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Am I the only one that finds this absurd?
(lemmy.nz)
Is there anything I can do about this extremely vague block of data that’s taking up 30% of my phone’s storage? Mind you, this isn’t the operating system itself, as that’s listed as its own category.
EDIT: I tried (a) backing up to my computer, factory resetting, then restoring from backup and (b) setting the date years in the future. Neither worked, in fact (a) actually increased my system data to 34 GB! What DID end up working was updating my iOS from 18 to 26, which I had to do from my computer via iTunes since my phone was full. Apparently major system updates reset system data
Im not endorsing it, but It makes more sense when you realize that the difference between the different Apple OSs is only the UI. They are all the same OS called Darwin. They have gotten sloppy about the optimizations between devices since they started spinning their own silicon.