Right, double click on the home button bring the multitask bar which shows the app's you have used in the past. You just hold your finger down on the app icon until it wiggles and then tap on the X to quit the app.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of derbywiz Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 12:38 PM To: Louisville Computer Society Subject: [MacGroup] tip for quiting apps in OS4.2 on iDevices I updated my iPad to the new OS 4.2 software this week-end. I hear there are 'hundreds' of new features, but I haven't had the time to learn many of them yet. I did come across this tip - which I've cut & pasted here - about quiting apps that are running in the background. Besides the print feature, what are some others that you all use? If you've just updated your iPad to iOS 4.2, you'll now have the ability to multitask. This great feature, which came to the iPhone (3GS and 4 only) in iOS 4, allows users to run applications in the background. However, this does mean that simply hitting the Home button won't quit an app. Following the release of iOS 4 and, more recently, iOS 4.2, we have a feeling that some of you might not be entirely sure how to fully quit an application on your iDevice. Worry not, because we're about to clarify everything for you right now. Some applications can "run in the background," such as VoIP apps (eg., Skype<http://getapp.cc/app/304878510>), and navigation apps (e.g., TomTom<http://getapp.cc/app/343289842>). This means that when you hit the Home button, these applications literally keep on running in the background. While this can be handy, it isn't always necessary - which is why it's important to quit such applications when they're not needed. Furthermore, apps that continue to run in the background can quickly drain your battery life. Other apps simply remain frozen once you've left them. This is also handy, because it means users can quickly switch between applications, and have their place kept for them. However, if an app has crashed because of a bug, then you will need to fully quit the application in order to correct the issue.
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