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iPad Pro sluggish

Lilysmom1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:22:22 GMT

I was finding that my iPad was becoming sluggish after the install of IOS 14. I checked the memory and it was close to full. I did a big clearing out exercise which I found interesting. I got rid of many photos, stored important ones on a USB, cleared out apps I was not using, turned off background refresh on apps, adjusted my newspaper subscription so that it wasn't storing back issues (this app was a memory hog), did a hard reset and turned off Bluetooth. I now have 50 GB of free memory (out of 128),

While performance is better, Instill find it sluggish. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions. Did I miss something. Is it IOS 14? TIA. S aka Lilysmom

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

MKR14 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:44:39 GMT

Go under Settings and the start with your first App. Open and turn Off Siri and Search. I found 4 things open on each app. This made a huge difference in my iPad after updating to version 14. I also turned off Location as I do not need to be tracked. IF needed for Maps etc it will pop up and you can turn on then. Always restart the iPad after this and see if it helps.

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glb613 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:18:33 GMT

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
I was finding that my iPad was becoming sluggish after the install of IOS 14. I checked the memory and it was close to full. I did a big clearing out exercise which I found interesting. I got rid of many photos, stored important ones on a USB, cleared out apps I was not using, turned off background refresh on apps, adjusted my newspaper subscription so that it wasn't storing back issues (this app was a memory hog), did a hard reset and turned off Bluetooth. I now have 50 GB of free memory (out of 128),

While performance is better, Instill find it sluggish. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions. Did I miss something. Is it IOS 14? TIA. S aka Lilysmom

The best thing to do is reset and restore. Apps, updates music, and photos take up a lot of room even when they have been deleted. Backup your iPad to your computer or the iCloud, erase and reset, then restore from your backup. All of the junk or orphan files will be gone and your data/settings will be restored.

FYI, a friend had this problem with her iPhone. She didn't have enough storage space to do the latest update. We did a reset/restore, regained 8 GB of storage and when she did the latest update, her phone was out of storage space again. Her only option was to buy a new iPhone.

Another example of why you should always buy as much storage on a device as you can afford.

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

Lilysmom1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:34:37 GMT

@glb613 , I take your point on storage. I may very well do what you recommend. I think I will wait until the quiet time between Christmas and the New Year and have a computer day. It shouldn't be this hard. The only thing here that makes me cringe is the music. I am pretty sure I will lose my playlists but that should be ok as they are stored on the MacBook Pro right?

Thanks for your feedback. S

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Lilysmom1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:48:08 GMT

@MKR14 , I shut off "Learn From This App" also. Did you do that too? S

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MKR14 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:56:41 GMT

Yes. I did shut that off. I forgot swipe to the Right on the main screen and on the Left it will open another screen. Get rid of what is open. I did. I believe you swipe up and they will be gone. These definitely take storage as they are always there if not deleted. This will cause no problem doing this.

Be sure you do Siri and Search on EACH app as it has as many as 5 things open under each one.

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Still Raining — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:01:58 GMT

For both the phone and the iPads, I had to take the time to really, really go through the settings. Many changes.

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

Lilysmom1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:06:38 GMT

@MKR14 ,:wow, thank you. What a difference. Back to normal. I really appreciate the tip! S aka Lilysmom

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

MKR14 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:12:42 GMT

The updates also have put Bluetooth before so be sure to check that also.

Enjoy your day and the faster iPad. Glad I could help.
I always check all of these things after any update.👍

UPDATE:

I just went back on my iPad and saw that under General-go down to "Siri and Search"and I had half of my Apps showing some had part of them on. This is one you want to check as well as the list of Apps from Music down listed below this. Now all mine are off for sure.
See by helping you it helped me too!

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

Lilysmom1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:48:24 GMT

@MKR14 , I can't believe the difference...such small things make me happy❤️! S

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MKR14 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:43:25 GMT

Me too. I am 71 yrs. old and my children call "me" to ask how to fix anything to do with electronics. I love the iPads and am like you. It bothers me if something is wrong and if I don't know the answer I work at it until I figure it out.

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Dragonflyveb — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:01:08 GMT

@MKR14

Thank you. I checked my iPad and found many buttons to shut off. Never knew about this.

Can you explain what the Siri & Search does? I read the explanation on the Apple website, but it kinda didn't make sense to me. I can still search my maps and Outlook...

Thanks

dragonfly

Re: iPad Pro sluggish

MKR14 — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:39:53 GMT

Siri will track what you do and suggest sites etc that. You may like. That would mean whenever you are looking online Siri is trying to add sites for you to try that you may like. That means Siri is doing this in the background and that uses your battery as you are searching for something. This does NOT change us doing our regular internet things as usual.

I personally do not have Siri on in the settings first 2 of Siri and Search when opened. This is what it states when using Siri:

When You Make Requests, Siri Sends Certain Data About You to Apple to Help Respond to Your Requests

When you use Siri and Dictation, the things you say and dictate will be sent to Apple to process your requests. In addition to these audio recordings, your device will send other Siri Data, such as:

• Contact names, nicknames, and relationships (for example, “my dad”), if you set them up in your contacts
• Music and podcasts you enjoy
• Names of your and your Family Sharing members’ devices
• Names of accessories, homes, scenes, and members of a shared home in the Home app
• Labels for items, such as people names in Photos, Alarm names, and names of Reminders lists
• Names of apps installed on your device and shortcuts you added through Siri

I know Alexa does also this but you can Go to Alexa Settings, More in the lower right corner, Alexa Privacy, and then delete voice recordings up to when you started using it, 1 day, 1 month etc. I do this every week.

Just this can help also.

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Dragonflyveb — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:14:45 GMT

Thank you for explaining. I don't use Siri anyway, so I had all those searches going on when I would never use them! Off they go!

dragonfly

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MKR14 — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:44:36 GMT

Here are a few more hints for space used:

Go to Settings, scroll down to Safari, and open.
Go to Clear History and Website sites.

You will be amazed what is on your iPad. I clear mine at the end of every day.

I also clear Google history every day if I have been using it.

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Lilysmom1 — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:19:42 GMT

@MKR14 @glb613 , I appreciate the input from both of you on the iPad.

I wiped my iPad Pro clean today, added back apps, reviewed all settings as @MKR14 pointed out above. When I was restarting my iPad, it instructed me to hold my iPhone close to the iPad. I did. I am not entirely sure what that did but all my websites are saved, all my contacts are there. My emails and notes came back through the email notes. I think things are much better. Will advise iphiwnit goes after a couple of days of use.

Thanks to both of you. I am pretty sure I am in a better operating mode! S aka Lilysmom

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MKR14 — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:18:04 GMT

@Lilysmom1 @Hope things are better now for you. Probably your Bluetooth was on and may have picked up your iPhone and that helped transferring things back to your iPad. Bluetooth will pick up especially if your Bluetooth was on your iPhone also. It probably did Airdrop that can go one to another when sending things back and forth to each. Either way things sound better.

Look at that! Now you have learned some things about the iPad to help someone else. Now you can just enjoy it and always wait a few weeks to see if any problems when a new update comes out.

I leave my Bluetooth off and turn on only when I need it. It does run the battery down more and always turns on whenever you do a new update.

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Lilysmom1 — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:27:46 GMT

@MKR14 , yes speed is much better now. I just turned the Bluetooth off. I transferred the important photos to a USB stick, got rid of tons of photos, stopped photos from uploading to iCloud as well as taking care of all the hints you provided.

I did not worry about itunes playlists as that is already on my phone and ipod. I think I will soon be using Apple Music or Spotify paid version soon so I am not going to be worried about the old playlists.

Thanks again to you and @glb613 I am zipping along! Happy New Year. S

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MKR14 — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:16:52 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Great! Glad you got more speed. It is always nice to have our electronics working properly.

Happy New Year and good health to you and your family.

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glb613 — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:52:02 GMT

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
@MKR14 , yes speed is much better now. I just turned the Bluetooth off. I transferred the important photos to a USB stick, got rid of tons of photos, stopped photos from uploading to iCloud as well as taking care of all the hints you provided.

I did not worry about itunes playlists as that is already on my phone and ipod. I think I will soon be using Apple Music or Spotify paid version soon so I am not going to be worried about the old playlists.

Thanks again to you and @glb613 I am zipping along! Happy New Year. S

You're welcome. Not only does a reset help with performance, it will also give back a lot of hard drive space. I've done a restore or reset on every device I've owned and Apple devices are by far the easiest.