Mnyb wrote: > ? Why should i leave unused apps on in the background ? I don't leave > every program open on my PC either it's untidy and must use some > resources . > > When I listen I have iPeng and iRule and safari running and it stays > that way trough an evening . But if I'm not going to use an app in the > next hours I turn it off , that makes sense to me ?
No, it doesn't. iOS handles this for you and it knows much better what to do. Apps are not running in the background on iOS, they get suspended (unless you use iPeng's "preserve connection" setting, which is a rare exception). They also free most memory and if they don't, iPeng kill them as soon as it needs memory. You are actually using MORE resources if you do this yourself because killing the suspended Apps means they need to be cold-reloaded which requires a lot more processing than just unsuspending them. And those Apps which DO use a lot of CPU in the background, like e.g. navigation Apps, they use system services and do so even when you kill them. Actually the issue mentioned above still applies: If you kill a navigation App in the background and a minute later an event comes in it needs to be cold-loaded which uses more CPU and battery. iOS is smart with background use, don't try to be smarter, you are not. The only reason to kill a background App usually is really if it hangs in some buggy loop or if it plays audio and you want to stop that. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
