THERE is a hidden culprit that could be eating up a good chunk of the storage on your iPhone.
If storage is filling up fast on your iPhone, it could be because this culprit can take it up space silently – but it can be fixed in seconds.
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It’s no secret that photos and videos can take up tons of space if they start to build up in your iPhone.
There are some quick ways to clear out your storage like deleting duplicates or downloading them into another cloud storage service.
You can delete duplicates easily by going to your Photos App, selecting Albums, going to Duplicates, and deleting from there.
Another cloud storage service to consider is the one that comes with an Amazon Prime membership.
MAIN STORAGE CULPRIT
The hidden culprit is within your iPhone videos.
It is the 4K setting when you take a video.
A 60-second video filmed in the 4K setting will take up a whopping 475 MB.
While a 10-minute 4K video can take up to 4 GB of storage.
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The 4K setting is available on the iPhone 8 and later models.
To turn the 4K setting off, go to Settings > Camera > Record Video.
It will give you a list of video quality options to record from.
The first three are in HD and the last three are in 4K.
You want to choose one of the first three HD options if you are in need of saving storage.
The 4K setting is good for getting high-quality video but you may want to transfer the video off your device after recording to save storage also.
RAW PHOTOS
RAW photos can also take up a large amount of space.
To turn it this setting off, go to Settings > Camera > Formats, then toggle off Apple ProRAW. You can also switch between 12 MP or 48 MP resolution photos here.
RAW files are raw photo data that your camera stores as it was taken without processing or compressing it.
A RAW photo takes up 25 MB while a compressed JPEG takes up about 1 MB of space.
