Where are my missing GBs?

[roypeled]

Hi, All,

Wanted to upgrade to iOS7, but I get a message saying it needs 4GB storage and I don't have enough free memory. Went to the storage management. It does say that I only have 478 MB free. The odd thing is that it says that there are 12 GB used, but when I sum up all the apps in the list, it only gets to 7GB. So where are the missing 5GB?

Thanks,

Roy

 

[BlackOropher26]

Hi, All,

Wanted to upgrade to iOS7, but I get a message saying it needs 4GB storage and I don't have enough free memory. Went to the storage management. It does say that I only have 478 MB free. The odd thing is that it says that there are 12 GB used, but when I sum up all the apps in the list, it only gets to 7GB. So where are the missing 5GB?

Thanks,

Roy

The rest are consumed by the software(iOS)

 

[roypeled]

I thought about that, but I assumed that is the difference between the 12GB appearing as used and the 16GB the iPad is supposed to have. Not so?

 

[scifan57]

Hi, All, Wanted to upgrade to iOS7, but I get a message saying it needs 4GB storage and I don't have enough free memory. Went to the storage management. It does say that I only have 478 MB free. The odd thing is that it says that there are 12 GB used, but when I sum up all the apps in the list, it only gets to 7GB. So where are the missing 5GB? Thanks, Roy

Do you have any photos, videos, stored messages, etc.?

 

[roypeled]

Do you have any photos, videos, stored messages, etc.?

Photos, which indeed account for 4GB, but that's included in the 7GB I mentioned earlier.

Thanks,

Roy

 

[abababababab]

Photos, which indeed account for 4GB, but that's included in the 7GB I mentioned earlier.

Thanks,

Roy

Try this : 1. Connect your iPad to your PC.
2. Open iTunes.
3. At the bottom, you see a bar, which shows how much memory individual classes of objects like apps, photos etc occupy. It may help you to solve your problem.
You will always find 2-3 or lesser number of GBs less as they are occupied by the iOS.

 

[roypeled]

Sorry for being difficult, but I still don't get it. I did as suggested by abababababab. The bar says 4.65 GB photo - ok. 15.8MB books - ok. 1.59GB Other - no idea what that means, and I'd like to know, but for the sake of this discussion - ok. And it say 53 apps with a total of 6.09 GB - ok. BUT - if "Other" means the OS, then the total including the OS is 12.73, and then where are the missing 3.27 to get to 16GB? and if "Other" does not mean the OS - then: a. What does it mean?; and b. Does the OS take the full missing 3.27?

Thanks for your help,

Roy