System Data is crazy

[martinocando]

I'm on Beta 4 and was trying to upgrade to Beta 5, only to find that I only have 3GB of storage left on my 64GB iPhone 11. When I checked storage, I found that System Data is consuming a wooping 39.03GB

The weirdest thing is that on my 64GB iPhone 12, already upgrade to Beta 5, the System Data is only 1.08GB.

Any idea what is happening here? How do I clean all that System Data crazyness on my iP11?

Thanks

 

[dannyyankou]

Odds are it's just not categorizing things correctly. Something similar happened to me and when I went out and back in to refresh, it corrected itself.

I actually checked right now and it says I have 19.25GB of system data, but only 29.8MB of Music. Even though I have a lot of music downloaded. So that was being counted as System Data. When I went out and back in, Music increased to 20.63GB and System Data decreased to 7.81GB, which is normal

 

[martinocando]

I've gone back and forth several times. Reset all settings, network settings, rebooted several times, and still nothing. Already sent feedback so I'm completing a backup on my Mac and will wipe everything and restore. I can't use it like this.

 

[Gilley]

I've gone back and forth several times. Reset all settings, network settings, rebooted several times, and still nothing. Already sent feedback so I'm completing a backup on my Mac and will wipe everything and restore. I can't use it like this.

Question about the reset all settings, I have a weird drain on the beta 4 so was waiting until 5 and then try this. I have an Apple Watch and dont want to lose my active streaks etc does it reset or have anything to do with against that besides just pairing the watch back to the phone?

 

[martinocando]

I just finished restoring it, and I'm back in business. System Data is around 6GB, which is understandable as I'm downloading Beta 5, but I got all my apps and data back. I don't think you'll lose your Apple Watch data either, but I don't have one, so can't say for sure.