Ben, can you not download apps direct from the iOS app store on the older phone (rather than iTunes), giving you the appropriate version. When you do sync with the Mac, iTunes will simply choose not to upgrade that app on the older phone.
On Dec 20, 3:31 pm, Ben Rubinstein <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/12/2011 19:35, Toby Leighton wrote: > > > I definitely think someone in cupertino does this. I downgraded and keep my > > iphone 3g running iOS3.1.3 and its as quick as anyone elses iphone and the > > battery still goes fine. I noticed lagging messages and similar slowness > > issues creeping up on me when it was on iOS 4.something right around when > > the > > first iphone 4 came out. Its a shame that most apps in the store require > > ios > > 4.x or later but luckily I have stashed all my working old versions of the > > programs i need away safe, but I slightly resent being being alienated for > > not > > keeping on the upgrade bandwagon. > > Very annoying, I agree. > > I've upgraded my phone which has caused a trickledown, ending in my daughter > getting an iPhone 3g - which indeed I've left on iOS 3 so it runs fine. > > But because the App store only allows a single version of any app, as soon as > one is upgraded to require 4.0 or greater, it is impossible to add it to an > older phone. Skype is the immediate case in point. As far as I can tell > there is no way round this - even if Skype could be persuaded to re-issue the > old version as 'Skype for iOS 3', I don't think Apple would accept it into the > app store. > > And of course I didn't backup those old installs of the apps. > > Bah. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
