Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Troubleshooting on an iPad. Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:09:15 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:09:15 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="eeb9b7714e7549483a6683c19180922d"; logging-data="1703377"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18g8CdNBUC4bTy7JbGTo/LrEy9m08L2CYc=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DcG5rqQT36ZD2ZDTLk/YP/N1hGI= sha1:sive/t7MPFY9XM5Y6qlqPGHEBQA= Bytes: 1907 John Hill wrote: > My son has has asked me: > > My iPad is getting slower and slower to the extent that it’s making some > applications difficult to use. I could try shutting down or restarting but my > perception is this is a recurring issue. Is there any known memory or process > monitoring on the iPad to see if I have an app that is misbehaving? > > I know of none, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything. cAnd if there is I > assume it would apply equally to the iPd and iPhone. > > Any suggestions? I have suggested a power down and restart, and he will try > that for starters. > > Old John. You don't mention the model of iPad. Older and lower spec models have less RAM and resources so will slow down with newer and newer software OSes. I'm noticing my 9th gen iPad always needing to refresh apps when I switch between them, suggesting that the active RAM is full.