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Apps that weren’t backed up by iCloud are dark and saying waiting....do I remove and reinstall?

I transferred my icloud backed up data from my old to my new iPad. Many of the apps are dark and say Waiting... under them. It’s been over 12 hours and no change....I understand about they were not included in my iCloud backed apps. But do I remove them and then reinstall? Thanks

iPad Mini 5, iPadOS 14

Posted on Feb 11, 2021 5:37 AM

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Feb 11, 2021 5:41 AM in response to Suffy627

Part 2. I went ahead and removed an app, went to App Store and brought up the app and it shows the cloud with downward pointing arrow...tapped on it and it circled round and came back to cloud with downward pointing arrow..I’m thinking it might be my internet speed is slowing down the apps being updated on the new iPad.

Apps that weren’t backed up by iCloud are dark and saying waiting....do I remove and reinstall?

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