{"id":65015,"date":"2016-09-12T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T10:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=65015"},"modified":"2016-09-15T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:02:53","slug":"how-to-get-more-space-on-your-iphone-7-or-7-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/how-to-get-more-space-on-your-iphone-7-or-7-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get more space on your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CsGgAChWEAEnhOz\"<\/p>\n

The entry-level iPhone 7 and 7 Plus may not have 16GB of storage any more, but they’re still easy enough to fill up. Here are our tips on freeing space and adding more\u00a0on your new iPhone!<\/p>\n

Be storage-efficient<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, you should look to save space by disabling features that you rarely (if ever) use. The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are set up by default to use a lot of space, particularly when taking photos and videos. Here are three features you can remove to conserve space.<\/p>\n

Turn off the Live Photos feature<\/h3>\n

Live Photos are short videos that are recorded a second or so before and after\u00a0a photo is taken. They’re pretty fun, but they’re also very costly when it comes to storage space. You can turn off the Live Photos feature\u00a0by tapping the yellow icon in the top centre of the camera app (when holding your iPhone in portrait). The concentric circles icon will turn white when the feature is\u00a0turned off.<\/p>\n

Turn off HDR backup photos<\/h3>\n

By default, whenever you shoot in HDR mode, your iPhone will keep two photos: the original photo, and the HDR’d version. Oftentimes the HDR version is the only one you need, so you’re doubling your storage requirements for basically no reason. This offers less of a space saving,\u00a0but still adds up to many wasted megabytes over the life of your iPhone. Go to\u00a0Settings > Photos & Camera<\/strong> and deselect Keep Normal Photo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Don’t shoot in 4K<\/h3>\n

You can shoot in 4K with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea! After all, 4K video stores four times as much information as 1080p at the same frame rate, making it take up way more space on your phone. You can change the\u00a0option in\u00a0Settings > Photos & Camera > Record Video<\/strong>. I recommend 1080p \/ 60fps, which should be more than sufficient for\u00a0all non-professional video production purposes!<\/p>\n

Free up some space<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"iphone7-plus-silver-select-2016_AV3\"<\/p>\n

Remove unused apps<\/h3>\n

This is an obvious one, but given its efficacy it would be foolish to not include it. You should regularly go through\u00a0Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Manage Storage<\/strong>\u00a0and remove apps that you haven’t used recently. Particularly if you’re often in areas with fast mobile internet or Wi-Fi, it doesn’t make sense to store an app or game on your phone when you can remove it, save the space and be able to re-download it in a few seconds anyway.<\/p>\n

Use cloud storage<\/h3>\n

Cloud storage is an efficient alternative to local storage, allowing you to access a massive online library of songs, photos and videos instead of being limited to what you can keep on your iPhone.<\/p>\n

Instead of keeping music on your phone, you can use use services like Spotify or Google Music. You can upload your photos to iCloud or Dropbox, removing them from your iPhone after they’ve been uploaded. And of course, you can get your video fix from YouTube, Netflix or Amazon Prime Instant Video instead of copying them from iTunes. The less photos, videos and music you keep on your iPhone, the more space you’ll have left over!<\/p>\n

Move\u00a0media\u00a0off your iPhone<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

If you have downloads, music, movies or photos on your iPhone that you don\u2019t need, you can easily copy them to a Mac or PC using our\u00a0Connecting your iPhone to a computer<\/a>\u00a0guide. There are also some cool gadgets to make that task just that extra bit easier.<\/p>\n

Use the Leef iBridge or iAccess<\/h3>\n

The Leef iBridge<\/a> is a USB drive with\u00a0a Lightning plug, making it super easy to move photos and videos off your new iPhone without needing to directly connect to a PC — brilliant if you’re on the go!<\/p>\n

Just plug it into your iPhone 7, select and move your media using the iBridge app, and then move the media\u00a0to your PC, tablet or Android device. You can also use the iBridge to copy files between iPhones and iPads, which can be handy in a pinch. You can also watch videos directly from the device, so you can watch downloaded TV or films without copying it to your iPhone and taking up its limited space. You can also use the Leef iAccess<\/a>, a similar device that gives your iPhone Micro SD storage.<\/p>\n

Back up to a USB drive<\/h3>\n

Of course, you can use other gadgets to plug in USB drives. This Connection Kit<\/a>\u00a0is one option, complete with a USB port for connecting flash drives and portable hard drives, and SD card slots of various sizes to let you copy across photos. If you can remember to keep taking photos off your iPhone and putting them on your PC, you might be able\u00a0to stave off the dreaded ‘Cannot take photo’ message indefinitely!<\/p>\n

Signing off<\/h2>\n

We hope our tips helped. Let us know what you think in the comments below!<\/p>\n

Shop iPhone 7 accessories ><\/a> Shop iPhone 7 Plus accessories ><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The entry-level iPhone 7 and 7 Plus may not have 16GB of storage any more, but they’re still easy enough to fill up. Here are our tips on freeing space and adding more on your new iPhone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":65017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8208,228],"tags":[8197,8198],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65020,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65015\/revisions\/65020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}