File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD

[LuKreme]

On Feb 16, 2018, at 09:40, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Almost all applications coming through apple store will refuse to install on older version of iOS.

I still have a device with iOS 4 and two with iOS 9. I can instal;l; apps just fine in iOS 9, including for most apps, the older versions that run on iOS 9 even when there have been updates to iOS 11. If an app no longer makes the old version available, that is because the *DEVELOPER* (not Apple) decided 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 applications

That is certainly not my experience.

> through apple store, as apple controls that apple store, and almost all applications 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. 

There are many valid reasons for a developer to make that decision, by the way, primarily not getting reviews or support requests from people running old versions, but also if changes to the back-end are no longer compatible with older versions. I'm sure other reasons I can't think of.

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