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5 things you should do before downloading and installing iOS 6

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 · 11:31 am · 36 Comments

“Sometime today, Apple will drop the 6th version of iOS on iPhones, iPods, and iPads everywhere. Before you download that upgrade, here are five important things you should seriously consider doing first,” Robin Parrish reports for Apple Gazette.

5 things you should do before downloading and installing iOS 6:
1. Back up your device(s)
2. Upgrade to iTunes 10.7
3. Update your apps
4. Get ready for Passbook
5. Grab Google’s YouTube app

Full article with a few last tips here.

Categories: News

Tags: App Store, how to, iOS 6, iPad, iphone, iPod touch, itunes, Passbook

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36 Comments

FTB

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:33 am · Reply

5….. Not going to happen.
- mrfergus
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:38 am · Reply
  
  Same here, Google can take a long walk off of a short pier.
  - RevDrX
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:49 am · Reply
    
    And they can use flyover to find a good short pier.
digiq

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:36 am · Reply

“5. Grab Google’s YouTube app” …….as if!!!
Get rid of all things Google, they can’t be trusted, ….not even as far as you can throw them!!!
Agent Provocateur

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:37 am · Reply

The new You Tube app is crap.

Install it and use it side by side with Apple’s. The thing even gets different results from a search and is AD SUPPORTED.

Google can KMA
I pay the phone bill and paid for the phone and will be damned if I open another path for effiing ads. Same for Maps- Google Maps will be ad supported on iOS 6.
steve Reynolds

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:40 am · Reply

If you use the music service MOG, they put out a notice last night that due to the upgrade process, any songs you have on your iPhone will be wiped in the 6.0 update and you will have to download them again.

Bummer.
Nightfly

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:43 am · Reply

I think it was a typo, he meant to say remove Google’s YouTube app. This should apply to all Google’s Apps. I think it a good time to do some house cleaning.
- castelbuono
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:00 pm · Reply
  
  +1. Still pissed Google purchased Nik Software. WTF was Nik thinking??? Idiots.
  - jaundiced
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:56 pm · Reply
    
    +1 to your first sentence. But the answer to the second sentence is very easy. They were thinking, “now I’ll be rich”.
  - coffeelover
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 4:58 pm · Reply
    
    Nik sold out !
  - ET
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 5:56 pm · Reply
    
    +2
b9bot

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:49 am · Reply

Google can keep there Youtube app. Everything else I’ve already done. Just need to download the update.
- auramac
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:31 pm · Reply
  
  Their.
mxnt41

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:50 am · Reply

3 and 5 don’t need to be done before upgrading, neither does 4 and it’s barely doing anything. You may as well add: own an iphone to the list.
- DRMSSDB
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:59 am · Reply
  
  Yeah, I read the list and was wondering why apps should be updates before upgrading to iOS6.
  
  There is no reason. Just like there is no reason to grab the YouTube app (IF you want it) now vs later.
- Sucker
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:08 pm · Reply
  
  #2 can’t happen since the new iTunes doesn’t work on the Power Mac G5 I use as my media server (and while I might update my server, Apple hasn’t updated the friggin’ Mac mini since the dinosaurs were walking the planet so I’m stuck in an eternal wait cycle).
  - Lordthree
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 2:10 pm · Reply
    
    Use plex instead
Floydpinks

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:51 am · Reply

Any thoughts as to update approach
Straight from phone over wireless
Connect to computer through itunes
Wonder if either has advantages or disadvantages
- castelbuono
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:02 pm · Reply
  
  Faster on the wired connect to iTunes. Otherwise…if you have time to kill, no difference.
  - Not Again
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:13 pm · Reply
    
    No difference at all between the two, and anyone that says diffrent has no clue what they are talking about.
    
    The speed of your connection is the only factor – if any, but in terms of time for instal, no difference in install speed at all and in most cases direct download to the device is much better and less atrusive.
Apple is Always Right

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:55 am · Reply

Only via iTunes? Where’s the post PC era? Something must be wrong.
- Now, Now...
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:03 pm · Reply
  
  Still need that occasional truck!
  - Apple is Always Right
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:13 pm · Reply
    
    No, I’m downloading via iPad. General > Software Update.
    Take 8 minutes.
    - Apple is Always Right
      
      Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 2:13 pm · Reply
      
      Installing… but the progress bar gets stuck. now what? 20 min and nothing.
      - Apple is Always Right
        
        Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 2:26 pm · Reply
        
        now is ok. running iOS 6. new big clock. wow.
- Not Again
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:31 pm · Reply
  
  And you take information from one poster that has no clue about the speed of the install process.
  
  Allot of testing has been done to make the install direct to device fast and seamless, using the old method to update a device is no diffrent and in terms of speed it is faster to direct download and update from the device, steps saved.
  
  Old tethered method of update.
  
  1.hooking up the device to a computer.
  2.waiting for the device to sync and backup.
  3.clicking on the iOS update button.
  4.waiting for the download.
  5.Backup again of the device to system before update.
  6.wait for install.
  7. after the install you unhook the device and use.
  
  Now compare that to the new direct method of IOS update.
  
  1.click on IOS update in system panel on device.
  2.system update.
  3.done.
  
  Speaks for itself.
  - blaargh
    
    Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:41 pm · Reply
    
    Except for the backup part. It’s a pretty good idea to back your stuff up if you use your phone for creating stuff…
    - Apple is Always Right
      
      Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:18 pm · Reply
      
      My backup = iCloud. 55 GB Let’s pray.
      I use Pages to upload my files in a dmg.txt
MacHeadB

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:09 pm · Reply

3 years I’ve waited to finally rid Google from my iPhone! Hooray one more hour to go before I stop feeding valuable data to the backstabbing GOOG!
ike

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:27 pm · Reply

And how to export Map bookmarks?
- Lordthree
  
  Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 2:12 pm · Reply
  
  iCloud doesn’t do it?
floydpinks

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 1:06 pm · Reply

hit update on iphone at 9:45 and it’s downloading, file size about 650 mb. 20 minutes in reads 3 minutes to go.
JoeKnows

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 3:44 pm · Reply

icloud won’t backup your SMS conversation history. If this is important to you then I suggest backing up to your computer via iTunes.
The Other Steve

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 4:18 pm · Reply

Get ready for Passbook?

Editor – Robin! I need you to write an article, 10 things you need to do before upgrading to IOS 6.
Robin – I don’t think there is that many, this is Apple we’re talking about.
Editor – Well . . . then give me as least 5!
Robin – Sure thing boss!
Vega 51

Friday, September 21, 2012 - 12:11 am · Reply

iOS 6: don’t like the puke blue theme in iOS apps. Hate the white phone keypad. Yuk! Maps rules though!
chris

Friday, September 21, 2012 - 1:40 pm · Reply

I upgraded to IOS 6. I hate the new keboard on the phone app. Is there a way to get the old one back?