How To Close All Background Apps At Once On An IPhone, IPad

When you double-tap the home button of your iPad or iPhone, the dock will show a list of all the recently used apps and some of them could still be running in the background. You tap and hold your finger on the app icon until it begins to jiggle and you can then press the red “minus” sign to close one or more of these background apps. If a particular app is not running, this action will simply remove its listing from the multitasking bar. If you would like to close all the background apps at once, here’s a free app for iPhone and iPad that can help. You don’t even have to jailbreak your device. Launch the app and then shake your iPhone / iPad to terminate every single app that could be running in the background. Alternatively, you can just pull and release the processes list (see video) to close all the background running apps at once.

In the past, I have seem apps, especially games, that became unresponsive (freeze) and force quit was the only way to get them working again. The Process Killer app mentioned above might be helpful in such situations though else you need not worry about shutting down suspended background apps. Should You Quit Background Apps Manually, If you are on Windows or Mac, you always quit applications that you are not using so that more memory (RAM) becomes available to front-running apps. However, you many not see any improvement in performance by closing background iOS apps. Engadget: How do you close applications when multitasking, Jobs: In multitasking, if you see a task manager, they blew it. Users shouldn’t ever have to think about it. The iOS multitasking bar is not like the command tab switcher on Mac or Windows. It is not a list of currently “running” applications. It is simply a list of your most recently used applications, whether they’re running in the background, suspended in memory, or completely inactive.

We all love the huge range of apps available on the Apple’s App Store, but some of the apps cost money. While this is a good thing as it supports the developers and enables them to continue making awesome apps, some people just can’t afford them. That is where HiPStore comes in. HiPStore is a completely free store which you can download many paid app store apps from without even needing a jailbreak. It is very easy to use and doesn’t require a computer to install apps. All you need is an iOS 6 or above device with an internet connection. Downloading paid apps for free is illegal. This tutorial is for educational purposes only. You should always pay for apps. A computer is not required for this to work. An iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running iOS 6 or above is required. Not all paid apps are available on HiPStore, however most are. You should get a message asking you to install the HiPStore app.

If you don’t click the ‘iOS 7/8/9’ button at the bottom of the page. Tap on this and you should get a pop-up asking if you want to install HiPStore on your device. Tap install and it should begin to download to your home screen. Once the app is downloaded you will not be able to open it straight away. Profiles & Device Management’, find the menu with HiPStore in it and tap ‘Trust’ twice. You should now be able to open the app. In here you will be able to find most of the apps you could possible want to download. Once you find one you want, tap on it and tap the ‘Download’ button. The app will now start to download in the background (tap the button in the top left of the main menu and tap ‘My apps’ to see download progress). Once the app has finished downloading you should get a pop-up asking you if you want to install it. Tap on install and it should start to download like a normal App Store app. When it has been installed, you will not be able to open it straight away. Profiles & Device Management’, find the menu with the app name in it and tap ‘Trust’ twice. You should now be able to open the app.