Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors:
When attempting to install iOS 9 on a device with insufficient space, there’s a popup that offers to temporarily delete some apps in order to make room for the update. Apps that are deleted are then reinstalled and replaced after the operating system update is completed.
This is a fantastic idea. A bit of a hack, made necessary by an OS update size that outgrew the smallest iOS device capacity. But a terrific idea, nonetheless.
Does it restore the app’s data afterwards? I guess I don’t have to worry, I won’t be getting less than 64 gigs when I upgrade in September.
Has nothing to do with RAM size, it’s the amount of flash memory storage available.
In this context, he’s talking about that. There is no separate “RAM” in iPhones. It’s all in the base flash storage.
That’s not true. There is separate RAM in iPhones. All recent iPhones have 1GB of RAM. The iPad Air 2 has 2G of RAM. Flash storage is not the same thing as RAM.
Totally agree. Flash storage is quite different. Thanks to both of you for the discussion. Interestingly, Apple avoids the term completely on their web site. Even the tech specs for the iPhone avoid specifics. I used the term RAM cause it’s embedded in my brain! Switched it to capacity. I think that should work.
I have the same question.It would be nice if the data is recoverable
(via iCloud?). To take this one step further, it would be nice to be
able to delete an app but keep the data. I have some apps that I rarely
use could remove, but I want the data when I use it next.
This is less a hack than common sense, automating and making safer what we’d need to do.
You’re making the assumption that it even removes the app’s data. It might, but it might not: for most apps, removing the app bundle would clear up much more space than removing the app’s data.
I’m not assuming anything. I’m just wondering.