Did you know that you can pause an app download from your iDevice’s springboard? It’s incredibly easy, and we’ll show you how.
Once you start downloading an app from the App Store, you’ll notice that the progress bar begins on the desired app icon. While that progress bar loads, you can tap the icon at any time to pause and resume the download.
This tip is great for those with limited bandwidth access, or if you just need to pause an app mid-download for any reason. Hopefully you found this tip helpful.
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Alex Heath is a journalist who works for Tech Insider. He’s the former co-host of The CultCast. He has been quoted by the likes of the BBC, KRON 4 News, and books like “ICONIC: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation.” He lives in Lexington, Kentucky. If you want to pitch a story, share a tip, or just get in touch, additional contact information is available on his personal site. Follow him on Twitter.
22 responses to “How to Pause an App Download [iOS Tips]”
Awesome… Could you tell me how to abort downloading?
Jesus, yet another pointless, vacuous article designed only to raise the click rate on this website. Pathetic.
That was so obvious! What the heck! Everyone knows how todo this! Pointless post, how to pause a download.
I think that feature is coming with iOS 5.
I hope so ;)
Hey um, can you do a post on how I can turn my iPhone off? and how to play music? thanks
LMFAO!!!!!!!!! I NEED THAT
Ha – I really didn’t realize that you could pause a download. I guess I never had the need to do so. Thanks for tip anyway.
what the F**K ??
i know this since i got my first iPad last year…lol ?
cult of mac need to show something more advace tips
Sometimes, the applications do not download completely and it shows downloading for a long time and because of this, the phone does not work smoothly. I have faced a lot of problem and when I tried to delete that application, it can’t be deleted. What can be done in this situation?
Some people already knew this, ergo it is worthless information. Please limit your future posts to things that nobody has ever heard about before.
Its not working in ios 6