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Zephyretta t1_j2d7c72 wrote

I’m not sure why people are so hung up in system data usage. In iOS, any surplus free space can be used as a swap or chache. It will be available if you have more data to write on device. In no way is all of that space locked up. Any space you “free up” using OP’s method was always available on your device whenever it was needed.

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PartlyProfessional t1_j2defh7 wrote

Not for me, it was really frustrating seeing 80 out of 128GB get taken, then get a lot of messages about capacity

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kinboyatuwo t1_j2dlax4 wrote

The only time I have had it be an issue is when I was tight on space and there was an iOS update. It seems to not force this for an update but does for day to day use as needed.

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bbllaakkee t1_j2feyzm wrote

same reason people are hung up on battery health after using a phone for 6 months and it's dropped 1%

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zigzagg321 t1_j2dlxn2 wrote

This, I could not figure out how to reliably say it to where it made sense but this is it everyone, no need to do the trick, iOS takes care of it and that is exactly why Apple seemingly hasn't "fixed" the non issue

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bigfootsocks t1_j2d87ov wrote

Source

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TexButtery t1_j2dfciq wrote

According to the setting app:

"System Data includes caches, logs and other resources currently in use by the system. This value will fluctuate according to system needs."

Mine goes up and down. Right now it's about 10gb on my 256gb phone.

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Zephyretta t1_j2dikou wrote

This has come up so many times on this very subreddit. If you just search it, you’ll see a monthly thread where this is discussed and link to Apples white paper detailing how caching works.

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radfordra1 t1_j2en9xo wrote

Because when you start running low on space for updates and being told "oh we're going to offload some apps to clear up space and then reinstall after the update"

Ok you have all this nonsense locked up in the cache that's probably months and months old and isn't needed anymore but the system won't purge old unnecessary files. Then it becomes a problem.

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