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   =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= to Chris   
   Re: iOS 26.2 taking up all my storage   
   15 Dec 25 14:29:33   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: hugybear@gmx.net   
      
   On 15.12.25 12:00, Chris wrote:   
   > Chris  wrote:   
   >> Jörg Lorenz  wrote:   
   >>> On 14.12.25 00:09, Chris wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I know my phone is pretty full, and during the install of 26.2 it needed   
   to   
   >>>> free up some space by offloading several apps. Now, the storage is   
   >>>> completely full and I can't restore the apps.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I note there's a "Reserved Auto-Updates Space" of 11GB which I've never   
   >>>> seen before.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How to get rid of this reserved space?   
   >>>   
   >>> The name says it: The probable solution would be to turn off Auto-Update.   
   >>   
   >> It is off. Although looking again I see a (new?) setting under   
   >> "General->Software Update->Automatic Updates-> System Files" called   
   >> "Automatically Install".   
   >>   
   >> Will disable and see.   
   >   
   > The only thing that turns it off is to disable it entirely. I did have it   
   > on "download only".   
      
   Sure. Each and every Upgrade or update comes as one file and is always   
   on top of what you already have on the phone. The space is only freed   
   after the successful installation of the new OS. By pure logic the space   
   can be freed if you do not plan updates in advance.   
      
      
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