My ipad won't download movie yet there is lots of memory left
My ipad won't download an itunes rental movie even though there's lots of storage left.
Can anyone help?
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That is not enough.
You are close to the 2-3 GBs of free data storage limit that needs to be maintained for nominal, acceptable performance of the iOS operating system, itself, much less have enough room to download a movie.
Most downloadable movies are between 3-6 GBs in file size.
You need more space than that to get the movie to partially download and start steaming the movie to your iPad!
What is the full storage size of your iPad?
You will need to increase your internal storage space to maybe another 1-2 GBs or a little more to get a movie to download and start streaming to your iPad.
You need to free up free data storage space on an iPad/iDevice and start by backing up your iPad to either Apple's iCloud or by connecting your iDevice to a computer running the latest iTunes and/or some other offsite, “cloud” data storage/backup services, like Google Drive/Photos, DropBox, BOX, Amazon Cloud Drive, Flickr ( for photos/images ), etc.
Then, delete any installed apps that you no longer use or use infrequently enough that they aren't missed (you can always reinstalled any purchased or free apps at some time later, as you need them).
Then, thin out/delete any music/videos/movies/TV shows/screen recordings/ images/
eBooks/eMagazine/iBooks/audio books/Documents/PDFs, etc.
If you use a POP email account on your iPad, delete/thin out any old saved emails that maybe saved to your iPad.
To permanently delete photos/images off of your iDevice go into the Photos app and find the Recently Deleted folder/album and permanently delete any photos/images stored in that folder/album.
Also, you can check to see what stuff is eating up all your valuable data storage space by going into the Settings App,,General Settings Panel, in the right hand column, tap Storage & iCloud usage panel ( in iOS 11, it’s iPad Storage ), in the top Storage Panel, tap the Manage Storage panel, wait for a list of apps to generate that will tell you how much space each app is taking up on your iDevice.
Then, do a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.
iDevices/iOS need to maintain, at the very least, a minimum of between 2-3 GBs of free data storage space, AT ALL TIMES, to insure normal/nominal functionalities/operation and general overall performance of any iDevice.
Good Luck to You!