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arfuin t1_j2d1sae wrote

Reply to comment by HerrBadger in PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk by Vertsix

agreed… majority of the users don’t even know this

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DankmirianChancellor t1_j2djekn wrote

Majority of users do not need to be doing this though. I'm all for helping folks with 0KB left, but if you don't know why step 3 of this process is essential, you could really mess things up for yourself.

Just to clarify, if your device's date/time is that far out of sync and you're trying to log in, you could get an account locked just as a security measure. Every app trying to do that? Yeah, "system data" wouldn't be your biggest problem anymore.

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Serialtoon t1_j2dwzpu wrote

How would they with this complicated procedure. Apple should just add a "purge cached items" button within the storage section in settings. They can then explain what it does and what could be deleted. They do it on MacOS.

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nogami t1_j2encr3 wrote

Know or need.

Been using iPhones since 3G and have never once totally run out of storage.

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