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Unable to data transfer

I bought new 13 pro max , and I have old 11 pro max 160gb data all over n 13 pro max is 256 gb

still I get error you don’t have enough space to data transfer please help me.


iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Jun 10, 2022 11:32 AM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2022 6:38 PM

Probably you are selecting the wrong backup.


I am certain that you are looking at the wrong backup data on iTunes or you are reading the iPhone storage incorrectly. If you have only one backup then that is not your iPhone backup. If you do not have any other device then please erase the backup from the Manage Backups button and take a fresh backup.


Please note that backups are compressed and are a lot smaller than the actual storage used on your device.

For example, a backup size of 28.03 GB used space on iPhone will have a Backup Size of 5.26GB on iTunes/Finder and iCloud backup size will be 3.5 GB because everything that is synced to iCloud is not backed up on iCloud.


Please see the GIF below on how to read the backups correctly.


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Jun 10, 2022 6:38 PM in response to rony73

Probably you are selecting the wrong backup.


I am certain that you are looking at the wrong backup data on iTunes or you are reading the iPhone storage incorrectly. If you have only one backup then that is not your iPhone backup. If you do not have any other device then please erase the backup from the Manage Backups button and take a fresh backup.


Please note that backups are compressed and are a lot smaller than the actual storage used on your device.

For example, a backup size of 28.03 GB used space on iPhone will have a Backup Size of 5.26GB on iTunes/Finder and iCloud backup size will be 3.5 GB because everything that is synced to iCloud is not backed up on iCloud.


Please see the GIF below on how to read the backups correctly.


Unable to data transfer

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