iPhone storage bug - wrong space

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1. Sometimes, a simple restart can resolve temporary software glitches. Turn off your iPhone, wait for a few seconds, and then turn it back on.
   1. Restart the device. That's it.
   2. Still not solved --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
2. If the issue persists, you can try resetting all settings on your iPhone. This will not erase your data but will reset all personalized settings to their default values. Go to Settings > General > Transfer & Reset > Reset > Reset All Settings and confirm the action. Note that you will need to reconfigure your settings afterward. All settings—including network settings, the keyboard dictionary, the Home screen layout, location settings, privacy settings, and Apple Pay cards—are removed or reset to their defaults. No data or media are deleted.
   1. Reset All Settings: Return iPhone settings to their defaults - Apple Support:- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
   2. You can return settings to their defaults without erasing your content.
   3. If you want to save your settings, back up your iPhone before returning them to their defaults. For example, if you’re trying to solve a problem but returning settings to their defaults doesn’t help, you might want to restore your previous settings from a backup.
3. Make sure you have the latest updates installed.
   1. Update Over-the-Air (OTA) —> Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support (IN)
   2. Update using iTunes/Finder —> Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support (IN)

If none of the above steps resolve the issue, it is recommended to reach out to Apple Support or visit an authorized service center for further assistance. They can provide specific guidance based on your device model and iOS version.

The actual discrepancy with used space is caused by iCloud as well. You have a bunch of photos uploaded into the iCloud that in total exceeds the local storage of your iPhone. The phone then dynamically frees space as you need it, on demand. The iPhone does not show the space that is actually free but the space that could be free if needed.

There are apps where actual free space will be displayed such as ProShot, which is a camera app but shows the remaining free space in the bottom left of the interface as you can see in the screenshot.

This is the one and only workaround I’ve found so far.

I was having the same problem plus a multitude of other problems I’m having with my 13max pro and tried all of this including Apple support they had me go to Apple Store they wiped my phone and put most recent iOS on it and I had to work from fresh vs an Apple backup from iCloud and use my phone for a few weeks, well same problems again even though I didn’t load my pics and music (I miss iPod touch), so I called Apple support back and the young lady said she’d not account for me to go to Apple Store to order a replacement phone even though I’ll be getting same problem again but once at the store nasty rep (most have been nasty snooty with bad attitudes and know it all demeanors) told me best to upgrade and wanted to run diagnostics on phone again well why buy another iPhone if it’s gonna have same problems even on bigger hard drive and come to find out the rep didn’t notate anything to my account about replacement. I don’t like android phones but am tempted to get one… I miss the way Apple used to be…so it’s still doing it and sometimes I never receive texts or calls… frustrating

Hi,

My husband and I took a few minutes to see if Apple has provided a solution to the intentional software bug that has plagued all Apple devices for about five years.

After reading the answer to this post, it seems pretty clear that Apple is going to lose a lot of business for not distributing working software products.

While I cannot provide a fix for iOS, the fix to this storage software bug for MacOSx are two steps:

1. The library folder -- open terminal, type, 'open library' and you will find abnormally large application preference/configuration files that are eating up all of the space.
2. Disable *All* Cloud services.

Doing the above has freed up approximately 60 - 90% of the drive on ten mac OSX machines that my husband, myself, family, and friends owned.

Apple has lost our business.

apple's way to fix this would be to force you to backup to PC or to backup to icloud and then force you to upgrade your cloud storage. After that, they will format your entire phone and then tell you to download all the apps again and restore from your recent backup. This isn't fixing any problem at all. That is just a workaround and the same problem will exist for future iphones as well even the iphone 16. So, the major flaw is in apple's software, no fault of the user at all. I would suggest you strongly get used to android as it is much more stable.

Is that for iPhone or the computers?