Synced iPhone and now out of storage space?

Why does my iPhone use storage when backing up to iTunes? Prior to the backup I had 2GB, during the backup I got a notification on the phone saying I'm out of space. I checked and now it's only got 150MB.

What caused this? I'm restoring/downloading documents from iCloud but thats getting stored locally on my Mac.

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 23, 2021 2:42 PM

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DCarlson93 Author

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Oct 23, 2021 10:02 PM in response to DCarlson93

I had extra options checked in iPhone sync that backed up some pictures, audiobooks and movies.

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