Is there A downside to too many Apps

[spyder52]

I have Like 7 pages of App's From The Apple Store. Is there any downside like more crashing and stuff if I have loads Of Stuff From The App Store

 

[andybno1]

well personally I am not aware of issues, if you have 7 pages and nothing has gone wrong yet then yeh stick with it, I mean apple have allowed upto 9 pages of icons so ur not at the limit just yet. See how it goes montior any performance issues u may notice

 

[mkrishnan]

There seems to be a fairly credible claim that a current firmware bug may cause the device to get caught in a boot loop under certain circumstances that are only triggered by having lots and lots of apps... so you're probably okay, but read this carefully:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/554492/

And make sure you stay out of that bug's way.

 

[mavis]

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Besides the increased risk of an ALoD (Apple Logo of Death) and Apple apologists telling you that you've got too many apps (hehe) I don't think there's anything to worry about. Except the ridiculous install/upgrade times (I'm at 15 minutes per app now, with 70-75 installed) ...

Anyway, good luck!

 

[whooleytoo]

Yeah, I'd imagine the more apps you have the longer backup/restores take.

 

[mavis]

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Yeah, I'd imagine the more apps you have the longer backup/restores take.

Not if you use iBaReS to do your backups (which is infinitely better than iTunes) ...