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Ask HN: Why does iOS lie about storage space required for updates?

4 pointsby whb101over 1 year ago
I go to my iPhone settings to install an update. It says I can’t install the update because “at least 3.92 GB of storage space required.” I check my storage space. It’s 5.88 GB. Does anyone know what’s going on here?

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bell-cotover 1 year ago
[Preface: No, I don&#x27;t know.]<p>&gt; Why does iOS lie...<p>Especially with no obvious &quot;...(4) Profit!&quot; reason for Apple to intentionally lie, I&#x27;d attribute this to incompetence.<p>There are a number of ways to measure available storage space, before you even get into &quot;GiB vs. GB&quot; sorts of issues. So if it&#x27;s not too much of a PITA, freeing up more space seems a pretty plausible &quot;First Kludge&quot; to try.