He hee Peter, The Apps don't "jiggle" in iOS 7 Double Tap the home button to bring up the fullscreen app switcher, which provides a screenshot of each running app in a sideways-scrolling carousel. To Close an app, simple swipe the app's screenshot UP & OFF the screen.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 1 Nov 2013, at 4:00 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I have been following this one and aware of the apps running in the > background and their effect on power usage. I too have recently done the ios > 7.0.3 update and have wondered how to shut down apps. > > I know the method in ios 6 - double click Home, then swipe along the bottom > presented app icons, then hold till they jiggle, then hit "x' to shut them > down. In iOS 7, it doesn't behave quite the same, maybe something I am not > doing. When I double click Home, the apps running, present themselves along > the bottom, and the app window shows above too, but holding on the app > doesn't take it into "jiggle" mode. I'm certain there's a simple answer. > > Regards > > > Pete > >> On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:47 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You're welcome Severin, >> >> Yes, sleep still uses some battery, shutdown uses none. >> My iPad & iPhone though are never shutdown, always just sleep, so do my >> computers. >> >> It is a good idea to shut apps down when not using them as apps running in >> the background can wreak havoc on battery life. There are some apps that do >> background tasks which will drain the battery. >> >> Example, it's great to let google maps run in the background but if you're >> not using google maps and it is running you may be wasting power. >> Any Stock Market app downloading the latest stock prices, or a weather app >> downloading latest weather or other apps processing or sending out data, or >> tracking your location while its not in the foreground. >> >> Best to turn anything you are not using off, but still be able to use your >> iDevice to your satisfaction. If you want to have everything on, just >> remember to plug it into power every time an opportunity arises ;-)) >> >> Kind Regards, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Many thanks, Ronni! Most of what you suggested I a had already done, to >>> no avail. The one thing fresh was getting rid of ALL the running apps and >>> there was a stack of them! That would seem to be a sensible bit of daily >>> maintenance. Sleep is obviously very different from ShutDown. >>> Will keep a close watch but I think a big tick for problem solved is in >>> order. >>> Best wishes and thanks again >>> Severin >>> >>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 11:35 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Severin, >>>> >>>> Turn off what you're not using: >>>> >>>> Anything running on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad uses up the battery. >>>> Turn off Background app and content refresh: Don't waste power downloading >>>> things when you don't explicitly need to. >>>> Settings, General, Background App Refresh shows you everything you can >>>> turn off. >>>> >>>> Also go to Settings, iTunes & App Store and turn off Automatic Downloads. >>>> >>>> Turn off Location Services. Go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, >>>> and turn off any app and system service you really don't need >>>> tracking or using your location. >>>> >>>> Quit power hungry apps. Double-click the Home Button to activate the >>>> multitasking view and quit, hold your finger down on power >>>> hungry apps, swipe the app’s screenshot up and off the screen. >>>> This is key for apps like VoIP (like Skype), streaming audio (like >>>> Pandora), or navigation (like TomTom). >>>> Anything running all the time will drain battery. That's how batteries >>>> work. >>>> >>>> Set Auto-Lock to 1 minute >>>> Turn down the screen brightness >>>> Turn off Bluetooth when not using it >>>> Turn off Wi-Fi when not using it >>>> Set all email, calendar, and contacts accounts to "Fetch" (turn off Push) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>> >>>> OS X 10.9 Mavericks >>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 10:44 am, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I updated to iOS7 on my iPad mini some days ago, a smooth process and I >>>>> am happy with the result, like all changes they take a bit of getting >>>>> used to but in the end the benefits are well worth it. When the iOS7.0.3 >>>>> update showed I went ahead with that and again all seemed fine. Next >>>>> time I went to the iPad after some hours with it asleep, i.e. the cover >>>>> closed, all I got was the flat battery symbol, quite unexpected. >>>>> Recharged and all working fine. Quite a few comments on the internet on >>>>> heavy drain with iOS7 so I went through and disabled everything in sight >>>>> while still retaining basic functionality. While asleep the battery >>>>> discharge remained at 10% per hour though it ceased when iPad shut down. >>>>> Switching off Carrier/Automatic then selecting Telstra implicitly >>>>> (vodafone AU and YES OPTUS) also appear in the list seems to have cured >>>>> it for the moment. I will obviously watch carefully and run on minimum >>>>> options before selecting back the ones I would like to have. >>>>> I am in quite unfamiliar territory, would you believe I do not have a >>>>> mobile phone! I believe I have a 3G SIM installed, from memory, but see >>>>> 4G as an option to use for faster transfer. Normally I use WiFi but the >>>>> other is useful first thing in the morning before other things power up >>>>> and when away from home for whatever. >>>>> Informed comment/advice would be most welcome! >>>>> Severin Crisp >>>>> ____________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >>>>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >>>>> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>>>> mail to: [email protected] >> -- 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> > -- 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>
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