Hi Ronni I have 32GB and yes I know I should have gone for 64GB. If there is a next time for me that's what I'll do. Whilst the 5.5GB requirement might be a friendly reminder from Apple it is still, for now, preventing me from easily upgrading to iOS8. Not sure the problem warrants buying a portable storage drive.
Thanks again. Kind regards Laura Sent from my iPad > On 20 Sep 2014, at 12:16 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- 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>
