Hello, I'm Trisha Hershberger and you are
watching DIY in 5. This one goes out to all of our iOS friends who
rely on iPhones and iPads to keep connected but find themselves unable to upgrade or use all of the
features available to them due to lack of storage. Because storage on these devices is not upgradeable
it is really important to free up as much space as possible whenever you can. Here are 5 tips to free up
iPhone and iPad storage in iOS 9. A great first step is to
clean up those apps. I know, apps are what makes your phone such a great digital companion. But they can also take up tons of storage if left unchecked. Apple has included an easy way
to see which of apps are taking up the most storage.
Simply go into Settings > General > Storage, and iCloud usage > Manage storage. This shows all your apps, largest to smallest.
Delete some of the largest apps you can do without and you can quickly get a few gigabytes
back. Come on, are you still playing
Words with Friends? I think not. Next, stop saving
those old messages. If you noticed Messages is your largest app there is a good chance that the
pictures, videos and other attachments you shared with friends and family are still sitting
there taking up valuable storage space.
This happens when your phone is
set to keep messages forever. But, it's a simple fix. Go to Settings > Messages > Keep Messages and update you settings. You can choose from month, a year or forever. Now we know pictures and messages
can be the culprit of low storage woes but pictures taken in general
with your phone can also cause issues. Most people no longer use traditional cameras. So, many of have multiple photos of the same thing on our phone and never delete any copies.
There’s a few ways to take great photos & videos without using so much space. When taking HDR photos
don’t keep copies of both the HDR & normal photos. Go to Settings > Photos & Camera and
uncheck “Keep normal photo”. Also, make sure “Live photos” are turned off.
These are fun but can use up to 2x more storage. Go to your camera and
toggle “Live photos” to off. When shooting video, if you use 720p instead of 1080 or 4K,that can save up to 5x as much space.
Go to Settings > Photos & Camera > Record video
and change to your desired resolution. If you love to watch HD movies and TV shows on your phone, you are not alone. But you may be taking up
tons of space on your phone. The great thing about buying media from iTunes
is that you can delete them from your device and stream or download
them again when you are ready to re-watch. Go to the Video app and tap “Edit” on
the top right. iTunes will place a “X” over
all the videos saved to your phone. Podcasts can also take up lots of space if you aren't careful. As more and more people create podcasts,
you may find yourself filling up storage quickly with the latest episodes of your favorite show. There’s no need to save episodes of podcasts you’ve already listened to.
Go to Settings > Podcasts and make sure “Delete Played Episodes” is selected. So, that's it! I hope you have freed-up tons of storage on your favorite iDevice. If you want to see more videos like these please subscribe, like this video, and leave a comment down below. Guys, thank you so much for watching DIY in 5, I'm your host Trisha Hershberger and I'll see you next time..
