Why you might NOT want to upgrade your iOS

Until today I have resisted upgrading the OS on my iPhone since I last upgraded to iOS 7. Something in my mind told that I should continue to skip the upgrade but I was not sure why. I later discovered that it was my Greg Sense warning me of an impending time sink. Since I have some time off for Christmas I usually attempt similar things during the holidays, figuring that I have enough time to make things right before work beckons. So while I was upgrading to the latest iOS 7.x today I accidentally unplugged during the process, oh, that is apparently very bad by the way, try very hard to let the little upgrade do its thing without interruption else it will reign terror on your day.

What happened you ask? It took me about another couple hours before I got it mostly right. I say "mostly" right because I continue to get an API error message when I open up iTunes on my laptop and some of my iPhone apps don't start up as they should. I have already had to remove a few apps and reinstall them to get them to work.

The good news is that prior to the upgrade I had about 3 GB of free space and now I have just over 9 GB free. I have not yet discovered exactly what I am missing, but I guess if I never miss it maybe it was a good thing. I admit to be an appaholic (made up word) and still have more apps than I could possible use consistently. Most of my apps are freebies but at .99 cents or even $1.99 I have been known to make a few spontaneous purchases.

And I heard that there is an app for your apps. The app lets you know what apps you have not used in a specified length of time. Another app? So what if I don't use this app for a specified length of time? Will it notify me when I open it up and encourage me to delete it? Hmm.. to much to ponder on Christmas day, smells from the kitchen tell me that my sweet wife is about ready to call us to a Christmas Dinner.

So, word of caution, don't attempt an iOS upgrade unless you have a lot of extra time, I suggest hours, just in case, to try and make things right, I say try because you might not be successful, if something does not go as planned, but at least you should finish up with some extra GBs left on your device, and you might not even miss them.