My Apple iPhone is currently not on the new IOS 18 and I want to update my phone to be on this but I have no storage. I’ve been advised that I can plug my iPhone into the iMac and do it through there and it will not require any storage. (Not sure if true) my question though is if I update my phone through the iMac will it erase my data from my iPhone and wipe it?
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iPhone 12, iOS 17
Your iPhone still requires at least 10 GB of free storage to update through your iMac, and more is better. When you connect your iPhone to your iMac through iTunes or Finder, there will be two options, “Updating” and “Restoring” your iPhone.
Updating your iPhone will install the latest iOS version to your iPhone, while resulting in no data loss, which you should do. On the other hand, Restoring your iPhone will erase all the data on your iPhone, contrary to what you want to do.
Your iPhone still requires at least 10 GB of free storage to update through your iMac, and more is better. When you connect your iPhone to your iMac through iTunes or Finder, there will be two options, “Updating” and “Restoring” your iPhone.
Updating your iPhone will install the latest iOS version to your iPhone, while resulting in no data loss, which you should do. On the other hand, Restoring your iPhone will erase all the data on your iPhone, contrary to what you want to do.
"Will updating my iPhone via iMac erase data?: My Apple iPhone is currently not on the new IOS 18 and I want to update my phone to be on this but I have no storage. I’ve been advised that I can plug my iPhone into the iMac and do it through there and it will not require any storage. (Not sure if true) my question though is if I update my phone through the iMac will it erase my data from my iPhone and wipe it?"
See about Clearing Space:
Forget about wiping the iPhone. See if you can clear posts of space...
Use my User Tips:
If you are out of storage, you don't want to update because you will still be out of storage.....IF.....the update using the iMac even runs. Updating through the iMac is still going to require some free storage space.
Let's see how serious the storage issue might be. On your iPhone.....
Tap Settings
Tap General
Tap iPhone Storage
You will see XXX GB of XXX GB used
We need for you to fill in the XXXs and post back that information
You should be able to plug it in with a USB cord and then go onto the Finder app, and then it should show your iPhone‘s name with an eject logo next to it. Click on it, and then you should be able to hit check for software update, and it should process the update and start downloading.
Will updating my iPhone via iMac erase data?
