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Why does apple slow down old devices?

I am so upset with apple because i have an iPad 2 that i literally rarely ever used and is pretty much new but yet its so slow. This started after i updated my ipad i hadn't updated my iPad for about 2.5 years and then all of the sudden it just completely slowed down! I am a die hard apple fan i've had everything apple for about a decade because I thought and always believed that they made superior products. But now i am realizing that their products are not made to last! I am not the only one with this problem either my sister has a white apple macbook and same thing has happened to her! Her macbook is horribly slow and just a terribly laptop now she has only had it for about 3 years and it is literally worthless now. i don't get it apple! Why do you do this to your customers! You create nice products that only seemed to be temporary you are ripping us off! Why now i don't even want to buy an iPhone Im trying to look for alternatives! Please answer my question! Does anyone else have this issue with their apple products? This seems so suspicious!  I even refuse to update my macbook air because i am afraid apple is going to slow it down!

edwinpc29 wrote:

 

I am so upset with apple because i have an iPad 2 that i literally rarely ever used and is pretty much new but yet its so slow. This started after i updated my ipad i hadn't updated my iPad for about 2.5 years and then all of the sudden it just completely slowed down! I am a die hard apple fan i've had everything apple for about a decade because I thought and always believed that they made superior products. But now i am realizing that their products are not made to last! I am not the only one with this problem either my sister has a white apple macbook and same thing has happened to her! Her macbook is horribly slow and just a terribly laptop now she has only had it for about 3 years and it is literally worthless now. i don't get it apple! Why do you do this to your customers! You create nice products that only seemed to be temporary you are ripping us off! Why now i don't even want to buy an iPhone Im trying to look for alternatives! Please answer my question! Does anyone else have this issue with their apple products? This seems so suspicious!  I even refuse to update my macbook air because i am afraid apple is going to slow it down!

No two or three year old device is going to run as fast as this year's model with a faster processor. Newer version of software are written for the faster processors. Are you suggesting that Apple should cripple newer versions of system software to support older software? That's ridiculous.

Submit your feedback to Apple here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback

I'm typing this response on a 5 year old MBA that's working just fine, by the way.

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There's nothing new in what you are claiming. It has been that way with computers every since they started.  Newer software almost without exception makes more demand on resources, but is developed alongside faster hardware.  Unless you upgrade your hardware to match the increasing demand of software then actions will seem slower.  If you do not want your device to slow down then do not upgrade the software. Of course that has other consequences since you are essentially frozen at features available for the software version you are using. If you can't accept any of these then don't own a computer or device.  Your only alternative is to convince a couple of billion people they too should never buy a new computer or be attracted to newer features.

Other folks have reported this issue.

Some people have reported successful speed ups via:

If you are having problems with apps stalling or crashing,

-- double click on home button

-- swipe up on all the apps to force quit them

Re-boot ipad.

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until a red slider appears, then drag the slider. Then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears. 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

force power down if the above give you trouble.

Hold down both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button. Ten seconds or more.  Hold until the Apple logo appears.

more details on re-booting:

    https://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Reboot-Your-iPad-Power-Off.htm

This these tips by MichelPM to improve performance:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/29504169

https://discussions.apple.com/message/29504311

Restore to factory settings by loading the latest version of ios that your machine will support:

   1)  Do a full backup of your device if needed.  Twice is best -- cloud and computer.

       https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977

   2) Three ways of restoring your ipad.  [ as easy as abc ]

   2.a) "You can use iTunes to restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to factory settings and the latest version of iOS."

          https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

   2.b) Be a little more insistent:  "You can put your iOS device into recovery mode, then restore it using iTunes.:

          https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263

   3.c) At last resort you could consider DFU (Device Firmware Update).  This could void your warranty.

          https://www.imore.com/tip-put-iphone-ipad-dfu-mode

nsdjoey explains how to force a reload of ios

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7067914

The issues with any change in the operating systems, limited resources (hardware not upgradeable)

and time, each have to be measured by the correct perspective. Your iPad2 has some limitations yet

by following the ideas on how to resurrect or restore functions in the post by rccharles should help.

{Regarding an issue your sister may have with performance or other problems, she should post about

that item by itself and have her include an Etrecheck report and also read on that site what it can help

the user to do... That overall information would be helpful to those who may see some problems in it.

Here's a link about Etrecheck; the site has more info & download link: https://etrecheck.com/}

Sorry that an upgrade in iOS has left your fairly recent (yet aging) iPad2 sluggish, too.

Good luck in restoring your iPad2...

Hi

Apple devices are very good but as tech gets better some new apps dont run as well on older iPads

All tech is like this i replace every 2 years  and sell old ones on ebay .

Cheers

Brian

As the others have said, older devices move slow. Largely because software gets faster sooner than hardware.

I have an iPad 2. I gave it to my mom when I purchased my mini 4. And yes, it is slower....but the iPad 2 is a five year old device. Which, in technology time, is positively ancient. It's most likely the reason that the iPad 2 is not listed among the devices eligible for iOS 10 when it comes out. ANd the same reason that the first gen iPad maxed out at 5.1.1.

Apple is not responsible at all for any product issues or slowdowns due to OS upgrades/updates.

Apple is NOT intentionally doing anything detrimental to their products.

Your experiences are NOT typical of the other millions of users using Apple products.

Try my tips here to help you with your older iPad issues.

Slow iPad 2 on iOS 9

As far as your sister's white MacBook is concerned, if this is a white MacBook, your sister must have bought this used 3 years, ago, as white MacBooks are, at least, almost 8 years old.

This is a very long time in technonolgy years.

Also, that MacBook's technology is older and the amount of RAM that can be installed is very limited compared to newer Mac models.

As newer OS upgrades are released, year after year for Apple's computing products, the harder it is for older hardware technology to be able to run newer OS advancements that older hardware wasn't designed, necessarily to take advantage of.

BTW,

My 64 GB storage iPad 2 still runs fine on iOS 9.3.2.

My iPad still has approx. 20 GBs of free data storage space left on it.

Make sure your iPad 2 still has, at least 3-6 GBs of free storage space left on it for the iOS to run properly and smoothly.

Everything is made to fail, break, feels old. It is part of the design.

Our iPhones, macbook are sleek and beautiful. When people the first scratch or bump on their devices, they'll get upset, while the engineers and marketing folks at Apple smile and applause. Apple has the knowledge and experience to design and produce within those parameters. It is not innocent.

I have been using Apple products for 20 years, and the way a Mac Plus was build back then is way better than today. But back then the computers were so quickly obsoletes that people just wanted to buy another one.

The problem is that today you can have a computer that you can use to type, edit 2K resolution, browse the internet with a machine that is 5 years old. And that's not good for consumerism. Our society is set in a way that everything becomes obsolete and we are pushed to "upgrade" all the time. Unfortunately.

rafaelmacho wrote:

 

The problem is that today you can have a computer that you can use to type, edit 2K resolution, browse the internet with a machine that is 5 years old. And that's not good for consumerism. Our society is set in a way that everything becomes obsolete and we are pushed to "upgrade" all the time. Unfortunately.

As I noted above, I'm happily using a 2011 MBA. It actually runs a bit faster under El Cap than it did under Yosemite. It does everything I need in a perfectly acceptable fashion. I expect to get at least another year out of it before I start thinking I might need a new one but it will probably be about two before I get around to updating it.

Again,

You are stating your own opinion here.

Apple does not force you to upgrade/update anything.

No company "pushes" you to do ANYTHING!

The choice is always yours.

If a particular user feels the need to always have the latest and greatest of any technology, then they will never be satisfied with any device they own.

While I have a new, large iPad Pro (I have been waiting for larger instead of smaller iPads since the original iPad came out in 2010), I still use 4 and 5 year old iPad 2 and 3 models.

My iMac is from 2009 that I purchased used in 2011 running  two OSes that are 3-4 generations older, but run much better for my hardware and software.

I choose to keep running my older devices and computers because they still do the things I need them to do.

I will end up repairing my iMac (as long as its not the screen or logic board) if something happens to it OR WILL BE FORCED into purchasing another used or new Mac if my current one just completely dies.

I am not being forced or pushed to upgrade or update my current Mac hardware to something new/newer and faster just because that is the current state of technology.

I have a 6 year old flat screen, 55 inch plasma TV that I will not replace until it dies.

I am in no hurry to spend money on the latest and greatest TV/video technology.

No one is forcing me to go out and purchase the latest and greatest of ANYTHING, either.

Older technology is not, by design, developed and designed to get slower and obsolete.

At the time it was developed, it was state of the art and the OS and other software were paired to match the current state of computer technology.

Over time, software that gets developed for much newer hardware starts to tax and exceed older hardware.

It's not developed like this by design, it is just a result of technology always moving forward.

You can choose to try and constantly keep up with it or stick it out with older hardware that, while maybe slower or simply not doing things as fast as it used to function on the original software it shipped with, still can do the things that you needed the devices and computers to do when you, originally, purchased it.

Electronics/computers are just like the automobile industry and cars.

In order to stay in business, they need to come out with new models every year.

You can choose to trade in a year old car every year for a new model or you have choices, too!

Keep a car for only a couple years and trade for the latest and greatest model or keep your new car for 6-10 years before trading in or just purchase a new model car outright in that 10 year time.

No one is forcing you to purchase a new car every year or every few years.

THAT choice, also, comes down to the individual.

This is all sort of moot point now as both the upcoming iOS 10 AND macOS Sierra will obsolete all iPad 2, 3 and first gen. iPad Mini models as well as some iPhone models and all but the new iPod Touch 6th gen models.

macOS Sierra will obsolete all iMac 2007,2008 and early 2009 models, as well.

So, to get iOS 10, iPad 2, 3 and Mini users have a choice to either stay with an iPad with whatever last version of iOS 9 presents itself OR will have to purchase a new or newer model iPad.

Same with Mac users with OS X Sierra.

iOS and OS X are undergoing some real modofications under the hood that older model hardware will simply not be able to handle, now.

I am hoping to try and push out my 2009 iMac for another three years.

If I only have to swap out a failing hard drive or power supply or GPU (no logic board or failed LCD screen), I'll do a repair/ replacement of those components if they fail before the 3 years AND if they can still be had.

I am thinking about trying to find and purchase a  GPU card/chip for my 2009 iMac model, now, and just hold onto it until a failure and have an authorised service provider install it whenever this decides to fail.

This will be the longest I have ever held onto a Mac.

Doing everything I can to keep my iMac running as cool as I can possibly get it to run.

Can't afford, for the immediate future, to shell out any more cash for expensive electronics.

Here's hoping for the best!

I had my G4 tower for over 8 years!

No way. I have been repairing phones in shop for years and have had my share of androids and iPhones and Apple updates are garbage. I am so tired of people coming in my shop after a major iOS update and complaining about how slow their iPhone is and how they went to Apple and they couldn't care less.  I understand how newer software uses more resources but Apple operating systems are the only ones where doing the exact same task under the same conditions on exact same device is much slower with new software.  lol your saying black is white, I on a daily basis operate several android devices that are years old and have been through numerous major software releases and are just as fast as they always have been.  But older iPhones on newer software are just laggy as f anyone with any technical background in mobile platforms knows this.

You are stating your own opinion here.

Apple does not force you to upgrade/update anything.

No company "pushes" you to do ANYTHING!

The choice is always yours.

Get real!  Get a call from my Mother evertime the message asking her to upgrade appears.  She wants to know what to do.  To get rid of the pesky message, she has to upgrade.

R

Uh,

Just because the little red update button comes up doesn't mean you need to update anything and upgrade/update ANYTHING immediately, either!

You CAN just choose to ignore the message and the red little dot!

Also, you CAN also, delete the update entirely from an iDevice.

My mother just recently got the little red dot to update to iOS 9.3.5.

I tell her all the time to just ignore it and wait until I can test speed and compatiblity on my own older iDevices.

And I check the forums, right off the bat, to check for any initial issues from other users who just can't wait and have to upgrade/update their computers and devices immediately, ASAP, like NOW isn't fast enough, when they get that little red button pop up!

AND, I don't see my family on a regular basis, so she'll just sit on an update until I can get her iPad do these updates on my own computer through iTunes for her. My mother's Mac is waaay too old to handle the new iOS and newer iDevice versions.

Sometimes she will miss out on  iOS update or two.

Oh well, no biggie.

Good thing because, like me, sometimes when Apple releases a bad update, we miss them and wait it out until a fix by Apple.

Not everyone jumps on the red ball/red button warning band wagon!

You do have a choice and options.

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