Forgot to ask Wendy,

You do have the iPad connected to Power?
It’s a big download, you need to be connected to a power outlet.

On 08/03/2012, at 9:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Wendy,
> 
> Yes, leave it for awhile, the servers have become overloaded in the past few 
> minutes I’ve noticed.
> I was almost through downloading when it slowed to an absolute crawl.
> 
> I would suggest people try later or even tomorrow perhaps ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 08/03/2012, at 9:21 AM, Wendy S Austin wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for this Peter however when I try it this way I receive an error 
>> message 'Unable to check for update.   An error occurred while checking for 
>> a software update'.     
>> 
>> I have just downloaded the latest iTunes and when I try to upgrade the iPad 
>> through there on the iMac, it spends ages trying to contact to the update 
>> server and never connects.   I am guessing the servers are over loaded and 
>> should try later.   Yes?
>> 
>> Wendy
>> On 08/03/2012, at 11:48 , Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
>> 
>>> I just upgraded my iPad through the Settings > Software Update command. The 
>>> whole thing went extremely smoothly, and as promised, there was no need at 
>>> all to connect physically to my computer, or to get iTunes involved in any 
>>> way.
>>> 
>>> Very impressive...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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