Why You Shouldn't Close iPhone Apps

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
  • For many iPhone users, swiping up to close recently used apps has become second nature, assuming it improves performance and battery life. But that’s actually not the case and I’ll explain why in this video.
  • Věda a technologie

Komentáře • 2,8K

  • @amiodarone3154
    @amiodarone3154 Před 2 lety +4443

    i mean it just feels like i’ve got my life together when i close apps, don’t take it personally Apple

  • @w0rd06
    @w0rd06 Před 3 lety +19376

    moms been doing this before all of us 😹

  • @zirxie
    @zirxie Před 2 lety +2898

    You are completely disregarding apps that are using background app refresh or location services and are actively updating while being suspended, which does in fact hurt battery life

    • @SuperVilkolakis
      @SuperVilkolakis Před 2 lety +274

      Finally, a reasonable comment

    • @toptiertech7291
      @toptiertech7291 Před 2 lety +368

      He’s also being very disingenuous when he makes it seem like apps take way longer to open. He keeps acting like it’ll take 10 seconds to reopen mail if I close it

    • @Jmorganuk
      @Jmorganuk Před 2 lety +231

      I’m an Apple user but this guy has his head way too far up apple’s ass

    • @jovandamjanovic2306
      @jovandamjanovic2306 Před 2 lety +90

      You can turn off completely background app refresh. It wont make a difference in performance but you'll see significantly better results in battery life

    • @ginjaninja6585
      @ginjaninja6585 Před 2 lety +7

      This!

  • @ShiloBuff
    @ShiloBuff Před 2 lety +1626

    I'm sure there are many like me that will say closing the apps is more of a minimalistic relief rather than actually improving performance.
    Who's with me?

    • @peteralan1930
      @peteralan1930 Před 2 lety +11

      Yeah

    • @krzaczekkiwi9988
      @krzaczekkiwi9988 Před 2 lety +1

      rel

    • @ceptember.
      @ceptember. Před 2 lety +44

      Yes, I use my opened apps as my to-do list. The apps that i leave open is because there's something important i need to do with it before the day is over
      Having things that clutter my brain in my field of view drives me insane

    • @ShiloBuff
      @ShiloBuff Před 2 lety +13

      @@ceptember. That's how I think about so many things. Good system you have there!

    • @studies8229
      @studies8229 Před 2 lety +3

      Correct 💯

  • @JoshuaMcFarland
    @JoshuaMcFarland Před 3 lety +6621

    As a mobile developer this is true in theory but in reality there are still a number of apps not optimized that will drain your battery way more if not fully closed.

    • @Erik_Nordlund
      @Erik_Nordlund Před 3 lety +271

      You can also turn off background activity for apps that abuse background privileges

    • @JoshuaMcFarland
      @JoshuaMcFarland Před 3 lety +196

      @@Erik_Nordlund Indeed, I had to do this specifically with the Google Home app. If I moved that to the background and had one of my cameras open my iPad would be drained in an hour with no remorse.

    • @Erik_Nordlund
      @Erik_Nordlund Před 3 lety +45

      @@JoshuaMcFarland dang, sadly I’m not surprised! My dad was trying to migrate his Google WiFi setup to that app last night, and it wasn’t the best experience… haha

    • @NobleTenz
      @NobleTenz Před 3 lety +8

      Ding ding

    • @Digikidthevoiceofreason
      @Digikidthevoiceofreason Před 3 lety +7

      Bingo!

  • @aayanmahmood5920
    @aayanmahmood5920 Před 3 lety +11271

    So my parents are doing the right thing with keeping them all open? Who would’ve known
    Edit- changed knew with known to keep the ela teachers away

    • @haroldberserker
      @haroldberserker Před 3 lety +14

      @Bojidara Draganova no, it’s from La Gioconda

    • @bd145dc
      @bd145dc Před 3 lety +54

      @Bojidara Draganova Congrats buddy, you recognize Mona Lisa!

    • @omikapasandul8737
      @omikapasandul8737 Před 3 lety +4

      @Bojidara Draganova Yes. You just discovered something nobody knew. Congratulations!

    • @premiumboi473
      @premiumboi473 Před 3 lety +1

      But they can close the tab, that’s annoying

    • @RaniRani-zt2tr
      @RaniRani-zt2tr Před 3 lety

      actually when you restart your iphone all the recent apps will stay there but they are all closed

  • @MarioLuigi0404
    @MarioLuigi0404 Před 2 lety +222

    I think in practice, since many apps aren’t properly optimized for this and leaving everything open just clutters the switcher, it would be best to always leave open a small handful of apps you use every day and not worry about closing the rest.

    • @THarshavardhanReddy
      @THarshavardhanReddy Před 2 lety +9

      Which is why pinning some apps and close all button would have made a lot of sense. I agree that it would be too cumbersome and apple will probably not go down this road.

  • @wrightstudiosllc
    @wrightstudiosllc Před 2 lety +471

    This is bull… I’m a former Apple employee working in Apple Retail, and as a workshop host & trainer, we were trained in our sessions to teach customers to do just that. Crucially, in real-world experience, many times running into performance issues lagging the workflow of a certain app or general workflows in iOS in general, after having closed all the apps, it begins functioning normally. This goes the same for shutting down your phone at very LEAST once a week.

    • @christopherfortney2544
      @christopherfortney2544 Před 2 lety +43

      THIS is so true. Apple devices and apps use a lot of caching to RAM. even when the App is in a suspended state. AND a ton of apps don't do well coming out of a suspended state when you have other stuff open.

    • @zephyrias
      @zephyrias Před 2 lety

      How long should a phone be shut off?

    • @wrightstudiosllc
      @wrightstudiosllc Před 2 lety +11

      @@zephyrias it doesn’t take long; at least only a few seconds FULLY shut down.

    • @callmecide
      @callmecide Před 2 lety

      I shot down mine every night, is it bad for the battery or the phone in general?

    • @wrightstudiosllc
      @wrightstudiosllc Před 2 lety +17

      @@callmecide shutting down every night is totally fine for the battery. That’s actually a good practice. It’s a “minimum” to shut down once a week.

  • @hunterjay8331
    @hunterjay8331 Před 3 lety +3550

    I guess this is why there’s no “close all” button. It would be better if they outright said you don’t need to close all the apps.

    • @boxii2065
      @boxii2065 Před 3 lety +50

      Jailbroken users laugh behind your back 🤣

    • @fiftyninez9738
      @fiftyninez9738 Před 3 lety +122

      @@boxii2065 Why do they laugh? Do they like the cons of manually closing them or did you just not watch the video?

    • @hunterjay8331
      @hunterjay8331 Před 3 lety +17

      @@boxii2065 Lol, but as we’ve just found out you apparently shouldn’t do that anyways. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Tom_Stevens617
      @Tom_Stevens617 Před 3 lety +40

      If you go and read the page about iOS on Apple's website, it clearly mentions that it is recommended to not close your apps at all unless it's malfunctioning or something.

    • @switchunboxing
      @switchunboxing Před 3 lety +15

      @@hunterjay8331 Jailbroken phone users prob have a bigger need to close out all the apps, as RAM management may work differently or require more app closing. You can do all kinds of RAM intensive things.

  • @opedromagico
    @opedromagico Před 3 lety +6330

    Here is why I never close them:
    • Apple makes intuitive things and is not intuitive to be closing them all the time.
    • If closing them were recommended, a "close all" would be available.

    • @snoopygamer5985
      @snoopygamer5985 Před 3 lety +81

      A verified comment with no likes? I’m lucky

    • @tudor4996
      @tudor4996 Před 3 lety +125

      That Close all makes a bit of sense, you know

    • @Xecto.
      @Xecto. Před 2 lety +12

      Pin this comment!!!

    • @yrx
      @yrx Před 2 lety +9

      I was gonna like but I don't want to break the 420

    • @HK-ni8wj
      @HK-ni8wj Před 2 lety +32

      I mean it is on som android versions

  • @TallysVids
    @TallysVids Před 2 lety +58

    I can remember Steve Jobs saying at the time when Apple first introduced the app switcher with iOS I forget now. Steve said, if you need to close apps or have a task manager, when a company designs an OS, you have failed, the user shouldn't have to think about closing the apps. And I totally agree.

    • @JessicaFEREM
      @JessicaFEREM Před 5 měsíci +2

      every OS ever made has failed then

  • @Drspoe
    @Drspoe Před 2 lety +39

    It's all about ram usage. Background apps use ram. If you plan on going back an forth between apps, then yeah, keep them open in the background. But if you don't plan on going back to the app any time soon, close it because it will just use ram. Also, the swipe up menu isn't just for closing apps that aren't responding. I think the primary reason for it is to easily multitask between multiple open apps. But if you don't plan on using said open apps, then I think it makes the most sense to close them and free up that ram space.

    • @manoelfelipe2977
      @manoelfelipe2977 Před rokem

      RAM doesn’t need to be the emptiest possible all the time. In fact it’s much better if it’s being used and it accelerates the system

  • @JacobEkaineck
    @JacobEkaineck Před 3 lety +365

    I won’t lie. I’ve always know this since the iPhone 6. Thing is it is just wildly satisfying to “declutter” your space. A very satisfying endeavor. I’ve not been closing apps but still the thought hunts me up to this minute.

  • @UriahShorts
    @UriahShorts Před 2 lety +2611

    me closing all my apps while watching this... 😲

  • @171sako
    @171sako Před 2 lety +41

    Backgrounding consumes memory, when u reach the max allotted memory iPhone automatically starts closing apps running in the background. Sometimes ones u don’t want to b closed. So whilst closing apps may not boost performance it does help with maintaining backgrounding on the specific apps u need

  • @DucTnos
    @DucTnos Před 2 lety +41

    I was hoping you'd at least mention that background app refresh uses up a small amount of data and battery life (probably so minuscule you wouldn't even notice it), but you can turn on/off which apps have background refresh on in the settings app

    • @d3vil208
      @d3vil208 Před 2 lety

      Background app refresh actually uses TONS of battery which this guy forgot to mention. If people turn this off, it will solve most of these problems

  • @jblilbear
    @jblilbear Před 3 lety +742

    This makes sense. However, I sometimes find all the open background apps too cluttered if I'm switching between apps with a purpose. Sometimes I'll close the extras out so they don't slow me down from getting back to the app I actually need. :)

  • @TheTotallyRandomGuy
    @TheTotallyRandomGuy Před 3 lety +605

    I really love this style of video, quick, easy to understand, and strait to the point. Great video, like always!

    • @Edgyblock
      @Edgyblock Před 3 lety +2

      Ikr

    • @cocohord
      @cocohord Před 3 lety +10

      Fr like he’s not to extra like some other people he just gets straight to the point

    • @AhsanTritya
      @AhsanTritya Před 3 lety +5

      Yes, great video

    • @SaadiClass
      @SaadiClass Před 3 lety +6

      I see that you have straightened his spelling without straiting his spelling.

    • @robbykidman
      @robbykidman Před 2 lety

      yes he doesnt take 10mins.

  • @SeanOzz
    @SeanOzz Před 2 lety +66

    It's mind-blowing that all these years later that we can't close all apps at once as we can with Android.
    Sometimes we end up with quite a few open apps that we will not ever use again.

    • @TheNade
      @TheNade Před 2 lety +6

      That is because every single aspect of an iphone is designed with short term replacement in mind. They WANT you to run your battery to 75% overall capacity in 2 years so that you get a new iphone. It's planned obsolescence and it is embodied in every single design aspect and marketing aspect of iphones. Apple WANTS you to break the glass, get your phone water damaged, run your battery down AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, so they can sell you a new phone.

    • @mathy4605
      @mathy4605 Před 2 lety +6

      It’s intentionally hard so you don’t kill apps and let the OS handle their suspended state as it should

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheNade That's actually closer to what many Android phone manufacturers want (such as Samsung), although it's typically on the software side instead of the hardware side (not giving more than one major update, inserting ads for newer phones, etc.) because unlike Apple, they don't get much money from the phone once it has been sold. Apple on the other hand wants you to keep using iPhones so that they can keep getting money from Apple Music, the App Store, in-app purchases, Apple TV, Apple News, etc.

  • @sosuckafree86
    @sosuckafree86 Před 2 lety +63

    He’s the perfect example of just sounding really smart and confident even when he doesn’t know the correct answer. 🤷🏿‍♂️

    • @tylerchambliss8379
      @tylerchambliss8379 Před 2 lety +6

      yeah and apple needs to work on their app optimisation and add some sort of ai that doesn't close or update an app just because I went to another app. I can't count how many times I've gone to read a message or somethingand youtube closed.

    • @nonsudunk
      @nonsudunk Před 2 lety

      ??

    • @HoJSimpson
      @HoJSimpson Před 2 lety +1

      @@nonsudunk He means that Apple Explained sounds like he knows his stuff, when in fact he oftenly only reads Apples Marketing Mumbo Jumbo out loud.
      And before you ask, I am using Apple products regularly.

    • @nonsudunk
      @nonsudunk Před 2 lety

      @@HoJSimpson But that's the answer, what else you want him to say

    • @HoJSimpson
      @HoJSimpson Před 2 lety +2

      @@nonsudunk that the answer is In fact just not right. It's what apples says. Real world experience of users and App Developers state different experiences. Is iOS better optimized?
      Yes. But it sometimes shuts apps down I want to run for the benefit of apps I don't want. Because as soon as that RAM is full, the system seems to have problems to decide which app to kill.
      And you can notice that many apps are running in the background.
      And that is what I don't like about this video.
      There are real world cases in which it is beneficial to kill apps manually. And I'd love to hear that in such a video.

  • @Amriyazd
    @Amriyazd Před 3 lety +5

    my old iphone 6: am i a joke to you

  • @GrandAudio
    @GrandAudio Před 3 lety +430

    We all know we shouldn’t, but Apple Explained comes along to actually explain to us why.

  • @autogamer777
    @autogamer777 Před 2 lety

    This is so true! I've noticed that this is a feature. The battery life and the performance speed is more likely better when the phone is standby on and the apps.

  • @cquickk
    @cquickk Před 2 lety

    Lol literally for the first time CZcams froze because while I was writing my comment the next video on Watch Later playlist started playing and I guess because the comment should’ve been for the previous one, it glitched out, so yes, having the ability to force-close an app came in handy. Funny little coincidence.
    Anyhow..as I was saying..
    Happy I found this channel, awesome content man, keep it up! Thanks.

  • @johnshorba
    @johnshorba Před 3 lety +133

    If you use apps that require location services, closing them will significantly increase battery life

    • @fuckinzell
      @fuckinzell Před 2 lety +13

      Or you could tell those apps to only use Location services when app is open.

    • @fuckinzell
      @fuckinzell Před 2 lety +9

      @Dislike Button When the app is in the background it is no longer "open" but perhaps I should've used "active" cause thats the more correct term.

    • @kailey1114
      @kailey1114 Před 2 lety +2

      @@fuckinzell the app is running tho. it would still be using location services

    • @flashv4941
      @flashv4941 Před 2 lety +2

      @@fuckinzell technically it's "onPause" when you exit the app. It's waiting and listening for when you return then it "onResumed". If you swipe up force closed it it's destroyed

  • @NothingOfNoteToSeeHere
    @NothingOfNoteToSeeHere Před 3 lety +84

    Even if I switch to Apple, I still would close them. It gets to clustered for me after a while when switching them. Especially from the looks of the example phone in the video. This cluster of apps drives me crazy.

    • @achmadputra2
      @achmadputra2 Před 3 lety +1

      well, closing an app is always optional. Apple mentioned this on their website btw

    • @billjamal4764
      @billjamal4764 Před 3 lety +2

      When I switched to Samsung I instantly made my app switcher like the one in ios so my muscle memory could continue closing apps when I'm done. I will continue doing it forever

    • @KofolaDealer
      @KofolaDealer Před 3 lety

      I always closed them on windows phone for 6 years I can't stop doing it now

    • @narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256
      @narutoninjagoandtheflashar4256 Před 5 měsíci

      Same. Just look at that mess of a phone in the video. Yeah! I don’t like the look of it

  • @jyke321
    @jyke321 Před 2 lety +1

    The only time I close all apps is when I get off my iPhone for the night. I thought everyone kind of knew having a few apps in the background wouldn't be extremely detrimental to battery life, but acting as if leaving every single app open is always a better alternative makes no sense either. I tend to keep 3 to 5 apps open in the back ground at a time because I like having what I'm likely to switch between readily available. Keeping apps I don't intend to open for the rest of the day or that are constantly refreshing in the background trying to use location services however seems more problematic and waiting an extra 5 seconds when trying to open mail, that I would have preferred using on my laptop anyway if I weren't in a remote location expecting an important email.

  • @wharpblast264
    @wharpblast264 Před 2 lety

    Would this apply to all Apps including the camera ? I found a few times the battery ran down very quickly, it was the camera that had been using the battery when I was not consciously using the camera. As if continuously focusing on things (my pocket) while in the background therefore using resources.

  • @wamiam2803
    @wamiam2803 Před 2 lety +10

    I just like to keep my phone clean. I switch between apps very frequently sometimes and having 50 apps cluttering the 5 I'm actually using is annoying. Dual screen mode would DEFINITELY help with this habit for me, not having to de-clutter to compare things like prices between store apps or whatever.

  • @z3yr0xsyn1x7
    @z3yr0xsyn1x7 Před 3 lety +7

    Me: closes everything possible
    My dad: keeps everything on
    Also my dad: big brain time

  • @DDProCo
    @DDProCo Před 2 lety +1

    I swipe away all apps when I’m completely changing what I’m doing such as going to work. I know it doesn’t help anything, but it helps me.

  • @archie591
    @archie591 Před 2 lety

    thanks for the video! is it still ok to leave apps opened in the background even while updating from the app store?

  • @iau
    @iau Před 3 lety +112

    Drives me nuts when I see people doing this. Apple should just show a one time alert: "Force closing too many apps may shorten battery life and slow down your iPhone. Please try to only close apps that are not behaving correctly."

    • @Tom_Stevens617
      @Tom_Stevens617 Před 3 lety +7

      It's mentioned on the iOS page on their website

    • @andyjiang9307
      @andyjiang9307 Před 3 lety +29

      @@Tom_Stevens617 no1 reads them

    • @Tom_Stevens617
      @Tom_Stevens617 Před 3 lety +4

      @@andyjiang9307 I did. If you didn't, that's not Apple's fault, is it?

    • @andyjiang9307
      @andyjiang9307 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Tom_Stevens617 bro im saying no1 reads them except for us, y u mad

    • @Tom_Stevens617
      @Tom_Stevens617 Před 3 lety +1

      @@andyjiang9307 Huh? I'm not mad lol

  • @MaheerKibria
    @MaheerKibria Před 3 lety +112

    While I am sure a lot of this is true it is also true that those background apps can interfere with other apps. I have often found that if safari is having trouble or some app with high memory usage is having trouble closing apps will actually free up the memory to actually allow the apps to run smoothly. Also closing the app doesn't necessarily delete the state. properly written apps will dump the memory into the storage clearing up valuable memory while allowing you to reinitialize the app fairly quickly since it has a snapshot of the ram state for that application.

  • @rominn2184
    @rominn2184 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you! As an obsessive OCD-like app-closer, because I would believe it was pointless to leave apps open that I was no longer using, I will never close out an app unnecessarily ever again if it's messing up my iPhone and iPad. No more! Glad I saw this video.

  • @eurosonly
    @eurosonly Před 2 lety

    I remember the days flipping between multiple apps which have been recently opened was a jail break tweak. It was also a standard feature on android.

  • @switchunboxing
    @switchunboxing Před 3 lety +71

    Actuallyyyyy it can help your phone’s performance. While the iPhone is designed to suspend apps, your phone only has so much RAM, and suspending multiple RAM-intensive applications (streaming apps mostly) can mean that RAM won’t be as available for apps that you’re currently using.
    Many times, yeah you won’t need to close out apps. Especially a notes or contacts app. But closing out CZcams, Netflix, Spotify, and Maps running in the background can speed up your phone and make things work more smoothly. I’m not saying it always does, but it can. Apple wants to be the superior phone and they will tell you this isn’t the case, but that’s just simply not true. They can’t get around how computers work. They’re not above RAM limitations.
    It’s not something you need to obsessively worry about, but the next time you’re finding lag on your phone, close out these apps and see if it makes a difference because it really might!

    • @TiagoAzevedo
      @TiagoAzevedo Před 3 lety +8

      When RAM runs out the operating system closes apps automatically. This is true for both iOS and Android. So there’s actually no benefit in closing all apps. Because not all of them remain suspended.

    • @switchunboxing
      @switchunboxing Před 3 lety +19

      @@TiagoAzevedo When it runs out, sure. But when the apps are sharing RAM, some can run slower to keep all of them running. Just not at full efficiency. This is why closing intensive applications can make things run more smoothly at times. Can also increase your chances of keeping your place in an app. For instance, going back to an application and it still having the message you were typing or the photo you had loaded up to post.

    • @apachezenmy3614
      @apachezenmy3614 Před 3 lety +2

      Can previous apps be temporarily stored on the internal drive, considering how fast apples ssd are?

    • @HiiixImpakt
      @HiiixImpakt Před 3 lety +5

      @@apachezenmy3614 no SSD is as fast as RAM

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 Před 3 lety +4

      So true. Plus there is so many poorly coded not optimized apps. IE FACEBOOK…… PEOPLE TRUST ME CLOSE THEM ALL OUT ..

  • @SadCanadian
    @SadCanadian Před 3 lety +137

    As an Apple employee. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH MY LORD

    • @michelbruns
      @michelbruns Před 3 lety +24

      then tell your mates in the ipad department that they should either upgrade the low spec models with more ram, or optimize this standby feature

    • @potatomaster8291
      @potatomaster8291 Před 3 lety +3

      Do u see a bunch of iPad that small kids played on with like 69000 app open?

    • @michelbruns
      @michelbruns Před 3 lety +3

      @@potatomaster8291 a few office apps like office, files and powerpoint are enough to overwhelm the standard ipads and make them lag, you dont need a lot to fill their little amount of ram

    • @Raja995mh33
      @Raja995mh33 Před 3 lety +4

      I'm not even an Apple employee, developer or whatever and I'm grateful as well. It's so annoying when people do this or are yelling at Apple for not adding an "close all apps" button.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 Před 3 lety

      @@Raja995mh33 they need a close all app. Leaving apps open definitely drains ur battery. There is proof all over CZcams and apple forums

  • @minghui2254
    @minghui2254 Před 2 lety

    Hmm... if the apps got problem should u close and relaunch for the apps to run better?
    If dont close the apps, the battery might get drained ?

  • @zojirushi1
    @zojirushi1 Před 2 lety +2

    I only keep the apps I use often not closed. Every other app I clean up in the app switcher multi view and close them when I’m not using them.

  • @seanmiddly
    @seanmiddly Před 3 lety +6

    Oh that's why there's no close all! This is so good to know, A+ content as always

    • @mitostv3836
      @mitostv3836 Před 2 lety +5

      This video is wrong and totally subjective. The apps are most likely meant to be closed. The functional benefit of closing apps yourself is that you can multitask without having a ton of bloat when switching between apps. Don't hoard apps, close them if you don't need them so they aren't in the way. Imagine you're trying to type out something from Notes on CZcams and you have Instagram and Snapchat in between the two apps and you can't just quickly swipe between the two apps, it's extremely annoying. On top of that, a lot of apps actually do reduce performance and consume your battery, especially apps that use location services.

    • @Kostianovsky
      @Kostianovsky Před 2 lety

      @@mitostv3836 it is proven that those apps that uses location in the background does not affect much the Battery

  • @austinotto6335
    @austinotto6335 Před 3 lety +12

    When multitasking.
    I like the apps I am using to be in the task switcher. Not every app I’ve ever used before.
    So I clear them often to open apps that I use together and allow myself to hop back and forth to get work done faster without sorting through the last 30 something apps. There’s only the 5 I will use right then and there.

  • @TallysVids
    @TallysVids Před 2 lety

    Excellent video, very clear and correct explanation provided 👍🏻

  • @raffprezia629
    @raffprezia629 Před 2 lety

    It’s not only about battery, when I close iPhone tabs I mainly do that in order to speed up my mobile phone because at that point my memory is completely taken by secondary stand by applications while my current window has to retrieve information stored within the second storage device thus making it a lot slower to load it up.

  • @boytheodore
    @boytheodore Před 3 lety +14

    I want to open the app on the homepage, but if I don’t close the app, it will start from the last stop position. Re-opening the App is a faster way to homepage, since iPhone does Not have the same convenient "return button" as Android.

    • @ranonymous27
      @ranonymous27 Před 3 lety +2

      Exactly

    • @abhirammadhu2973
      @abhirammadhu2973 Před 3 lety +1

      You are just using more power and wasting more time just to go to the home page instead of tapping whichever button on that app that lets you go to the home page.

    • @boytheodore
      @boytheodore Před 3 lety +1

      @@abhirammadhu2973 In fact, it is not so simple. Some is due to the design of the iPhone, some due to the design of the app. There are many methods of returns and closing due to app design. The sensitivity of sliding to return and closing is also different in different apps. I sometimes need to slide up to the very top. It is also maybe in different sub categories and sections, which requires another click. For me, closing the app can grantee that it will be on home page when I reopen it next time.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 Před 3 lety

      @@abhirammadhu2973 no ur not quit spreading bullshit. As a computer engineer you really are very wrong

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt Před 3 lety +51

    I always manually close apps and I always will. Makes multi-tasking easier and apps don’t have to refresh as much.

  • @megapangolin1093
    @megapangolin1093 Před 2 lety

    Fascinating and helpful video. So many things in life are based on past experience. With things moving on so quickly in the IT world it is necessary to partake in lifelong learning to manage ones devices.

  • @miiruaa
    @miiruaa Před 2 lety

    is this also apply for games? because most of the games always load from the start screen

  • @davidm5707
    @davidm5707 Před 3 lety +4

    But what if you're not going to use the app again for a long time?
    Just keep them all open forever?

  • @vaneakatok
    @vaneakatok Před 3 lety +4

    the reason I remove apps from recently used is that I want the them to be the ones I'm switching back and forth between, and not contain apps that I used 3 days ago.
    and not because I used to believe that it saves resources.

  • @stormed7368
    @stormed7368 Před 2 lety

    This video kinda made me analyze how frequently I close out of apps and I noticed that I close out of apps like Facebook, Google, or food reward apps like it’s second nature. Id say it’s a bigger ease on my mind closing out of these data hungry apps than allowing them to be suspended on my phone

  • @StrangeLeap
    @StrangeLeap Před 2 lety

    Is this the same on an android? It makes sense, especially because android gives the option for toggling battery optimization globally and pwr app in the settings menu

  • @Adrian-vp8kv
    @Adrian-vp8kv Před 3 lety +11

    Based on knowledge from the video: WE SHOULD OPEN ALL APPS AND KEEP THEM ON STANDBY.

  • @hunterwilhelm
    @hunterwilhelm Před 3 lety +14

    Sounds good in theory, but how is it in practice? Can you run a test on some iPhones to see if what you say in theory is true in practice? (I am talking about battery consumption differences)

    • @JoshuaMcFarland
      @JoshuaMcFarland Před 3 lety +8

      I’m a mobile developer and it still partially falls on the app developer to optimize their app. There are still a number of apps that will kill the battery if moved to the background and not fully closed.

  • @amponsahkwame2325
    @amponsahkwame2325 Před 5 měsíci +1

    So why does it says in the battery side that this app and co I’d taking so much battery

  • @e83w
    @e83w Před 2 lety +1

    Greg I don’t think you mentioned the effect on RAM when leaving multiple Apps open in the background? It used to be that closing them down freed up that memory is that not the case anymore?

    • @KP3droflxp
      @KP3droflxp Před 2 lety

      Of you need more memory the OS will close some other apps automatically

    • @jw1629
      @jw1629 Před 2 lety

      @@KP3droflxp that is a lie

  • @ferniegutierrez5605
    @ferniegutierrez5605 Před 3 lety +4

    I probably missed it but does this go for every app? Or just ones exclusive for Apple?

  • @devarshdave
    @devarshdave Před 3 lety +10

    If you’re multitasking, then this is not for you as it would fill up your RAM and will close apps which are to be used along the current apps…

    • @ChenLiYong
      @ChenLiYong Před 3 lety +2

      You mean, the feature to retain apps in the background is not for you if you’re multitasking? I don’t get what you mean. I’m multitasking and the apps were not closed when I switched between them.

    • @devarshdave
      @devarshdave Před 3 lety +3

      @@ChenLiYong I just want to say that if you have an iPhone with less RAM to accommodate all your apps then it would start refreshing even if you want to use them. Keeping all apps open would lead to usage of all your RAM and thus all heavy apps would restart. (iPhone 12 pros are exceptions because of 6GB of RAM)

    • @unmaypawar
      @unmaypawar Před 3 lety

      No, when you are multitasking you open the apps which need to be used so they are accommodated into ram and apps opened before are removed from ram if it is full so your logic is wrong

    • @devarshdave
      @devarshdave Před 3 lety +2

      @@unmaypawar try opening camera and a heavy photo editing app and when you’re editing, in the middle of the process, open the camera app again keeping all the other apps open in the background. You’ll understand what I mean. 👍

    • @ChenLiYong
      @ChenLiYong Před 3 lety +1

      @@devarshdave then try multitasking using lighter apps. This doesn’t mean the multitasking doesn’t work. It works but under certain condition, and from what I tried, the condition are pretty relaxing. When I do try to multitask, none of the apps are closing so far. And you can cheat some of the multitasking by doing screenshots if necessary, so you’re switching between less heavy apps if what you need is just information. This is situational. But multitasking indeed works.

  • @shawnmitchell23
    @shawnmitchell23 Před 2 lety

    But what about saving bandwith on network data? It may be minimal but can help in a pinch, right?

  • @DiscoFang
    @DiscoFang Před 2 lety +1

    I love a video on why apple changed the App switcher layout from a fan-deck of cards to one where you have to swipe through every single one. Went from smart and easy to dumb and laborious.

  • @iztoxicity
    @iztoxicity Před 3 lety +26

    sorry but it really just bothers me seeing a kid who has over 50+ apps open when I swipe
    😅

  • @envyyscar555
    @envyyscar555 Před 3 lety +5

    Haven’t watched it yet but I already know it’s gonna be good!

  • @Christian-jf5ys
    @Christian-jf5ys Před 2 lety

    What I love about this channel is that it isn't making 15 minutes videos to explain something that can be explained in 2 minutes

  • @9chickenwingz
    @9chickenwingz Před 2 lety +1

    What about memory tho? Wouldn’t all the open apps be running in the background, therefore having an impact on memory and battery efficiency?

    • @Radial9Gaming
      @Radial9Gaming Před 2 lety

      No. Each app has a limited pool of memory it can use, and iOS automatically allocates memory to the active app while closing old apps if more memory is needed. It basically does the job for you. Apps in the background don’t drain any battery because they don’t do anything except stay on standby.

  • @osudude
    @osudude Před 3 lety +3

    I don‘t close apps to improve battery life. I do it to keep my app switcher neatly organized, so I can quickly switch between apps I have opened for my current „session“.

    • @KP3droflxp
      @KP3droflxp Před 2 lety

      But the most recent apps are always at the top

  • @tom2point0
    @tom2point0 Před 3 lety +20

    I do understand that that is the theory behind iOS, but there have been times when an app I’m using doesn’t work quite right until I close out the other apps. The app I’m using sometimes won’t respond or is slow to respond but after closing other apps it works fine.

    • @willcra
      @willcra Před 3 lety

      This would fall under ram usage I'd say, other apps on standby are holding onto to much memory.

    • @tom2point0
      @tom2point0 Před 3 lety +2

      @@willcra yeah that’s what I was thinking. So closing them does help in that case.

  • @ashendb9855
    @ashendb9855 Před 8 měsíci

    Should i save my background apps when i restart or power off my iPhone?

  • @eazy_austin
    @eazy_austin Před 2 lety

    Wow thank you for telling me this info. It’s gonna be hard to train my brain not to flick my apps closed now 😂

  • @MithileshPerugu
    @MithileshPerugu Před 3 lety +4

    After so many days and nights..
    You are back Greg !! 🤦‍♂️🤩

  • @justananimefan1570
    @justananimefan1570 Před 3 lety +72

    To be fair system management doesn't always do the best job at managing system resources, sometimes I found it'll actually let apps eat up your memory and it makes other apps slower
    Also some people just want a clean state every time they open up an app, maybe its for privacy or maybe its for something else but for example, somebody browsing something "Questionable" On the reddit app would probably want to close out of the app when they're done using it that way if they decide to open it back up in front of somebody else they don't get that material they were looking at earlier blasted on screen
    Some people want just want a clean session so the task window isn't cluttered with 38 apps because I'm sure that makes switching between apps a lot harder
    Some apps that utilize the "Now Playing" Feature have to be manually closed to get rid of the music widget on the Lock Screen/Notification Center
    Basically there are several more reasons somebody would want to fully close their apps apart from battery and performance

    • @gauravae86
      @gauravae86 Před 3 lety +6

      Thank you

    • @seymourbaldauf8212
      @seymourbaldauf8212 Před 3 lety

      Tumblr used always be the app that wouldn’t load for me from time to time and force closing apps was the only way to get it to load. So I think with some apps force closing multiple apps is necessary.

    • @justananimefan1570
      @justananimefan1570 Před 3 lety +1

      @@seymourbaldauf8212 most of my apps aren’t that heavy weight but some apps are poorly optimized and become a memory hog
      Games are probably the biggest resource hogs actually so you pretty much gotta close those when your done playing or your device feels slower until the system closes them for you

    • @alexanderulv3886
      @alexanderulv3886 Před 2 lety +1

      Yea, thank you for justifying! I was beginning to doubt myself 😅 lol

  • @rafgaming123
    @rafgaming123 Před 2 lety +1

    My mind is officially blown... 😂. All my life I've always so paranoid about closing the apps and now, I don't know what to do

  • @friendlyneighborhoodalien2186

    It’s not just for frozen apps. It’s also for organising and faster multitasking so you can leave what you really need in your preferred order

  • @MarcHatePage
    @MarcHatePage Před 3 lety +18

    your argument goes for apps that are regularly used, but the ones you need like once a week should be closed after using.

    • @arrowtlg2646
      @arrowtlg2646 Před 3 lety +4

      Well, even then, the OS will realise that you simply haven't used the app in a while and shut it down in the background. The OS is designed to remove application management from the user, and will handle it all. This includes shutting down apps when not used.

    • @comedianjamie
      @comedianjamie Před 3 lety

      Yes. Open an app from the switcher, that you havenˋt used in a while (even some hours). It relaunches as if it was closed.. 👍🏼

    • @ej22_gc86
      @ej22_gc86 Před 2 lety

      @@arrowtlg2646 that’s just to declutter the screen. I can’t stand seeing all the apps accumulate in that menu, even if they don’t affect anything. I just like it cleaner without unnecessary extras

  • @emmieway
    @emmieway Před 2 lety +3

    I love how short and to the point this video is. Thank you!

  • @MiTSuKiiiiYT
    @MiTSuKiiiiYT Před 9 měsíci

    So this will it affect on battery life and battery drain ?
    PLEASE REPLY ME

  • @cantin8697
    @cantin8697 Před 2 lety +1

    I'd imagine this is true for apps you would open and close frequently (like a few times an hour). But it doesn't seem true for apps you would open and close rarely (like once a day). Why would I use an app once, then leave it open to further drain battery?

    • @luuttaja
      @luuttaja Před 2 lety

      Did you not listen to the video? It barely drains any battery if at all

  • @ChristopherCastagnet
    @ChristopherCastagnet Před 3 lety +40

    I’ll keep closing them, its easier to switch from apps you are using in the moment when no more than 5 are running at the same time.

  • @TymixTheMagician
    @TymixTheMagician Před 3 lety +27

    I never do that and I’ve been always confused why people are completely closing every app each time.
    I usually realize after like a month that I have millions of apps “open” 😂

  • @Veronicz
    @Veronicz Před 2 lety

    I feel in the past, I had noticed a lot of drain due to background apps though. I wonder if I was mistaken, it got fixed, or it's just a personal experience.

  • @SplatSkill
    @SplatSkill Před 2 lety

    didn't know that, you learn something new everyday

  • @tinyoofman3361
    @tinyoofman3361 Před 3 lety +32

    craig federighi said himself that he doesn't do it, for this reason

    • @ariffin128
      @ariffin128 Před 3 lety +3

      when did he say?

    • @johnwick7611
      @johnwick7611 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes when did he say that???

    • @Tenjooo
      @Tenjooo Před 3 lety

      @@johnwick7611 twitter

    • @jw1629
      @jw1629 Před 2 lety +1

      He did say that but he also has a ton of money and gets free phones so I doubt that he has to worry about whether or not force closing apps actually saves battery or not

    • @Tenjooo
      @Tenjooo Před 2 lety

      @@jw1629 ...

  • @RichardJNeo
    @RichardJNeo Před 3 lety +9

    Is also just faster than having to swipe through a million open apps all the time. I do accidentally end up closing Spotify while I’m listening to it which is annoying so maybe I’ll try to stop 😅

  • @ahanaf8853
    @ahanaf8853 Před 6 měsíci

    Is there any way I can lock not to swipe up?it become my muscle memory i do automatically

  • @ericdickson2065
    @ericdickson2065 Před 3 měsíci

    So does not closing apps have any effect on doing iCloud backups?

  • @xJI00
    @xJI00 Před 3 lety +24

    The real life experience kind of says the opposite. When closing the 50 open apps on my mothers phone it suddenly goes from running slow to being like a new phone. I don’t think the app/memory management is as good as made out

    • @Niibaah
      @Niibaah Před 3 lety +7

      This!!! . It’s a false narrative that closing apps in background doesn’t do any good, I am just disappointed in a techie guy like that spreading misinformation to the public

    • @ralphfurley4217
      @ralphfurley4217 Před 2 lety +1

      Agree

    • @EJX220
      @EJX220 Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed! When I’m playing a game and many apps are open in the background, if I switch to iMessage or something to answer a text, I go back to the game and it resets as if I fully closed it. If I only have the game open and a few apps in the background, my game doesn’t reset if I toggle between it and another app.

  • @ParadoxFreak
    @ParadoxFreak Před 3 lety +4

    I only close my apps at the end of the day when I’m going to bed and putting my phone to charge.

  • @saahilshaik9024
    @saahilshaik9024 Před 2 lety

    i actually learned a lot from this thank you

  • @JohnzoGhonzo
    @JohnzoGhonzo Před 2 lety

    What sources did you use for this information? Is there a link to it?

  • @ftgm090_finsuth_
    @ftgm090_finsuth_ Před 3 lety +14

    Me: Closes an app on my iPhone.
    Apple Explained: Why you shouldn’t close iPhone Apps.

  • @Root__314
    @Root__314 Před 3 lety +3

    And for those that have smartphones with less than 2GB of RAM? I thought that was the main consideration in this utility instance

  • @MolocHlevel30
    @MolocHlevel30 Před 2 lety

    What about apps i dont need anymore on that day or when go to sleep?

  • @jayantamalakar4484
    @jayantamalakar4484 Před 2 lety

    If I go for service Center for then could they access my i cloud floder?

  • @bandito_dino
    @bandito_dino Před 3 lety +13

    I find that my phone is slower when a ton of apps are open at once. Especially on safari

    • @mrmaramind
      @mrmaramind Před 3 lety

      Yep. Exactly.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah no kidding this is a bullshit video keep continuing to close your apps

    • @mrmaramind
      @mrmaramind Před 3 lety +2

      @@walterwhite1 see exactly. Especially sh!t fu!k Facebook which jams ass up my phone completely to the point of restarting.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 Před 3 lety +4

      @@mrmaramind exactamundo

  • @hoboloath
    @hoboloath Před 2 lety +10

    This would explain why they haven’t added a “close all” button.

    • @Drspoe
      @Drspoe Před 2 lety +7

      They don't have a close all because iOS blows.

    • @anwan5
      @anwan5 Před 2 lety

      My samsung has this

    • @Drspoe
      @Drspoe Před 2 lety

      @@anwan5 every android has it. It's been standard for years.

  • @christopherallard1693
    @christopherallard1693 Před 2 lety

    I'm assuming this applies to Android as well... While they're app management probably isn't as tightly optimized as iOS I'm assuming at a system level it functions the same way and the same rules apply

  • @Leeyon1313
    @Leeyon1313 Před 2 lety

    Hi Greg. Does this apply to all models of iPhone since 5?

  • @carnavalesenpanama
    @carnavalesenpanama Před 3 lety +4

    We need a video called "why there is no button to restart the iPhone". Only one, Off.

    • @Pantara20
      @Pantara20 Před 3 lety

      what's interesting is it's 3 button presses to fully restart with pressing volume up, then down, then holding down the power button for 10 seconds

  • @Hellapoised
    @Hellapoised Před 3 lety +14

    When you have many apps open, that gives you a slower experience too haha

  • @nihonstudio5687
    @nihonstudio5687 Před 2 lety

    I didn’t knew this, thank you very much.

  • @infernoglaze
    @infernoglaze Před rokem

    where can you do the trend or whats the app to swipe the tabs?