itunes match "other" storage space issue

The "other" category isn't necessarily just iTunes Match info. This can be temporary files from Safari, data from other apps that need to store information other than the initial app, as well as other things. I have iTunes Match with over 7500 songs and I have very little "other" storage on my iPhone 6. Even if you don't use iTunes Match, the "other" category is still going to be an issue for people.

Doesn't happen on my devices. Erase yours and set them up again.

i have this issue on two of my family's iphone 6 pluses and the only thing that works for us is to sign out of the itunes store in settings, wait 10 minutes or so, and then sign back in. our available storage will jump from 0 GB to over 40GB. we are heavy itunes match users. this happens every few weeks.

you have to turn back on itunes match, however, and wait for that to load again, but it's a small price to pay in my opinion, since when your phone is getting the "storage almost full" messages, the phone is sometimes almost unusable

Good to know I'm not the only one this is happening to. I've done the same thing as every one else. Reset the phone, turned off iTunes Match, etc. After a week or so, the phone begins to display the almost-out-of-memory warning over and over. I don't mind doing this on occasion, but it's two or three times a month at this point.

Thank you SOOOO much for re-posting this string. I thought my iPhone 5c was busted. I have been backing up and deleting all of my photos, deleting emails, and I only had one game loaded. But when I looked at my storage on my iTunes, it showed me having over 2GB available, but on my phone it was less than 200mb, and shrinking! I eventually did a full restore and just loaded my most recent backup. Boom, got all of my space back. I kept an eye on my phone to see if storage would drop again, but it held for a couple of days. Then, I turned on iTunes Match, and I immediately dropped 1GB in 30 minutes.

From there, I did a search on iTunes Match and storage issues, found the old thread from 2014 and the iPhone 4, and then found this thread. Obviously Apple hasn't fixed anything.

My Match subscription was just renewed, but I have no problem deactivating it on my devices and just use Spotify Premium. Yes, I pay monthly, but at least my space won't be eaten up. It's a shame, I have a lot of music on Match. Which, btw, seems to be the trigger. Those that are close to the 25k max of content seem to be the ones having issues with storage.

Hey, Apple, fix this nonsense.

Thanks for letting us know that your device is fine. In a conversation where folks are having similar problems, the most useful bit of feedback is from the person that is having no issues. Really. So helpful.

rushman007 wrote:

Thanks for letting us know that your device is fine. In a conversation where folks are having similar problems, the most useful bit of feedback is from the person that is having no issues. Really. So helpful.

You're welcome.

Follow Up

I went from an iPhone 5 to a 6 and hoped the switch would fix the problem. It has not. I'm still getting the storage problem.

Same problem, I posted in the old thread, guess I'll post here too. The strangest part to me is that the service worked great for months. I signed up when my baby was born and used it EVERY morning to play the baby music for months, then one day, the storage almost full appeared. Much frustration ensued as I searched for answers and experimented for a solution. Now, I have to do the workaround every couple days if I use the service at all. Yes, I have a very large iTunes library, but completely filling a mostly-free 32gb device with some kind of meta-data is ridiculous; especially since, as I said, it didn't do this initially for months, so apple changed something and they have to be aware of the issue by now at least. I'm surprised this hasn't been reported by any of the tech press, they love to say anything, good or bad, about Apple. Hopefully with all the hype about Apple's new radio service this problem will finally see the light, as more people try out match and run into the issue, although I fear my older iphone 4 will be left behind even if they were to initiate a fix.