Cloud computing and device problems

November 14, 2014 Off By David
Object Storage

Grazed from ITWorldCanada.

The other day I had a problem with my iPhone — a 4S, with 64GB running iOS 8.1 — so here’s my story: First, some context. I have 420 apps taking 22.78GB storage and 4,000 songs taking 7.82GB of storage on my phone, and a few miscellaneous items such as photos and calendar data. I use iTunes on my PC as an intermediary, and iCloud.

I am still waiting in line for an iPhone 6 Plus from my local cable provider. I am an IT strategy/management consultant, and my focus is currently on cloud computing and its impact on systems. I am neither a bits-and-bytes technical specialist nor am I a programmer. I do try to keep my apps up-to-date, however, and I sync and backup my iPhone frequently (sometimes daily)…

I also try to solve problems with my systems myself. Sometimes it gets a tad frustrating … The other day I started running out of storage. I had just deleted a lot of the music (I seldom listen to it using the iPhone) and was downloading a couple of new apps (actually Microsoft Office). All of a sudden the “Other” storage category seemed to jump to more than 22GB (from less than 1GB) and that’s when the problems started. I did not have enough storage left to sync the device and, needless to say, “Other” is not very informative as a label!…

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