iPhone 13 Pro Max Iphone 13 pro max - Default space is low after transfer

[gr8hii]

Checked out my XS storage before ordering a new 13 pro Max. On the XS, I was using 64.7GB out of 256. That made the choice easy. Well, after transferring data over to the 13, the 13 is reporting 116.6GB out of 256. I'm unhappy about that... no way would I have chosen the 256 if I knew I'd be using up 1/2 the space out of the gate.

 

[slopokdave]

Okay

 

[MrP90]

Checked out my XS storage before ordering a new 13 pro Max. On the XS, I was using 64.7GB out of 256. That made the choice easy. Well, after transferring data over to the 13, the 13 is reporting 116.6GB out of 256. I'm unhappy about that... no way would I have chosen the 256 if I knew I'd be using up 1/2 the space out of the gate.

Check how much space Messages is taking up . I have my synced to the Cloud . Old phone was showing 3.33gb taken up from Messages and new phone was 55GB plus . I think it auto offloads but not sure
How to initiate it manually .

 

[gr8hii]

It seems to be my photos taking up the most space. I’m hoping that the new phone just downloaded my photo library to do some analysis on the photos. I use the iCloud library to save space. Go figure!

 

[Danbrown521]

I’m thinking about taking back my 128 gb and getting a 256. I had 55gb used up on my previous iPhone and now I have 98 used up after transferring … 68 gb of that is in photos. Not sure how that happened.

 

[gr8hii]

this person seems to have narrowed it down to photo optimization.

Photos not optimizing storage with new iPhone

is it possible the process is to first download the whole collection to the device but then remove it as it goes through the space optimization??.....my photo collection now taking 120gb on my 13 pro max...I have a tonne of videos but those were in icloud before...I feel like they've been...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[Danbrown521]

Went to the apple store yesterday. They suggested I rest my phone and start from a back up, even though my back up was with the 13pm. Sure enough that fixed it for me. Photos was taking up near 70 gb, but after the restore photos is only taking up 1 gb. After seeing the sierra blue color in store I almost wanted to return my graphite one to get that color.. lol Also, the restore fixed my Apple Watch unlock as well.

 

[gr8hii]

Went to the apple store yesterday. They suggested I rest my phone and start from a back up, even though my back up was with the 13pm. Sure enough that fixed it for me. Photos was taking up near 70 gb, but after the restore photos is only taking up 1 gb. After seeing the sierra blue color in store I almost wanted to return my graphite one to get that color.. lol Also, the restore fixed my Apple Watch unlock as well.

I just did this and you're right, storage is WAY down now. Will be interesting to see how it changes over next few days. Thank you!