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Storage Apple Watch

My Apple watch is telling me there is an update available but that it cannot be installed because it needs 2.5 GB storage to update. When I look at the storage available on my watch using my iPhone it tells me there is 41.82 GB available. I am at an impasse. I have tried turning off my watch and turning it on again, one piece of advice given, all to no effect.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on Jan 9, 2021 9:50 PM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 2:13 AM

Thanks fieryjack. I had already tried the unpair/re-pair technique before putting up my query. With no tangible result.

Subsequent to putting up the query to the Community I noticed that there was a red-spot badge symbol on the "My watch" icon at the bottom of the Apple Watch screen on my phone. When I followed this through it led me to do an update. This update proceeded at a very slow pace but eventually it ended and the new 7.1? version was on my watch,

So the issue is solved. The messages and failures I was experiencing are a mystery. Hopefully the next time there is an update things will proceed as they are intended to without any misleading messages.

Cheers from bwanafolodi


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Jan 10, 2021 2:13 AM in response to Community User

Thanks fieryjack. I had already tried the unpair/re-pair technique before putting up my query. With no tangible result.

Subsequent to putting up the query to the Community I noticed that there was a red-spot badge symbol on the "My watch" icon at the bottom of the Apple Watch screen on my phone. When I followed this through it led me to do an update. This update proceeded at a very slow pace but eventually it ended and the new 7.1? version was on my watch,

So the issue is solved. The messages and failures I was experiencing are a mystery. Hopefully the next time there is an update things will proceed as they are intended to without any misleading messages.

Cheers from bwanafolodi


Storage Apple Watch

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