Comixology has corrected me re the DC Comics app: in settings you can actually change the total amount of maximal space you allow the app to use on your iPad, it's not set at the default 200MB.
That's better. But this is unfamiliar to me. It seems it means that on the 'pad, unlikely other systems I know, each app pre-empts the space it wants to use, so it's not available to other apps, even if the app actually hasn't used it yet. Does anybody know if this is true, and if so why?
Joe Kissell said:
My understanding (for this app and many others that let you adjust storage space used) is that you're only setting a maximum size, to avoid having too much of your iPad's storage used up by just that one app's data. As far as I know, it doesn't mean this amount of space is preallocated, only that it can't grow beyond that amount.
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My understanding (for this app and many others that let you adjust storage space used) is that you're only setting a maximum size, to avoid having too much of your iPad's storage used up by just that one app's data. As far as I know, it doesn't mean this amount of space is preallocated, only that it can't grow beyond that amount.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
ReplyDeleteThis makes more sense, as far as the system goes.
But why bother to set a maximum limit I wonder? Maybe because it's not as easy on an iPad to keep an eye on what space is used by what apps and files?