Personal Technolgy columnist Ed Baig takes a look at iOS 8, Apple's latest mobile operating system.
LOS ANGELES - Surprise: the download of iOS 8 isn't going as smoothly as you hoped it would.
For starters, despite past updates that required 1 GB of space, the Twitterverse is afire with users scrambling for space for IOS8, with Apple asking for anywhere from 4.7 to 5.8 GBs of free space to make room for the new operating system.
'That's practically my entire storage,' tweets from Pat Toomey of Brick, New Jersey.
A quick fix: Apple requires more space for over-the-air downloads, but not as much when you plug the device directly into your computer and iTunes software, reports the Verge. 'The iTunes method will still require free space, but not nearly as much as 5GB using the over-the-air upgrade method on the device.'
Freeing up space is a big issue for folks who own iPhones and iPads that start with 16 GB of storage. Freeing up 5 GB of space means massive deletion of photos and music.
The new IOS has many new features that are available on the new iPhone 6, including audio texts, a new keyboard with predictive typing and the ability to use the Siri voice-activate personal assistant to open apps.
One of the most touted features of iOS8--the Healthkit app, which taps into various health apps like MyFitnessPal, Fitbit and heart rate monitors, to put all the information in one place, got delayed. It's not available in iOS8 due to a bug that Apple is trying to fix.
But it's the storage issues that have received the most social media outcries.
'I don't even have 1 GB available,' tweets Kaitlin Quinton. 'Guess I ain't getting it.'
So many Twitter users have complained about massive deletes, they also joke about it. Beyond 5.8 GB of storage, Apple also wants your social security, a kidney, two pints of blood, and you must give up chocolate for two months,' tweets Becca Cantor.
We've reached out to Apple for comment on why it requires so much space for the new operating system, and why the requirements are different for over-the-air and tethered downloads.
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