iOS Tip: Check Your Available Storage On Your iOS 5 Device

This Mac tip is provided by Mark Greentree and was originally posted on Mark’s blog – Everyday Mac Support. For more of Mark’s tips visit his site, follow him on Twitter, or browse his archive of posts here.


How To: Check Your Available Storage On Your iOS 5 Device

iOS 5 has introduced a new set of views in the usage area. I’m sure that at one point in time you have struggled with finding additional storage on your device for a specific application, movie, or more photographs.

Well simply proceed to Settings > General > Usage and you will be presented with the following information regarding how much storage is being consumed by each application. On the topic of storage your iCloud storage information is also available from this area.

Tapping on Show all Apps will give you the complete detail on every single app on your device.

Now when you are looking for more space to install that new app or add video for travelling, you will know which apps are consuming the most space and therefore you will be able to remove them.

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Mark Greentree

Mark Greentree is the principle blogger and podcast creator of Everyday Mac Support. His aim is to inform users at all levels of experience how to get the most out of the Apple hardware and associated software. He is the lead host of Not Another Mac Podcast, an Apple based round table discussion with Mac users and experts from all over world.