Hi Laura, Do you have a 64GB iPad? If anything, the 5.7 GB requirement to update to iOS 8 is a friendly reminder from Apple that you may need to splurge for the 64GB next time.
Perhaps you need to take a lot of 'stuff' off your iPad and onto a Portable Wireless Storage LaCie FUEL Drive? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 20 Sep 2014, at 11:43 am, Laura Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > Thanks for your advice. Not sure I am meant to have this upgrade!! I am aware > of the size but there is a requirement for 5.8GB to install the update. I > have 3.4GB remaining. Yes I suppose I can delete items to gain more space but > not sure I want to do that. > > Last evening I connected iPad to MBP, chose “download and update” from the > two options available i.e. download only or download and update. It started > downloading then advised there were 15 hours remaining. Surely it is not > meant to take that long. I cancelled and tried again this morning with the > same result, so left it alone thinking well if it takes that long, so be it. > Came back several hours later to find there was a message “an error has > occurred”. I think it is all too hard. > > Kind regards > Laura > > > >> On 19 Sep 2014, at 4:40 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Laura & Susan, >> >> Susan, Laura mentioned she has insufficient free space on her iPad to >> download over the air and install. >>> I have insufficient space on my iPad to download the upgrade >> >> Laura, the iOS 8 download size in 1.63GB >> >> I suggest you connect your iPad to your Mac. >> I also then did a 'backup to Computer' first. >> >> Sync your iPad to the computer and download iOS 8 directly from there. >> This won't take up any space on your device, and you can manually transfer >> the new software back to your device. >> Updating via your Mac is more reliable way to upgrade, versus OTA >> (over-the-air), which is performed directly on the device. >> >> If you're taking this alternate route, be sure to select "check for update" >> when the prompt pops up on iTunes — not "restore iPhone." >> The latter option will indeed wipe all content from your device. >> >> If you have read my previous posts to the list: iOS 8 Users: Do Not Upgrade >> to iCloud Drive >> Apple hasn’t officially released Yosemite yet, iCloud Drive doesn’t work in >> 10.9 Mavericks, and upgrading your iCloud account to use iCloud Drive in iOS >> 8 is a one-way street — once you upgrade, you can’t go back to the old >> document- and app-specific approach that’s compatible with Mavericks. >> So when iOS 8 asks you to upgrade to iCloud Drive, tap Not Now. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >>> On 19 Sep 2014, at 4:05 pm, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Laura, you don’t have to sync in order to do the update. It asks if you >>> want to do a backup first, but if you are already syncing with the The >>> Cloud, you can skip that step and just do the update. >>> >>> This is speaking from experience, I freed up space on my iPad and did the >>> update over wireless, but connected my husband’s iPad to my Mac to do the >>> update. >>> >>> I’m not sure what there is to grumble about really, just use one method or >>> the other. It was faster using my Mac. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 19 Sep 2014, at 3:59 pm, Laura Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have insufficient space on my iPad to download the upgrade, I was >>>> interested to read the following on the BBC News web site. It seems there >>>> are many just as disgruntled as I am. >>>> >>>> "Apple users can avoid the need to free up storage space for the latest >>>> update by upgrading their software via iTunes on a Mac or PC, instead of >>>> through the phone or tablet itself." >>>> >>>> If I follow that suggestion does it mean that I would then Sync my iPad >>>> and achieve the upgrade that way, >>>> >>>> Any advice appreciated. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Laura >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
