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Complaints Mounting About iOS 13.2 Being 'More Aggressive at Killing Background Apps and Tasks'
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Indeed. If Apple wants iPads to be able to replace notebooks they must address this. Ironically this is worse on my iPad Pro than my iPhone; my need for multitasking is much greater on the iPad!
The Verge picked up this story now so maybe Apple execs will see it.
I was just thinking yesterday how good i(Pad)OS 13 is on keeping things in memory on my 7+/10.5 pro. Guess I shouldn't have let them both update this morning, woops.
This.
I was forced to upgrade to make my AirPods Pro work and realized this same thing when trying to log into the Amazon App on my phone...
The Amazon app kept reloading every time I switched back and forth from my Authenticator app and the Amazon app...
I'm running 13.2 (17B84) on an 11 Pro and not seeing any of this buggy behavior.
And that is with 225 active Safari tabs, YouTube, Messages, Mail, Apple Music, News, Calendar and Settings all up and running. Everything appears to be working as expected (app switching is buttery smooth, picking up exactly where I left off).
Definitely a bug. Likely remedied in days. Hold tight.
And that is with 225 active Safari tabs, YouTube, Messages, Mail, Apple Music, News, Calendar and Settings all up and running. Everything appears to be working as expected (app switching is buttery smooth, picking up exactly where I left off).
Definitely a bug. Likely remedied in days. Hold tight.
I noticed this also the other night with apps refreshing. Come on Apple
A growing number of iPhone and iPad users have complained about poor RAM management on iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, leading to apps like Safari, YouTube, and Overcast reloading more frequently upon being reopened. We've lightly edited some of the comments to correct things like capitalization.
MacRumors forum member Rogifan:MacRumors forum member Radon87000, using an iPad Pro on iPadOS 13.2:MacRumors forum member HappyDude20:Based on anecdotal comments from affected users, the issue appears to have become worse as of iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. Artist, designer, and developer Nick Heer wrote this on his blog yesterday:On his blog, developer Michael Tsai has rounded up similar complaints on Twitter.
Marco Arment:Christopher Stephens:Cabel Sasser:More complaints are found in this Twitter thread, in this Reddit thread, in the Apple Support Communities, and elsewhere on the web.
Affected users are hoping this issue can be resolved in a future software update. We've reached out to Apple for comment.
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I’m seeing this, and noticing it most on my iPad Pro 11” which I use as my primary computer. The promise of iPadOS was that I’d be able to have multiple windows, multiple instances, slide over multitasking, and a browser that works like the desktop. All of which was working (with some hiccups) on 13.1.3. Now? It’s almost unusable for app switching, let alone the full-blown multitasking I’ve come to expect.
I salute you sir - I could not do what you're doing there..
I think there is also a bug with the spoken content feature, the one you can use by pulling from the top of the screen down with two fingers and it reads the screen, it just suddenly shuts and disappears, and it’s a bummer because I use it a lot, for example to hear a peace of news maybe when I’m washing my teeth or when I’m doing something else
So if one saves their shs2 blobs from their iPad with a legit signed version of IOS 12 .. is it possible to install that IOS version on another iPad running IOS 11? I just bought a new 2nd gen Pro 12.9 with IOS 11 on it, and would like the same smooth IOS 12 on it as my other 12.9 Pro running 12.3.1. I’m certainly not going to upgrade this new one to 13 after all this 😳
I see a lot of responses talking about people and money. But it seems the issue is more around management and org design than the company doesn’t have enough engineers. It‘s executives at the top who decided to have one big software release every September. The company needs a rethink about how software is released. It shouldn’t be tied to new iPhones every September. Chunk it out and release new features quarterly.
This is the primary reason I’m not getting the AirPod Pro.
I thought it was due to the price, but even if I had money to burn, I’m not updating any of my iOS devices from iOS 12.
I thought it was due to the price, but even if I had money to burn, I’m not updating any of my iOS devices from iOS 12.
Memory management is indeed a mess in iOS13. I have an iPhone 8 that was working just fine, but sooo many memory issues since updating. I'm having system memory resets on my phone almost every night (even when I don't have apps open). I'm on 13.1.3, but I'm scared to update ever again lol.
I am not having this issue on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have tried switching between many apps, but no reloading is occurring.
It's a key argument for non-apple accessories to me.
I have NO desire for all my accessories to be requiring iOS updates/fixes and certain versions all the time, simply to function properly.
This is a case of "tight software integration" being a very doubled edge sword.
Those that are having these issues - you guys need to reboot your devices. I’ve never had any problems whatsoever a bunch of slander if you asked me. Multitasking is far better on iOS than any other mobile os. In fact why would you care to use two apps at the same time on a phone? Ludicrous! Just let the ios manage your apps it does this for a reason and obviously these people have no clue why. Stick with android if you want faulty multitasking.