If you notice a red number on the App Store icon, you know you have some updating to complete. The number in the red circle represents the amount of apps that have updates waiting for you to download and install. Updates usually contain bug fixes and programming improvements that may help wobbly apps stop crashing. Some might include new features. All updates for the version of an app are free.
To see which apps have updates ready, tap the App Store icon to determine the list. Tap the name from the program you want to update, tap the cost button, and then tap Install. If you have multiple programs with updates ready, you can install them all in one fell swoop by tapping the Update All button. The program updates once you type in your Store password.
You can also look for app updates in iTunes. Click the Applications icon in the iTunes Source list to show all your downloaded apps, then click the "Check for Updates" link at the bottom of the window. If you have updates, iTunes alerts you with a box and gives you a button to click to determine what apps are involved.
Whenever you view a list of the updates, iTunes provides you with a button in the top-right corner to set up all the updates at once, but you can also update programs individually by clicking the Get Update button next to each app's name. Once you download the updates to iTunes, you need to sync the iPad with the computer to install them.
Most App Store programs work perfectly fine at what they were designed to do, but things can occasionally go wrong. Maybe there was a little bug that managed to get through the testing process. Or maybe an iPad software update changed the way the operating system interacts with the app. In any case, you've got a few basic troubleshooting steps to try for apps that aren't playing nice using the iPad:
Restart the iPad. If you just installed an elaborate videogame like Star Wars: Trench Run or another complex application, it's wise to restart the iPad to get all of this new software off to a fresh start with the operating system - sort of like how it's a fine notion to restart your computer after you install new programs.
Look for updates. Some apps might have been sold just a tad too soon. The developer, facing bad reviews in the App Store and cranky users, quickly posts an new version of the app that fixes the problem.
Remove and reinstall the app. Perhaps something tripped up the installation process when you first bought the app or a little piece of it somehow got damaged throughout a crash. If a certain app is wigging on you, try uninstalling it, restarting the iPad, and then installing again from the App Store so you can install a fresh copy of the program. Even if it's a paid app, if you previously purchased it, you can download a new copy of the same version for free. But a clean install with a new copy of the software just may do the trick if, say, your Facebook app bombs out every time you try to upload a photograph.
Other steps to test include deauthorizing and re-authorizing your computer for implementing purchases from the iTunes and App Stores, or reinstalling the whole iTunes program on your computer. Sometimes, just logging from your Store account and logging back in can resolve a problem.
If all that fails, it's possibly the app's fault. You can, however, report your problem. If you're on the iPad, tap the App Store icon, find the app's page in the Store, and flick right down to the bottom of the page to where the Report a Problem button lives. Tap it to get an application you can fill out and send straight to Apple.
If you're logged into your iTunes Store account on the computer, click your user name in the top right corner. In the Sign In box, click the View Account button, sign in again, and click the acquisition History button on the account settings page. Click the Report an issue button at the bottom from the page, then click the arrow next to the problem program in your list of recent purchases. You now get an electronic form you can complete and send off to Apple.
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