Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:18:38 -0700 From: LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD Message-ID: <A5183971-4781-4463-98FB-73BE1062B105@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <44df8585-9874-2614-590a-bea78f54caa4@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de> <44df8585-9874-2614-590a-bea78f54caa4@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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On Feb 16, 2018, at 09:40, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:= > Almost all applications coming through apple store will refuse to install o= n older version of iOS. I still have a device with iOS 4 and two with iOS 9. I can instal;l; apps ju= st fine in iOS 9, including for most apps, the older versions that run on iO= S 9 even when there have been updates to iOS 11. If an app no longer makes t= he old version available, that is because the *DEVELOPER* (not Apple) decide= d that. > you have to reinstall iOS (and present your valid appleID at first boot) No, you do not. You can setup an iOS device with no AppleID. > But after that you will not be able to install pretty much none of applica= tions That is certainly not my experience. > through apple store, as apple controls that apple store, and almost all ap= plications will refuse to install on older system. Again, if an app won't install on an older OS it is because the developer of= that application made that decision.=20 There are many valid reasons for a developer to make that decision, by the w= ay, primarily not getting reviews or support requests from people running ol= d versions, but also if changes to the back-end are no longer compatible wit= h older versions. I'm sure other reasons I can't think of. --=20 My main job is trying to come up with new and innovative and effective ways t= o reject even more mail. I'm up to about 97% now.
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