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iPhone 6GB of "other" showing in iTunes after iOS update

shenan1982

shenan1982

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Why am I showing 6GB of "other" in my iTunes after the update? Before it was like 200mb... 6GB wasted is absurdity.
 
Is there an iTunes space bar category, such as "Apps" missing? When "Apps" was missing for me, only a "Restore" solved it. Good thing I had backups.
 
Solver said:
Is there an iTunes space bar category, such as "Apps" missing? When "Apps" was missing for me, only a "Restore" solved it. Good thing I had backups.
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No. Apps and music and videos show just fine.
 
this stuff still happens huh...

it happened on my iphones since the 4 and it does suck - right now i have the issue as will

the fix is a pure clean wipe and fresh install

but a big pain the the arse to get all the apps back
 
Why the heck do we have to do any manual work. Why can't iTunes identify the files/issue and correct it?

We are on version 11 and this has been an issue for YEARS.

Get off your a-- Apple and fix this issue. I paid good money for memory and I don't want it wasted because your IOS cannot clean up after itself.
 
I believe its all cached items.

The best way to get rid of this is to back up your iPhone.

Erase it.

Restore from back up.

It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes. If you have touch id you will need to re do your finger prints.
 
bmms8 said:
I believe its all cached items.

The best way to get rid of this is to back up your iPhone.

Erase it.

Restore from back up.

It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes. If you have touch id you will need to re do your finger prints.
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Restore restored the fragments
 
bmms8 said:
I believe its all cached items.

The best way to get rid of this is to back up your iPhone.

Erase it.

Restore from back up.

It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes. If you have touch id you will need to re do your finger prints.
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I second that.

1.Backup
2. Update (or shift+ restore) or clean restore
3. Restore from backup.

I updated with clean restore to iOS8, then restored my 178 apps with all the settings and savegames , in less then an hour. Gained about 3 gigs of new free space.
 
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