Are Apple updates too frequent?

That's too bad. The Droid line had amazing battery life and very solid hardware. They started trying to do all that flash with accessories that attached to the back of the phone. Some of them were pretty cool (projector) but ridiculously expensive. I don't think it's really caught on.

You are lucky to have only 3-7 notification a day. I got around 20-30 apps update daily even when I use automatic update.

To be honest so annoying..

YES!! TOO MANY UPDATES!! STOP ALREADY. I have better things to do with my life than do iphone and laptop system updates for crying out loud!! SHeesh.

Agreed. Updates are too frequent.

And, of course, there's the fact that the carriers generally have control over the Android updates. So, even if there is a security update, well, who knows when AT&T or Verizon will approve it?

Other than responding to a 2 year old post, you seem to be discussing two separate issues. iOS updates are infrequent, months apart usually, unless there is a critical security issue that needs immediate attention (10.3.2 was one of these.)

App updates have nothing to do with Apple. They are pushed by the app developers. If you don't like the frequency that an app developer pushes update, just delete the app.

But there's another option: Enable automatic downloads in Settings/iTunes & App Stores for Updates. That way you will never be bothered by having to install updates again, but you will still have the latest version of every app.

williworm72 wrote:

(The answer was simple people, "a saucer of half milk half water" - get a grip of yourselves).

Cows' milk will give cats digestive problems, ones you probably won't want to have to clean up.

williworm72 wrote:

"why are my apps asking me to instal lots of update every day"?

And the very simple answer is "because that's how often the app developers release updates". And, no harm, no foul.

Well I'm certainly not an internet troll, nor a nerd and a do have a life, but according to previous responses to original post these things do not have to be mutually exclusive. So that taken as a given, I don't suppose I have to be either one or other when in fact I could be both (I'm obviously not a nerd btw - but nothing against nerds).

This chat really made me smile. I originally searched for an answer to a question that was annoying me, then couldn't find one and vented a little because I thought no one was listening and instead I laughed out loud at least twice and feel much better. To be honest I no longer care how many tines I have to update my apps. And that is thanks to the apple community.

Thanks guys.

williworm72 wrote:

although it's no great inconvenience is slightly annoying that every day I'm being asked to update apps. I don't have an enormous number of apps by the way.

As this is a technical support forum, not a place to rant, the solution is, as I said, to enable automatic updates. You will then never again see a badge with the number of updates in it, but you will still have the most up-to-date versions of all of your apps.

Along with this suggestion, charge your phone overnight, every night, and enable iCloud backups. With the phone connected to power WiFi will remain on, so those app updates won't use cellular data. And the phone will back up to iCloud automatically also.

I didn't actually invent the categories. I think they were already out there. I just sort of juxtaposed then I suppose. Perhaps I invented a correlation between the two of them, but I'm long since over that now. It was never a serious comment anyway. I suppose I was just being facetious. It all worked out well in the end anyway as I came away from it with a smile on my face, and as far as I know (or at least I sincerely hope to be the case) everyone else should have parted with a similar smile on their respective faces, or perhaps even mildly suppressing a gentle chuckle from within.

App updates are entirely under the control of app developers. If you feel an app is updated too frequently you need to contact the developer. Note that Apple requires apps to keep current with the major version of iOS (e.g., 9.x, 10.x, etc), but those updates should only happen shortly before or after the iOS update.

One major one is coming up: All apps will have to update to 64 bit versions for iOS 11, or they will stop working. Apple has been warning about this for a year, so developers have had plenty of time to prepare. However, some older apps that have been orphaned but are still useful will no longer work.

1. Generally speaking, Apple issues updates when they need to fix something. Would you rather they left a vulnerability or issue un-attended? Personally I prefer they issue the update as soon as they fix whatever issue the found that needed fixing.

2. App updates are not related to the iOS update. App developers choose when they update their Apps. sometimes an iOS update brings new features App developers want to take advantage of. so they update their Apps to do this. Major iOS updates tend to only happen once a year. Everything else are just minor fixes. Whether the coincide with the apps being updated too, is not something Apple has any control over. As its the App developers that choose when to update their Apps. most often when they find something that needs to get fixed. Or they've added something to the app.

Usually I'll get 2 or 3 app updates every week even if no Apple update has been issued. Its very seldom I get more than 5 at once. And I can just set them to update whenever they appear.

It will take around 3 or 5 minutes to complete over Wifi, so it really does not affect productivity in my view.