Weird sporadic issues in Procreate and other apps on iPad Pro

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Weird sporadic issues in Procreate and other apps on iPad Pro

I have an iPad Pro (M4) with Apple Pencil Pro running iPadOS 18.5.

Yesterday while drawing in Procreate the brush had a weird bit of lag specifically with the pressure. The included video and pictures show the issue using a brush that has no pressure sensitivity. This problem only seemed to affect Procreate and only stopped when I plugged the iPad in to charge. It started again today and randomly seemed to stop when I took the iPad out of the case (pretty sure the two actions are unrelated to the issue).

Shortly after Firefox kept crashing when creating a new blank tab, but not when opening a new tab from a link. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Firefox app fixed this issue but I think it highlights an underlying issue with my iPad. It seems to me to be a software glitch but might be caused by faulty hardware. Curious if anyone else has had similar issues and if anyone knows what the main cause might be?

https://youtu.be/W9oZ4tNL3uc

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iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jun 26, 2025 5:50 PM

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LotusPilot

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Jun 27, 2025 1:41 AM in response to Tenchi555

Try a forced restart of your iPad - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:

Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)

If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:

Press and quickly release the volume button nearest to the top button.
Press and quickly release the volume button farthest from the top button.
Press and hold the top button.
When the Apple logo appears, release the top button.

Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)

Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.

Otherwise, for issues with a specific App, you would be best advised to seek assistance from the App Developer's online and technical resources:

How to contact an app developer - Apple Support

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Jun 27, 2025 3:39 PM in response to Tenchi555

Shut-down/restart and a forced-restart are entirely different in outcome...

Shut-down saves the current state of all running processes. At restart, the saved system and App states are reloaded - along with the state of faulting processes.

By contrast, a forced restart terminates all running processes. At restart, all processes are completely re-initialised as they are re-launched. This completely clears faulting processes.

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Jul 8, 2025 2:38 PM in response to Tenchi555

So the problem in Procreate occurred again today and I did the suggested forced restart but it didn’t seem to fix the issue. Wondering if this is an indication of a hardware problem rather than software. But then it could be the iPad or the Apple Pencil.

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