XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
From: watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk
On 15 Dec 2025 at 15:09:45 GMT, "Chris" wrote:
> Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Yes I understand that. This reserved space setting is new, however, making
> you lose even more space to iOS.
I encountered this problem. I offloaded unused apps as suggested and was able
to update ro 26.2. But i don't yet know if I have lost anything valuable
because it's no longer in the App Store. 🤞
Maybe I need to do some thinning. We shall see.
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