Myaspen323

Q: How do I create more storage on iPad 2

TThe storage capacity seems to have reached its limit on my iPad 2. I have tried elimiating back up data on most of the apps I use and using iCloud but I'm still riight at limit. What next? Eliminating apps that are not used ofte?

Thanks for any ideas.

Mark

iPad 2, iOS 9.2.1, Storage problems

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 1:27 AM

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Q: How do I create more storage on iPad 2

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  • by MichelPM,Helpful

    MichelPM MichelPM Sep 6, 2016 11:19 AM in response to Myaspen323
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    Sep 6, 2016 11:19 AM in response to Myaspen323

    Do you store photos/images, video, iBooks/eBooks/eMagazines, a lot of music?

    Any other documents?

    Do you have apps that you can delete that you hardly ever use?

  • by Skydiver119,Apple recommended

    Skydiver119 Skydiver119 Sep 7, 2016 4:27 AM in response to Myaspen323
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    Sep 7, 2016 4:27 AM in response to Myaspen323

    Stired emails could also count towards that limit. So any e-mails in your inbox that are large? Or also look in the sent mail folder. I once found dozens of sent mails in a folder there that I didn't realize were there.

     

    But yeah, sometimes you delete apps. I needed to make space on my iPod and ended up deleting about a dozen apps I'd downloaded but never used.

     

    If you don't know already, settings, general, usage will tell you what's taking up the most space.

  • by Raicya,Solvedanswer

    Raicya Raicya Sep 8, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Myaspen323
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    Sep 8, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Myaspen323

    Sorry, I can't remove my post.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Sep 8, 2016 1:12 PM in response to Myaspen323
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    Sep 8, 2016 1:12 PM in response to Myaspen323

    You can't add storage to an iPad without buying a larger storage iPad.

    That stated you can supplement your iPad storage.

     

    You can increase your iCloud storage and store more data there.

    50 GBs of iCloud storage only costs $1 U.S.D./month ($12 a year), 200 GBs for $3/month ($36 a year).

    Apple's iCloud storage prices are the cheapest cloud storage pricing available.

    I feel Apple's 50 GBs and 200 GBs storage plan pricing is very good compared to some of the other services.

     

    Amazon has Amazon Cloud Drive unlimited storage of all your mobile data for $5 U.S.D//month ($60 a year). Another good storage plan price, if a little more expensive (but no data size limit).

     

    There are free, personal cloud services, like DropBox where you can store for free up to 2 GBs of data.

    It's not a very large storage, but maybe enough to store a lot of different types of documents, photos, or files from drawing apps, in a pinch.

    DropBox works like a cloud, server storage file cabinet where you can easily upload and modify data stored to it on ANY type of mobile device or full blown computer.

     

    You can purchase mobile storage devices like mobile, wireless WiFi hard drives from Seagate or Western Digital.

    There are two special mobile, compact USB flash drives from SanDisk your can, also, use, called SanDisk Connect WiFi  flash drive or SanDisk iXpand direct connect USB flash drive.

     

    You can combine/mix and match and use more than one cloud, offsite server storage service and also, personal portable mobile storage drives.

     

    And, if you have a computer with the latest iTunes on it, backing up your iPad to iTunes before deleting any other data off of your iPad.

    It still is wise to see on your iPad if you have any other items and data you can pair down to make additional data strorage room on the actual device.

     

    Good Luck!

  • by Myaspen323,

    Myaspen323 Myaspen323 Sep 9, 2016 12:25 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Sep 9, 2016 12:25 PM in response to MichelPM

    Thaks for tips. I think I may have it worked out, after deleting backup on apps that are not containg data that is important to me. Also I removed a few apps that I seldom use