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Q: How to see how much each app takes up (including data)

So I understand that in iTunes we get a bar chart showing how much space does our apps takes in our iPhone/iPad. However I'm wondering which app is the culprit for taking so much space. When I sort all my apps by size, it does not look like I have 5GB of apps in my iPad, so I'm guessing it's the data that each app uses that's taking up space.

I found a way to see it here: http://modmyi.com/forums/general-iphone-chat/737666-find-out-how-much-space-each -app-takes-up.html

But I don't know how to get to iPhone's command promt. Is there any official (or otherwise) Apple way to do this?

Macbook Unibody Late 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Nov 29, 2010 5:19 PM

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Q: How to see how much each app takes up (including data)

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Nov 29, 2010 5:25 PM in response to ipad-monkey
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    Nov 29, 2010 5:25 PM in response to ipad-monkey
    It entails jailbreaking your iPad. Not a good idea.
  • by ipad-monkey,

    ipad-monkey ipad-monkey Nov 29, 2010 5:31 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Nov 29, 2010 5:31 PM in response to Chris CA
    Yes I know, that's why I don't want to do it.. Is there any ways to do it in iTunes? Currently my method is just to untick an app from iTunes and see how much space goes away by doing that... But that's a very dodgy and inefficient way to do it.
  • by ipad-monkey,

    ipad-monkey ipad-monkey Dec 5, 2010 4:12 PM in response to ipad-monkey
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    Dec 5, 2010 4:12 PM in response to ipad-monkey
    Anyone got any other ideas?
  • by salty777,

    salty777 salty777 Dec 5, 2010 5:11 PM in response to ipad-monkey
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    Dec 5, 2010 5:11 PM in response to ipad-monkey
    iPad-Monkey, I'm not entirely sure what you're asking.

    The easiest way to see how big an app is, is to view your apps in list view in iTunes. Then you can sort by size to see the biggest hog.... but you say you've already done that.

    So, are you saying that maybe data created by apps is causing the increased use of space? If that's so, and the data stays linked to the app. wouldn't that reflect in the apps size after you sync?
  • by ipad-monkey,

    ipad-monkey ipad-monkey Dec 5, 2010 5:56 PM in response to salty777
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    Dec 5, 2010 5:56 PM in response to salty777
    salty777 wrote:

    So, are you saying that maybe data created by apps is causing the increased use of space? If that's so, and the data stays linked to the app. wouldn't that reflect in the apps size after you sync?


    Yes, that's what I mean, but it reflects in the apps size after I sync, but it does not reflect which app that is.

    So for example I have 100 apps that's 1 MB each. That should take only 100MB of space. But one of the apps is say VLC, and I have 1GB of movies in that. In that case my apps will take up 1.1GB instead of 100MB, but in this case I can identify that easily because VLC is listed in this File Sharing documents below the apps list in my iTunes.

    The problem is I think I have a few apps that's like VLC but not listed in the File sharing section... I want to know which apps they are (and how much they're taking)

    Thanks for your answer... Sorry if this is very confusing.
  • by salty777,

    salty777 salty777 Dec 5, 2010 6:08 PM in response to ipad-monkey
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    Dec 5, 2010 6:08 PM in response to ipad-monkey
    Aahh... I see what you mean.

    I don't know if this helps, but....

    If I look at say Pages as it is on the iPad view in iTunes, it says it takes 59.3 Mb.

    If I look at Pages in the Apps view in iTunes it says it takes 54.6 Mb. I Have a few Mb of docs in Pages.

    So, I reckon that the size as given on the iPad view (in iTunes) includes the linked documents, whereas the size in the apps view is the size of the app alone.

    But.... I am struggling with the way iTunes works and find it a complete departure from the logical, user friendly way that Apple used to work...!! So I'd just ignore the above!!

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