Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Reset IPad 3

Registry loads at startup. It is a list of settings and configurations for Windiows and uinstalled apps. OSX also has these settings for itself and apps stored somewhere, just that you cannot see it. How does my Mac know that mkv files have VLC as the default app? same thing. The registry doesnt consume resources while you are using your PC. If you installed an app, or changed the settings in OSX the changes will be stored somewhere, and in Windows case it is stored in the registry. While a large reguistry can slow down the startup as it loads, yes your talking milliseconds. Its widely known that registry cleaners are a waste of time. Its like cutting the corner off your driveway so as to save 4 inches on the drive to work. In use of the PC it makes no difference. Macs often have self contained software, thats great, I like that, but some apps leave crud behind, there are apps to clean that. So, both platforms being personal computers, running an OS on the same a hardware architecture, they have a wealth of similarties.

What I find on Windows is that when its started, I have internet. When I start my Mac, it used to be there all the timne, now it is, or I wait 10 seconds, I wait 30 seconds. I'd call that wasting resources, as in my time! That all started with Yosemite I think

Cheers

Tony NZ

From: "chrislaarman@yahoo.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: ipad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Reset IPad 3

Under WINDOWS, installing most apps has entries pertaining to them added to the Registry, the central database of (to my dated knowledge) three files. This is likely to fragment the Registry. As a consequence, querying an older Registry may take some time. Not too much each time (milliseconds, microseconds?), but quite often.

(On my systems, Registry files end up measuring tens of megabytes in all. On most systems that could be held in RAM, but changes may involve writing to storage and reloading to RAM.)

Under WINDOWS, even uninstalled apps may use resources by leaving the Registry cluttered.

I used to use these utilities (Norton and others) to clean and defragment the Registry. That's how I know. There would be a surprising lot of garbage. I remember the Nero burning suite (now outdated versions) to frequently update its program files with an installer that would leave tens of garbage entries every time.

The idea of a central repository for settings may have its advantages. In a perfect world.

Does this answer your question! :-)

To my knowledge, operating systems that have stuck closer to the concepts of UNIX (like Linux, Android, OS X and I assume iOS) don't have this design feature/flaw.

Therefore, removing unused apps from an iPad may have far less effect, if at all.

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Chris

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From: Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <ipad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: donderdag, augustus 13, 2015 11:32 a.m.
Subject: Re: [iPad] Reset IPad 3
To: <ipad@yahoogroups.com>

Explain. I'd love to hear how an installed app uses CPU resources when it is not running, and I'd love to hear how an app that doesn't exist having been uninstalled, also takes resources.

From: "chrislaarman@yahoo.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: ipad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Reset IPad 3

I'm under the impression that having many apps INSTALLED doesn't affect an iPad's performance, but that having many apps RUNNING does.

Note that iOS itself closes apps if the foreground one requires more resources. (My wording.)

I have hundreds of apps installed on most of my iOS devices (with 64 or 128 GB storage), so trust me on the installation side.

I'm also one who tends to manually close apps, just to be sure ot the resources being freed.

Another thing is, that being used to newer iOS devices may (definitely) seem older ones being slow. They may now even have been slow upon first use, but both iOS and apps are likely to have matured into christmas trees that are optimized for the newer hardware.

The device that I use most is an iPad Air 2. It runs circles around my iPad 2, in dog speak.

The matter of many apps merely installed (or even uninstalled) affecting performance does apply to Windows.

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Chris

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:47 PM -0700, "Pam Milleson pmilleson8@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Good afternoon!

I have the IPad 3 and it still works great but I would like to reset it back to factory just to start over again. I feel it's loaded down with a lot of junk (my fault) and this would make it run better. What do I do?

I also am not sure of my Apple ID. I think I know it but when I tried it, it said it was wrong. I know if I try too many times, it will make me enter a new password. What do I do if that happens?

Thanks

Pam