{"id":72472,"date":"2026-03-30T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=72472"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:27:32","slug":"freezing-ipad-issue-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/freezing-ipad-issue-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezing iPad Issue Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/ipad_storage_freezing_ideas.gif\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Freezing iPad Issue Tutorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/ipad_storage_freezing_ideas.gif\" title=\"Freezing iPad Issue Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freezing iPad Issue Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As of yesterday, with some similar aspects to the work of the recent <a title='Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial' href='#uosdit'>Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>on our iPad we experienced freezing in apps across the board &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>and the number of apps and type of app open were not extraordinary on that iPad &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>and we noticed &#8230;\n<ol>\n<li>5.6 gB of available storage via Settings -&gt; General -&gt; iPad Storage &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>power off and on could temporarily help &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>holding an action button longer than usual could break &#8220;the freeze&#8221; but still slow and really unwieldy even doing that<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> &#8230; where Apple recommends 4-6 gB of free space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Though we researched the implication of Offloading Apps and\/or Deleting apps what best worked was to work through &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><code><br \/>\nSettings -&gt; General -&gt; iPad Storage -&gt; ?Download? (blurb will mention how much diskspace might be freed)<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p> &#8230; as existent (in that iPad Storage report), it resulting in 2 download videos deleted, getting to over 6gB free, and a better iPad working scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Aaaaaahhhh!<\/p>\n<p><!--p>You can also see this play out at WordPress 4.1.1's <a target=\"_blank\" href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/freezing-ipad-issue-tutorial\/' rel=\"noopener\">Freezing iPad Issue Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p-->\n<hr>\n<p id='uosdit'>Previous relevant <a target=\"_blank\" title='Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial' href='\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/upgrade-to-ios-diskspace-issue-tutorial\/' rel=\"noopener\">Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/ipad_ios_upgrade_not_enough_disk_space.gif\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/ipad_ios_upgrade_not_enough_disk_space.gif\" title=\"Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgrade to iOS Diskspace Issue Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For those of us <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Apple\" href='\/\/apple.com' rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> iOS users not so keen on <a target=\"_blank\" title='Apple iCloud' href='https:\/\/www.icloud.com\/' rel=\"noopener\">iCloud<\/a> to store data, when it comes to iOS upgrades on your iPhone or iPad, it could be that you run into the issue <font size=1>(like us, twice now, on two different iOS devices)<\/font>, that no matter how many files you cull you cannot come in over the requirement for free disk space that the default iOS Upgrade workflow asks for.<\/p>\n<p>End of story &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSo sad\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> &#8230; unless &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>If you have access to an Apple MacBook Air or MacBook Pro with some diskspace on it, and you have the necessary Apple white lead<sup>age<\/sup>s, and you have a good power supply, and you are allowed to wrestle the Apple MacBook Air or MacBook Pro away from it&#8217;s gatekeeper\/user\/lord\/lady\/mn\u00e1\/fir <font size=1>(and please, if you are a male foreigner at a hurling match needing the loo, do not head for the ablution block labelled &#8220;mn\u00e1&#8221; &#8230; that being said &#8230; if you are a female foreigner at a hurling match needing the loo, do not head for the ablution block labelled &#8220;fir&#8221;)<\/font>.<\/p>\n<p>We will give you <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Useful\" href='https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-au\/108905' rel=\"noopener\">this useful link<\/a> from Apple for formal guidance here, and\/or you could view our experience with today&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" title='Tutorial animated GIF' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/iPad\/ipad_ios_upgrade_not_enough_disk_space.gif' rel=\"noopener\">tutorial animated GIF &#8220;stream of consciousness&#8221; 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