“The iPhone and iPad are user-friendly devices, but iOS still gets clogged up over time with unwanted files and memory hogs,” Lucy Hattersley writes for Macworld UK. “This can slow your device down.”
“Giving your Apple device a spring clean and removing unwanted files will improve its performance, especially if it is an older model,” Hattersley writes. “But clearing out the memory also helps you get more out of iOS by enabling you to focus on the things you do need and use.”
“Apple iOS devices may not need the same level of maintenance as macOS (or, heaven forbid, Windows), but they still need some attention to run at optimum speed,” Hattersley writes. “”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Which reminds us: It’s time to go through our iPhones (and iPads) and remove the unused apps that have piled up since our last app purge (Christmas vacation)!
Yeah, just delete apps that show a lot of data…
Only then, on many, you lose files such as pictures, videos, etc that were sent to you.
Think before you just follow this advice and start deleting stuff.
Or for me, never get a 16gb model again.
Good thing they start at 32gb now 🙂
Wow, an entire article of bad advice!
Yeah. Wow.
I find clearing RAM is a good way to increase performance. Hold down power button until “slide to power off” screen pops up. Release power button. Press and hold home button until you’re back on your home screen. Once you’re back to your home screen, you know you’ve cleared your RAM. Works on every iOS device.
Thanks. In case you happen to go to Siri, be sure you’ve unlocked the phone first and started on the home screen, this won’t work when starting from the lock screen.