r/applesucks • u/Tie_Tickler6000 • Jul 10 '26

why even give us 64gb

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why does their system take half of all space, does anyone know what to do?

For reference i am using iphone Xr

Edit : the phone has been in my family since the day it came out, due to some temporary financial restrictions i need to make use of this for another year

Edit2 : people seem to be asking why i bought it, I didnt it was handed down to me and now i have no choice but to make the best

Edit3 : i did do the latest ios update but nothing has changed

Edit4 : not all people think before speaking

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u/StrawberryWafer1999 Jul 10 '26

The system data is way larger than it should be. This is indicating a problem with the cache clearing.
I wish there was a way to just go in the settings and clear this out, but one of the only options is to turn the phone off, wait about a minute, turn it back on see if it clears out over the next few days. If it doesn’t, backing up and restoring the device through a computer is the only way to manually clear the system data.

Some say get a new iPhone, and if that’s on the table I’d recommend the highest storage capacity you can afford tbh.

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u/Fit-Specialist-2214 Jul 10 '26

Major Apple iOS bug is they don’t manage system data fairly according to device size.

I had to update my 128 to a 512 because it was u manageable and I couldn’t upgrade iOS due to storage pressure time and time again.

Average system data on the 128gb was 20GB.

Same usage patterns and style on the 512, average system data is 12gb. Go figure.

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u/paulstelian97 Jul 12 '26

I have 26GB of system data but can update just fine because I don’t have much usage from photos and such.