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Detox your iPhone or iPad

Once upon a time, iPhones and iPads came with very small amounts of storage compared to Macs. These days, their options overlap all the way from 128GB to 1TB. Even so, most of us have relatively little room on our mobile devices, which can quickly amass apps, photos, videos, and downloaded content.

On the other hand, most of it is likely to be either purchased from the iTunes Store or synced to iCloud. You can take advantage of this by leaving your content in the cloud until it’s needed, saving space in your device’s onboard storage.

Because iOS and iPadOS give you less freedom to screw up their file systems, it’s unlikely you will ever have anything to gain by wiping your device. But you’ll certainly want to do

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