Jobs: Use multitasking "as designed" and be happy
// June 30th, 2010 // Apps, Mac OS, Photoshop
Filed under: iPhone
Old school Mac users like me were trained to quit apps that aren’t in use. Finished with Explorer? Quit it. All done using Photoshop? Command-Q. This habit came from a time when computers shipped with less RAM than the iPhone 4, and is very hard to break.Of course, your iPhone isn’t running all those apps at once. When you double-click the Home button, you get a list of recently-used apps; they aren’t all “running” in the Mac OS X sense. As MacDailyNews explains, some are in “suspended animation,” much like Han Solo encased in carbonite. He’s not dead, but he’s not doing a whole heck of a lot, either. You’ll find an excellent explanation of what’s going on at TidBITS.
Conversely, Steve Jobs offered a customer a very brief explanation via email. “People shouldn’t have to understand multitasking. Just use is [sic] as designed, and you’ll be happy. No need to ever quit apps.” In other words, the best option is not to think about it at all. iOS 4 knows what’s its doing, so just leave it to its business.
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