Thanks, everyone. All these replies most appreciated and very helpful indeed.
Thanks again. So grateful for SMUG and all SMUGGERS! AP On Tuesday, 4 November 2025 at 10:30:18 UTC Jason Davies wrote: > I’m going to disagree as someone who nurses a 2017 iPad Pro in its old > age. I’d get hold of iMazing and see if that gives you any options at this > point. I now avoid doing major upgrades to iOS on ipads as they just get > more and more unresponsive each time. > > But I’m not sure how to cancel it. Maybe take it somewhere there’s no > internet and see if it lets you proceed through error message screens? > (iMazing does some interaction with OS updates so *might* have a shortcut > through that). > > Cheers, > > J > > On 3 Nov 2025, at 10:35, Tony Crooks wrote: > > As I understand it Apple suggests that after an upgrade to iOS/ipadOS 26, > all versions there is a period of several days while the OS optimises to > your usage. Probably something to do with AI. I know this to be the case > for auto-correct which is doing some sort of on device AI based context > analysis. > > So waiting for a while might improve things. Seems speedy on my M2 iPad > Pro. > > Regards, > > Tony > Sent from my iPhone > Email: [email protected] > Tel: +44 7428 706227 <+44%207428%20706227> > > On 3 Nov 2025, at 09:30, 'Paul R Owen' via Sussex Mac User Group < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I have an iPad Pro 11” from around 2018, it runs fine on latest iPadOS, > I haven't noticed any significant drop in speed/performance. > > Paul Owen > > On 2 Nov 2025, at 22:28, Adam Pymble <[email protected]> wrote: > > Evening all > > Wanting to factory reset an old ipad. It”s 5-6 yrs old and I fear the > latest OS might make it less usable and we only want it for surfing and > emails. > > Having done the reset it’s asking me to install the update with no option > to decline ans proceed without doing so. > > Ang tips how to do so please? > > Or perhaps reassurance that it’s ok to update and performance will be ok? > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/9de5bda9-6efe-4f56-8b47-09c11486b9fdn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/9de5bda9-6efe-4f56-8b47-09c11486b9fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8A78C978-4581-4AC0-9DE3-94C4537C0D18%40mac.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8A78C978-4581-4AC0-9DE3-94C4537C0D18%40mac.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/B014E7DD-486D-4EAD-BA54-DF99FFA2D54D%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/B014E7DD-486D-4EAD-BA54-DF99FFA2D54D%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/c0c54ce5-6652-47f8-954a-d2adf2843b35n%40googlegroups.com.
