bigfootsocks t1_j2d87ov wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:15 AM

Reply to comment by Zephyretta in PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk by Vertsix

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TexButtery t1_j2dfciq wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:45 PM

According to the setting app:

"System Data includes caches, logs and other resources currently in use by the system. This value will fluctuate according to system needs."

Mine goes up and down. Right now it's about 10gb on my 256gb phone.

Zephyretta t1_j2dikou wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:20 PM

This has come up so many times on this very subreddit. If you just search it, you’ll see a monthly thread where this is discussed and link to Apples white paper detailing how caching works.