Hello everyone! I own iPad Pro M1 with iPadOS 14.7.1 "out of the box", have never updated it. Should I update my device to iPadOS 15.7 right now or go for 16.1 when it will be released? I've heard on YT about major problems with battery life on iPadOS 15.7. Is there really a problem? Could you please share your experience on how buggy iPadOS 15.7 really is? Will my iPad battery drain faster after this update? Also, would you recommend me to do updates for security improvement reasons? I'm asking, because there is an opinion that the best OS version for the device is the one that comes with it "out of the box" and every update makes it more laggy and slow. Or is it silly to stay with an old OS? And I'm asking about iPadOS 15.7, not about 16.1 because 16.1 will be very big update, and maybe I'll want to stay on OS 15 for some time.
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Should I update to iPadOS 15.7?
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I don't think an M1 iPad will have any issue with performance any time soon. Bug wise I'd think 15.7 is more polished than 16, but experiences will vary. On the other hand you may find some of the newer features appealing. I think it just comes down to preference on whether you'd want to jump right in.
I have a much older iPad (iPad Pro 9.7” 2016) and I’m really unsure whether to stay on iPadOS 13 or jump onto 15.7 before it is unsigned.
I‘m worried performance will be terrible but if I do update I would rather stick with 15 over 16. This is my main device so I don’t want to ruin it.
I just wish Apple would allow downgrading so users could try without being locked in! I suspect only chance this will ever happen is if there is a government mandate forcing Apple.
Thanks!
I‘m worried performance will be terrible but if I do update I would rather stick with 15 over 16. This is my main device so I don’t want to ruin it.
I just wish Apple would allow downgrading so users could try without being locked in! I suspect only chance this will ever happen is if there is a government mandate forcing Apple.
Thanks!
Would you recommend me to stay on the iPadOS 14.7.1 that came with my device for stability and (maybe) better battery life or risk that for security update reasons? What is your experience with going from iPadOS 14 to iPadOS 15? I heard an opinion on YT that iPadOS 14.8 "was gem".
Avoid. Just updated my Mini 6 and it’s killed it on single core. It’s benchmarking lower than the Mini 5 it replaced. Closing all other apps made it WORSE. I don’t understand how a . update can do this, 15.6 seemed snappy enough although the only other benchmark I have is from 15.0. Not even 4000, it was over 7000 on 15.0.
The original version is always flawless, that has always been the case. Regarding performance, stability, and battery life, the advice that will never fail is “stay on the oldest version of iOS you can, if it is the original, even better”.
Why do you want to update? I don’t see you give any good reason, frankly. There are two: app support, and features. The former is way overblown: install what you will use in the foreseeable future when your device is on the latest version, and you’re all set for a very long time, and overall it isn’t even a problem until many, many years have passed, barring specific apps.
And features, yeah, some are cool, but if you get used to having what you currently have, you don’t really need any new ones, imo. I’d stay forever on iPadOS 14. Perfect performance and battery life for as long as you use the device. Remember, you can’t go back.
I mean, the only way I’d update (I wouldn’t, but for the sake of an exercise) is if the situation were like this: “I use my iPad for one app, and that app no longer supports iPadOS 14. I don’t use literally anything else, and this iPad is a paperweight for me without the app”. If the situation isn’t that critical, I’d stay on the earliest possible version. Of course, the original version is the best, and you’re lucky to have it. I’d love Apple to allow me to go back to iOS 9 on my 9.7-inch iPad Pro. I stayed on it for three years flawlessly until they forced me to iOS 12 due to the A9’s activation bug on iOS 9. Battery life was obliterated and never recovered. I have an iPad Air 5 now, on its original version (iPadOS 15.6 for me), and I’m never updating.
Don't do it. I wish I had stayed on iOS 14. But I upgraded to 15, as well as macOS 12 to get Universal Control, and it wasn't worth it. Sidecar was just fine for my usage; and the keyboard doesn't work right in this( no shift from my MacBook Pro). I wish I could downgrade everything. The worst is that I use Notes for my business. My workflow includes taking site pictures and marking them up. Well as of iOS 15 I've had markups just disappear into no where, causing quite a few extra trips. Sometimes they stay, sometimes they disappear from all devices, sometimes they stick around my MacBook for a day and are gone. The worst is that they are in an avatar of one of the notes, but not in the note. Not very cool.
Also if you do update, you need to update all of your devices, as they won't be able to read the mark up notes in iOS 15; this also causes problems with notes I share with my wife.
Unless you are super concerned with security, or need an app that won't work on iOS 14 anymore, I would recommend you stay put.
Also if you do update, you need to update all of your devices, as they won't be able to read the mark up notes in iOS 15; this also causes problems with notes I share with my wife.
Unless you are super concerned with security, or need an app that won't work on iOS 14 anymore, I would recommend you stay put.
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