Running the developer beta of iOS 17 and checked my iPhone storage tonight. I was shocked to see the storage on my 256 GB iPhone 14 Pro Max was almost full. When I looked to what was taking up the most space, the Home app is at the top of the list with 98 GB worth of data in the documents and data category.
Anyone have any ideas how to clear what I assume is a runaway cache?
Edit: Spent over an hour on the phone w/ Apple this morning and got nowhere. I fixed this issue by removing my HomePods from my home, then deleting the home app on my iPhone. I also deleted it from my iPad as the storage size was almost 40 GB on it.
I then re-installed the home app on both and the issue was resolved. The system data storage did temporarily jump up to the respective size of the home app before deleting on both devices before dropping back down to normal over the course of 20 or so minutes.
The CSR I spoke w/ said they created a case for the engineering team as this seems to be a somewhat common issue after browsing some threads on Reddit. Hopefully they can identify a fix to prevent this from happening in the future.
Anyone have any ideas how to clear what I assume is a runaway cache?
Edit: Spent over an hour on the phone w/ Apple this morning and got nowhere. I fixed this issue by removing my HomePods from my home, then deleting the home app on my iPhone. I also deleted it from my iPad as the storage size was almost 40 GB on it.
I then re-installed the home app on both and the issue was resolved. The system data storage did temporarily jump up to the respective size of the home app before deleting on both devices before dropping back down to normal over the course of 20 or so minutes.
The CSR I spoke w/ said they created a case for the engineering team as this seems to be a somewhat common issue after browsing some threads on Reddit. Hopefully they can identify a fix to prevent this from happening in the future.
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