneSolution/UserGuide/NetHelp/]
Unfortunately this software is not for free.

What is "other" known for in how much space you have left?

What is "other" known for in the bar at the bottom where it shows how much space you have left?

Other is usually around 1 GB...
A ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...
First Try a Restore from Backup... But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup... Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
More Info about ‘Other’ in this Discussion
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

HT1386 What is "other", in the sync bar?

I have 2.34G in "OTHER"! What is "other"?

"Other" data is real data that you put on your phone by using the built in apps. It is not music, not videos, not pictures and not App Store app data. It is "OTHER" meaning everything that does not fall into these categories. Such as:
email messages and attachments
Reminders
Calendar entries
Contacts
Text messages
MMS messages and attachments
Genius data
Music cover art
Operating system settings
Safari cache
bookmarks
Game Center status
Music catalog
Probably a few I've missed. There was a problem in an earlier version where deleted MMS messages left behind their attachments, but that has been fixed as of 6.1.
You will find posts from people who said they recovered over 1 GB of space by just deleting old text messages.
If you want Other to be smaller you will have to keep less data on your phone; delete old MMS and texts, delete old email (especially from the "deleted" folder), clear the cache, eliminate cover art.

How do i transfer photos from my iphone to icloud to free up space?

How do I transfer photos from my iphone to the icloud so I can free up space?

You can't use iCloud to store your photos in order to free up space on your phone. The only photos in iCloud other than the ones stored in your backup are photo stream photos. And when you use photo stream your photo stream photos will still be stored on your phone. In other words, you can't post your photos in iCloud and view them from there without having them stored on your phone. There are many other photo hosting services that provide this (such as Flikr, Smugmug, Picassa and others).

HT2106 I downloaded my itunes library to my iphone 4S and now I am almost up to capacity. Any suggestions on how to free up space without deleting the itunes library? I also just backed up my phone to iCloud

How do I free up space on my iphone 4S?

Drag it from the Music item of the Finder's sidebar to an external drive, launch iTunes with the Option key held down, and point it there.
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Apple TV (1st gen): how to free up space?

how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?, Apple TV (1st gen) : how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?

If you want more space or take certain things off then just manualy select what you want on it. I just check the shows I want on it the when I want them off I uncheck them and then resync he ATv to get them off etc.. Easy as pie....pi !
As for the purchased items not going away, scroll down to make sure that playlist is not checked on the computer under movies or shows etc...

How to free up space on internal hard drive

How do I free up space on my internal hard disc?
I have only about 40 gig of information on my macbook however it says I don't have space while I'm working on photoshop. I have deleted a lot of files on my mac that are already saved in my external hard disc but when I check my memory it says I have only 1.3gig space available out of a 120gig memory. This data is distributed between audio, apps, movies, pictures and other. I don't understand what 'other' is and it says I have about 76gig worth of data in the other part. Please I would need help on how to delete files from this 'other'. Cheers!

All Mac operating systems use any free space on your hard drive as virtual memory, and this virtual memory plays a part in how well your computer performs. Because of this, the more data you have on your hard drive, the less virtual memory becomes available. Therefore, in order to help increase your Mac boot time, and keep your computer running smoothly, periodically cleaning your hard drive is necessary. To clean it up you want to get rid of any old or unnecessary files. You can do this manually by removing unused applications, emptying your trash etc.,

How much free disk space after setup

I am just about to purchase a macbook and I am trying to find out how much disk space I can expect to have free.
I was thinking of getting the 80gb model but I also have a 40gb ipod which is two thirds full.
How much free space can I expect or should I go for the 120gb HD model?

To give you an indication, my System and Library folders add up to around 12GB and my Applications folder is around 10GB.
While these aren't small they are rather typical as it includes the standard Mac OS X installation, full iLife 06, Adobe CS2, Microsoft Office v.X, Macromedia Studio MX plus a few other things. So you can realistically count on anything from 20 to 30GB for the OS and software. Yes you can obviously get less than that by optimising your installations. From there it's just how much data you have and what sort of data you use.
For most average users 60GB is plenty. If you do anything with video, have a large music library (mine is 10GB) and play games then obviously these will afftect your drive choice.
If price is not an issue then go for a 120GB drive, Apple or 3rd party. For cost effectiveness the best choice is an Apple upgrade to 80GB.

What is "other" on iphone sync? How to free up space?

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