When
I attempted the upgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 8 on my 16GB iPhone, the upgrade
failed because I didn’t have enough free space. I completely reset my phone at
that point to allow for the upgrade, losing all my photos and other
information. Now I’d like to upgrade from iOS 8 to iOS 9, but I really don’t
want to go through this drill again. Is there some way to ensure that I can
upgrade without resetting my phone?
It’s true—the upgrade from iOS 7 to
iOS 8 required a lot of free space on the phone, and that space is hard to come
by on a 16 GB iPhone. Luckily, the upgrade to iOS 9 should require a good deal
less space than the upgrade to iOS 8 did, and you may be able to perform the
“over the air” upgrade without removing any contents from your phone. A simple
alternative, however, is to perform the upgrade via iTunes on your computer.
Connect your phone to your computer, fire up the current version of iTunes, and
let iTunes download and install the new software. This takes up far less space
on the phone, as you don’t need room for the downloaded upgrade in addition to
the entire operating system, in that case.
On the other hand, if space is that tight on
your device, you might want to invest some time in clearing off some real
estate. Photos, messages, videos, and other content can take up a lot of space
on your phone, and occasionally, it’s best to clear out unwanted items so you
have room for the latest photos of your cats. You can find many techniques for
clearing space on your phone (one of our favorites is to store your photos with
an online service that automatically sweeps new photos to the service’s space,
like DropBox, and deletes them from your phone). For more information on
explicit solutions and techniques for clearing your device, see the article
here: hthttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_delete_photos_messages_and_songs_iphone
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