Your iPad Runs Sluggishly or Freezes

If you’re familiar with the old world of computers, you know that one of the simplest, yet mysterious, solutions to fixing a broken computer is to turn it off and turn it on again. On Windows PCs, you can accomplish this task by pressing the magical ctrl-alt-del keystroke combination, but with the iPad, you can duplicate this reset process by simply turning your iPad off, waiting a minute or two, then turning it back on.

The process of turning a computer off and back on clears its memory of any misbehaving programs that may have somehow managed to foul up your computer. Sometimes a poorly written app can mess with your iPad’s memory, preventing other apps from running correctly. If an iPad app seems frozen, ...

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