Unlike before, installing an older version of an iOS app is pretty simple. Albeit the process is slightly under the wraps. Hence, not too many folks would be aware of this important feature. Let me show you how it works! We shall update the post as soon as we find the solution. Note: This simple trick will work with only those apps that were once compatible with the iOS version running on your device. For instance, Facebook had the support of iOS 7.
Step 4. You need to tap on Download the prompt to confirm. Then, let the download process be completed. What if the new version of the app is compatible with your device but, you still want to use the older version? As a user, I really appreciate this feature. Maybe you're hanging on to an older iOS device or maybe you just got a great secondhand bargain.
Either way, you can't update the device to the latest iOS and so you also can't download the latest versions of your apps. Since the App Store only ever shows you the latest versions, it looks as if you're stuck unable to get your old apps back.
Yet you can do it, and you can do it easily — if you know where to look. Open the App Store on this older device of yours and then tap on the Purchased button. As great as older iOS devices are, they are older and they are usually slower so this won't be quick.
Especially not as you need to wait until the complete list of your previously purchased apps is displayed. Once the list is complete — and all the icons have displayed too — search for the app you want. Just tap on that iCloud download icon and you're done — or very nearly. The trick here is to wait. And maybe wait for a considerable time, too. Don't tap away, don't leave the App Store, just wait. After some amount of time, the App Store will display a notification saying that no, you can't have this app because it doesn't work with the version of iOS that your device has.
However, it will also offer to let you download a previous version. This is a really smart feature from Apple because it offers you this compatible version but it also makes sure that you're getting the newest that you can.
If an app has been updated five times a year, you'd struggle to know which was the very latest you could use but Apple knows and Apple tells you. Apps get updated for a reason. You're not going to have the same experience with an older version of an app on an older device than you will with a newer setup.
Speaking of newer setups, though, it looks as if you can only use this download trick with apps that you have previously bought. If this older device is your sole iOS one then that's true, but if you have a newer one as well, you can do something more.
On the newer iOS device, find and buy an app you want — that you know has a previous version which will work on your older machine. That's the hard part. There's no surefire way of knowing for certain and the best you can do is take an educated guess. If you can find references online to the app being updated around the date of your older device, you're probably in luck. Buy it on the newer device and then it's in your Purchased history on all your iOS devices.
And that means also on your older one. Give it a few minutes for the information to propagate through the App Store but thereafter you should be able to do this download trick and get the previous version that works with your older device.
If for some reason there wasn't a version that ever worked on your older device then there's nothing you can do. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. Helpful answers Drop Down menu. Nov 28, AM in response to janetsong In response to janetsong VERY unfortunately, itunes now does not seem to carry app downloads any more, so this fix is not possible as I cannot download google chrome from itunes onto my laptop.
View answer in context. Loading page content. Reply Helpful 6 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: EdStinton EdStinton. Dec 23, PM in response to Attila28 In response to Attila28 What's missed out above is that you need to use an iTunes version When using a suitable version of iTunes, follow the steps above. Reply Helpful 1 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.
Dec 23, PM in response to Attila28 In response to Attila28 I have already, for many years, documented this procedure. This all still works using iTunes Was updated on Sept. Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes - Apple Support Here are my three working procedures to get apps for older iDevices running iOS Been posting these procedures for the last three years.
Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. We are down to six, now. Dec 23, PM in response to janetsong In response to janetsong I have already, for many years, documented this procedure.
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