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Storage for Ipad and Iphone

Poppy9
Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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DD has used up all her memory on devices and icloud.

Was thinking of getting her a wireless storage device to transfer things to but not sure what I need to get.

Are there any other alternatives to increase her storage.
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,020 Forumite
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    Delete stuff?
    Copy stuff to a PC?
    Dropbox account?
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Delete stuff? She refuses to!
    Copy stuff to a PC?Too much hassle apparentely
    Dropbox account?I'll look into this
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Poppy9 wrote: »
    Delete stuff? She refuses to!
    Copy stuff to a PC?Too much hassle apparentely
    Dropbox account?I'll look into this

    Onedrive? G-drive?

    Both offer gigs of free storage.
  • AJXX
    AJXX Posts: 847 Forumite
    edited 25 November 2014 at 10:03AM
    OP if you're willing to pay for dropbox, G-Drive, etc... you might as well just pay the 79p per month for extra iCloud storage thus keeping the most useful features of iCloud like automatic backups etc and not mess about having to transfer stuff to other services
  • wiogs
    wiogs Posts: 2,744 Forumite
    One of these might suit you. Great little devices
    http://www.apotop.net/en/goods.php?act=view&no=6

    About £25 and stick in a memory card/usb stick.
  • StuC75
    StuC75 Posts: 2,065 Forumite
    It depends how the space is being used ...

    If its music saved locally - consider some kind of streaming approach - spotify , or google music where can put your music from a pc onto the cloud and stream back to the apps.

    If its photos then check that its not 'doubling' up its use - by way of photos being on the camera album and on the photo stream.

    If its videos\movies can you look at streaming apps - some players will use network folders to play from..

    Settings > Usage > Manage Storage will show the usage by app on the phone - selecting an app will show the App Size and whats taken in Documents & Data..

    Some apps can bloat up with cached data - so can be an idea to delete and redownload at times (then run the icloud backup to retrieve the space)..

    Or sometimes a completely 'clean' reset up of the device can help save space too - whether previous ios updates leave behind files - which then also affect how much space it takes up on icloud..

    e.g Spotify App size 55.9mb, Documents & Data 1.6gb (Playlists and offline music saved)...
    Photos and Camera is 1.2gb - but 600mb is Photo Library and about the same again is My Photo Stream (same pics)..
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