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SpongeBlob Author

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iPad Mini 6 storage problem.

I’ve just bought a new iPad Mini 6 (64gb) and I’ve just restored from my iPad Pro (64gb) to get them having all the same apps etc. After everything was done, I noticed that the iPad mini had nearly 10gb less storage space left! Same apps, same data etc, just lost 10gb.

On closer examination, I noticed that I had around 5gb of “system data” at the bottom of the iPad storage app list. My iPad Pro is not even 200mb.

Photos on my iPad Pro occupy 3.5gb but the same ones on my Mini use over 6.7gb!

Ive reset to factory twice but when everything’s loaded up, I just have 10gb less storage on the Mini.

Is there a solution?

iPad mini 6 Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 1:53 PM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Oct 3, 2021 2:51 AM

The System Data that you describe is cached data - and unless your iPad is very constrained for free-space, should be of no concern.

System Data storage is automatically managed by your iPad; it will vary over time and will never be the same between two devices. Give it time - and the cached data will be automatically purged as needed.

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