download apps for old versions Question: Q: YouTube For iOS 5.1.1. If you really have an iPad 3rd generation ( with front and back facing cameras ) that is still on its original iOS 5.1.1 version, then you will need to connect that iPad to a computer, also connected to the , to use iTunes to do a major upgrade of that iPad 3 to iOS 9.3.5. Then, you can seek a more up to date, secure and compatible third party Web browser ( about 8-9 of these still left for iOS 9 ) and you can view YouTube videos using the actual YouTube Website. DO NOT use that over 3-year old version of the installed Web browser! If your iPad is actually a 1st generation, 2010, iPad 1, running iOS 5.1.1, that iPad model cannot be upgraded any farther and you are out of luck finding ANY apps, on the iOS App Store, for a 10-year old iPad, much less a working YouTube app, and the version of the Safari Web browser on that iPad is hopelessly outdated and unsecure and will not play any YouTube videos, at all, from the YouTube Website, any longer. Older third party apps are now more quickly going away for good! These old iPad 2,3, 4, 1st gen iPad Mini models are nearing 8 and 9-years old, now. As of the beginning of 2019, many, MANY third party app developers are all more quickly and completely dropping older app support for all old 7, 8 and 9-year that are running 2-3 year old and earlier iOS versions. Third party app developers are removing all of their older, legacy versions of their apps from Apple's App Store servers, now. Older versions of apps are going to be gone for good, now! Getting older versions of app for these old iPad models, initially from Apple’s iOS App Store is getting to be very difficult and problematic, now, and will only be getting much worse in the year 2020. These old iPads are now reaching their complete end of life and support. Old iPads that can no longer be upgraded/updated will have NO MORE APPS AVAILABLE for initial download, at all, soon, from the Apple iOS App Store, for such old iOS devices in the very near future. Older versions of apps for older iPads will be completely gone, very soon! Time to now seriously consider a new or discounted, refurbished iPad from Apple. Question: Q: how do you download an older version of an app. I have an iPad 1 updated to the latest software avalible on it. I'm trying to download an app that has been updated to a point where the lastest version needs the to run but the old versions worked on the .1.1 software. help! Posted on May 9, 2014 11:58 AM. Helpful answers. You will have to download the App to iTunes on a computer or another device that does support the current App version using the same Apple Id you have on your iPad. With that done you can follow these instructions from your iPad to get a compatible version: App Store: Install the latest compatible version of an app. Download apps for old ios versions. Out of no where, Apple has made available for download iOS 9.3.5 links for supported iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This release comes approximately three weeks after Apple released iOS 9.3.4 to public, with iOS 10 only a matter of weeks away from public release. The release of iOS 9.3.4 approximately three weeks ago was an understandable, and somewhat notable, considering it was solely issued to the iOS 9.3.3-9.2 jailbreak exploit which was released by the Chinese-based . Given the fact that there hasn’t really been any publicly revealing developments in the jailbreak community since the release of iOS 9.3.4, we can only assume that Apple’s engineers have been made aware of areas of the system that can be improved and stabilized even more prior to iOS 9 finally being retired in favor of the incoming iOS 10 platform. In addition to the standard slew of system-wide bug fixes and stability improvements that should hopefully provide a more pleasurable user experience, it’s also being reported that iOS 9.3.5 update fixes a number of critical security vulnerabilities in the platform. The release patches three serious vulnerabilities that were present in iOS 9.3.4 and below, all of which Apple believes to have been exploited by NSO Group to spy on device owners by reading text , as well as tracking incoming and outgoing calls. If you are currently sitting on an earlier version of iOS, such as iOS 9.3.4 or iOS 9.3.3, and don’t really care about having access to a publicly available jailbreak, then it would be recommended to upgrade as soon as possible to this latest version of iOS. Given the fact that it’s presumably been rushed through Apple’s QA process, it more than likely means that it’s a critical installation for anyone running an earlier version of Apple’s . As always, the latest iOS release, which in this case is iOS 9.3.5, is available to download immediately on all compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices as an over-the-air (OTA) update via the Software Update ( Settings > General > Software Update ) mechanism built into iOS. Alternatively, it can also be downloaded and installed via iTunes. You can get IPSW-restorable iOS 9.3.5 from the links given below. iOS 9.3.5 download IPSW links: You might also like to check out: You can follow us on , add us to your circle on Google+ or like our page to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google, Apple and the web. Install old app versions on iOS 5.1.1. A friend of mine discovered an old iPad 1 at his grandfathers house. This iPad has never been used before and we both tried to activate it and install apps. Activation worked fine and even the update to the latest available iOS 5.1.1 worked flawlessly (coming from iOS 3 ! ;-)) But now we have problems installing any apps. I know there are "cheats" to make an iPad install retained older versions of an app (if they are still provided by the developer). But regardless of which approaches we try, we always receive the error message " This application requires iOS 7 " (translated from German) and are not asked if we want to install an older version. There are the links to the recipes we found on Stack Exchange: Basically all of these approaches involve "claiming" the app on iTunes and later installing it on the iPad using the cloud download button while automatic downloads are disabled. The strange thing is that I myself own an iPad 1 on which I updated all apps regularly starting in 2010. I am able to run apps on my iPad but can't install the same on the iPad of my friend. Unfortunately my friend wants to install different apps than I have, so we can't simply take the installer files from a backup of my iPad 1. What else can I try to get the apps on that iPad ? I use iTunes 12.3.1.23 x64 on Windows and iOS 5.1.1, perhaps this is a combination on which the "cheat" does no longer work. How can I make allow users with older versions of iOS to download an older version of my app. I've updated my app and due to some of the functions I'm releasing it has to be for iOS 10 and up. I understand that there is a way for users that have not upgraded to iOS 10 to be able to get the older version of my app but I haven't been able to figure out how to enable that in the . I just tested on a device and currently if you have iOS 9 it will tell you that you can't get the app because it is only supported on iOS 10. No option to download the previous version. According to the redit article below Apple enabled the behavior I want. I just don't know how to turn it on for my app. 2 Answers 2. The feature has been around for a number of years. It's enabled for every app by default and an opt-out for developers per app version. You can remove an older app version from download through iTunes Connect → My Apps → app → App Store → Pricing & Availability → Last- Compatible Version Settings → Available Versions. The key information as to why you are seeing the feature not working is mentioned in this page: Some of your customers may not have a device that's compatible with your latest app version. To allow them to continue using your app, we make the last-compatible version of your app available to them. If one or more of your app versions have significant usability or legal issues, such as infringement, deselect it below. This isn't recommended for any other reason. Any version you deselect won't be available for redownload from iTunes in the Cloud. You can't deselect your current App Store version. iTunes Connect Last-Compatible Version Settings, emphasis mine. Downloading a previous version of an app requires the app be downloaded from iTunes in the Cloud, i.e. the app must be in the user's purchase history. This means it does not apply to new downloads, but rather re-downloads. For a user to download an app which requires a later version of iOS, they must first either: purchase/get the app on a compatible device purchase/get the app in iTunes. This adds the app to the user's purchase history and is now eligible for last-compatible version download through the feature popup as you mention.