We have all seen that persistent little message while using are devices. “An update is available, would you like to install it now?”. We are bombarded with these messages in what seems to be the worst possible times. And what do most of us do? We choose to install later but never end up getting around to actually installing that update.
Why should we?
We have all heard the rumors that Apple’s updates make our devices slower. Well, sorry to break it to all you naysayers but the truth of the matter is that updates are actually made to improve on our experiences. There are a lot of talented engineers working around the clock to produce that update. Updates fix bugs and add new features. The problem that exists is that most of us wait to install that update until we don’t have any other choice, devices get so out of date that they lose normal functionality such as navigating the web safely. When we finally run that update so much as been changed and improved on that we respond by thinking the update has broken our devices. However, if we all just update as soon as updates are available the changes we would see on our devices would not be as drastic because we would experience the incremental changes that are affecting our devices software through each update. In other words, higher frequency in which we update our devices the less dramatic the changes we would notice.
So next time you see that little message pop up on your screen, don’t panic. It is there to help you improve your user experience and to make your device operate correctly in the long run.