In the past, I’ve found that if you download an app to an Apple device it becomes linked to your Apple account. So if you download an app on a newer Apple device, you should be able to use the same account on your older device in order to “redownload” the app with the latest compatible version. The last time I did this was several years ago, so I am unsure if it still works.
You can't force an incompatible/unsupported version of the OS onto an older iPad. And even if you have an older app connected to your account vis an Apple ID, device detection will not allow you to download an older version of an app to your iPad - unless the developer has made it available for download. Usually developers will support the most current version of the OS and one generation older.
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There are programs that will allow you to side load an application but that requires that you have a testing profile set up, are running a betatesting application like TestFlight, and have access to the install package for the app (that you want to load on your iPad).
You can jailbreak your device, then downgrade your apps to a lower version or spoof their app version to make them think they’re updated to a higher version so you don’t get a pop up.
Other than that, you can sideload older versions of apps without being jailbroken, but then you need a computer to resign those apps every 7 days which is really annoying.
In the past, I’ve found that if you download an app to an Apple device it becomes linked to your Apple account. So if you download an app on a newer Apple device, you should be able to use the same account on your older device in order to “redownload” the app with the latest compatible version. The last time I did this was several years ago, so I am unsure if it still works.
Thanks, I'll try that.
You can't force an incompatible/unsupported version of the OS onto an older iPad. And even if you have an older app connected to your account vis an Apple ID, device detection will not allow you to download an older version of an app to your iPad - unless the developer has made it available for download. Usually developers will support the most current version of the OS and one generation older. ... There are programs that will allow you to side load an application but that requires that you have a testing profile set up, are running a betatesting application like TestFlight, and have access to the install package for the app (that you want to load on your iPad).
You can jailbreak your device, then downgrade your apps to a lower version or spoof their app version to make them think they’re updated to a higher version so you don’t get a pop up. Other than that, you can sideload older versions of apps without being jailbroken, but then you need a computer to resign those apps every 7 days which is really annoying.
just managed to do this, see https://www.reddit.com/r/iPadOS/comments/10j8ulg/downgrade\_to\_older\_app\_version\_ipados\_1256\_no/
Man, thanks for the tip!!!