![]() ![]() While getting stuck on older software is par for the course, it can be frustrating. With every new wave of iOS hardware, a little bit of the legacy hardware is left behind. The iPhone 4 is stuck at iOS 7.1.2, for example, and the first-gen iPad is stuck all the way back at iOS 5.1.1. Although Apple does a pretty admirable job dragging old hardware along for each iOS update, every train has a final stop. ITunes 12.7 or later makes this answer into a no - you can’t do it.What's the Deal With Old Versions of iOS and New Apps?Īs of the publication of this article, we're currently on iOS 9 and, in a short few months, iOS 10 will roll out to the public. The iPod Application Installer II can install bootloader, edit loader.cfg files, rip music off your iPod, convert movies to MPEG-4 (eiter for iPod, PSP, or just for iTunes), install PZ2 modules. Now that iTunes can not manage Apps, you’re not able to side load them over USB. The only workaround for now is to install a precedent version of iTunes (see this answer) and follow the rest of this answer. Here's the easiest way to download apps onto an old iPhone/iPad that doesn't support downloading apps through the App Store (if you're getting an error that you need a greater software version to download): On your old iPhone/iPad, go to Settings -> Store -> set Apps to Off. Go onto your computer (it doesn't matter if it's a PC or a Mac) and open the iTunes app. Then go to the iTunes store and download all the apps you want to be on your iPad/iPhone. ![]() If the iTunes on the computer and your iPad are both signed into the same Apple ID, and the iPad is connected to the internet, then go on your iPad/iPhone to App Store -> Purchased -> tap on an individual app you want to install. You'll get a message that says "The current version requires iOS 6.1 or later, but you can download the last compatible version," just hit Download. ![]() This method should at least allow you to have most apps on your outdated device. Most of them will work, but sometimes even once you have the app installed on your it still won't run correctly. But in my experience that's not too common apps usually work just fine. ![]()
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