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On 2/19/18 10:13 PM, @lbutlr wrote:
> On 2018-02-19 (13:56 MST), John Johnstone <nospamfreebsd.jjohnstone@tridentusa.com> wrote:

>> and only the latest app version is available
> 
> No, this is not correct.
> 
> The App store will download a version that will work on your current OS
> version, even if that is not the newest version, assuming the developer
> has left that version active.
> 
> Most developers do not do this because it is not worthwhile to support
> old versions that they are not able to patch or update.

This might be so.  Maybe unusual enough that I haven't heard of it.  I'm 
also in the "needing to do more research" group.

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John J.