YOGYAKARTA – Is your iPad running very slowly? For example, it takes a long time to open an application. Not infrequently, the device turns itself off after you use it for just a few hours.

Of course, the longer the device is, the lower its performance will be. But, that does not mean the new model is also spared from this problem. Therefore, it's a good idea to know what causes and how to fix a slow iPad.

Causes of Slow iPad Performance

Actually, there are many factors that make the performance of the iPad so slow. Starting from problems with installed applications, connection speeds, or maybe your device is still running an older version of the operating system.

Not only that, there are two more causes of slow iPad performance. Namely the active Background App Refresh feature and full internal storage. Yes, without you knowing it, these two things also directly affect the processing speed of the device.

How to Fix a Slow iPad?

Fortunately, most of these problems can be solved easily. In fact, you don't even need to take your device to the nearest repair center. Just follow one of the ways to deal with a slow iPad below.

1. Restart iPad

Whenever you face any problem with your device, the first thing you should do is to restart the device. Not only Android, Apple's devices are also the same.

By restarting iPad, all data stored in the temporary memory is deleted. This makes the engine condition fresher.

2. Close the Problematic Application

It could be that the problem is not your iPad device. But a number of applications installed. It could be because there is a corrupted application file. Or because you never update the app version.

Therefore, when the iPad application fails to open and lags, immediately close the application. Then reopen the application. Usually, this step is enough to solve problems caused by the application.

3. Delete All Applications in the App Switcher

As we know, iPad has a feature called App Switcher. This is a task management feature on iPad that works to optimize multitasking performance. Thus, speeding up your switching from one application to another.

However, if you use a lot of applications every day, of course the amount stored on the App Switcher piles up. Over time, it can affect the performance of the iPad.

Therefore, it's a good idea to delete all the applications that are in the App Switcher. No need every day.

4. Close Background Running Apps

Just like Android, Apple has a number of app services that run in the background. That is, it runs automatically and continuously. Without you open and know.

On Apple, a type of background service such as a music streaming app or a video streaming app. Well, to improve the performance of the iPad, you need to close these applications.

That's how to deal with a slow iPad and you can do it yourself. Hopefully the above method is enough to help you to overcome this problem.


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