Copy the downloads to a separate disc/drive/memory stick before making the update might be a sensible move?

Then only mention it if it works or not?

Maybe just continuing with the earlier version of the app might be a simpler way to go? What are the supposed improvements of the latest version? – possibly to avoid loss of previous data?

I do not use it now because it is such a load of rubbish (see reviews in Microsoft Store) but I thought I would just see if I could download anything. I have tried to look at my local magazines and after 5 minutes it has finally come up with a list of magazines and when I tried to download one it just did nothing but about 15 minutes later it appears to have downloaded it but with no indication that it had done it. Perhaps Jason is a superfast broadband connection but on my rural 10Mbs line it is totally useless.

As a retired IT professional I would be ashamed to have anything to do with such an abysmal application.

Richard

I pinged all the addresses that Resource Monitor shows Pocketmags using and they all timeout.

Regardless of the slow response the application does not show it is downloading or how long it will take. It is the lack of user information that is most annoying.

To put this into context I subscribe to the print adition of Autosport, which is a weekly publication. For this I get the paper copy, access to premium information on the website and a free downloadable PDF version of the magazine.