My iPhone shows 6.98 GB of messages and my Mac shows 60.68 GB. Wondering what is causing such a huge discrepancy and thinking there are things on the Mac that could be duplicates? Appreciate any help. Thank you.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6
ckirscher wrote:
My iPhone shows 6.98 GB of messages and my Mac shows 60.68 GB. Wondering what is causing such a huge discrepancy and thinking there are things on the Mac that could be duplicates? Appreciate any help. Thank you.
That is quite the discrepancy. It's possible you've deleted a number of conversations on your iPhone but not your Mac- you can check each individual device storage and compare. My guess is that it's a bunch of photos or videos.
For iPhone: open Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Messages and take a look through the media you have sent/received
For Mac: click the Apple menu in the top left, then About This Mac > Storage > Manage > Messages
Discrepancy in about of messages stored between iPhone and Mac
