Re:The insane amount of backward compatibility in Google Maps
by pimlottc on Saturday February 10, 2018 @02:58PM
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My mom gave me an old iPad that’s limited to running iOS 9.something. Even though GarageBand existed back then, it refuses to install from the App Store. It took a decent bit of hacking, including an older version of iTunes and mitmproxy, just to get an older version installed that would still run on it.
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Re:The insane amount of backward compatibility in Google Maps
by akie on Saturday February 10, 2018 @03:16PM
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There’s an easier way (had the same issue with Spotify and iPhone 4): use the same iCloud account from the “old” device to login on a newer device. There, download the app you want to use on the older device. Once it’s installed, go back to the older device and go to the App Store to “purchased apps”. This will now include the app you just downloaded on the newer device. Click “download”. The App Store will recognize that this app won’t run on your crappy old iOS version, but since you purchased it, it will offer you to download the latest version that still works on your device... insane, I know, but less involved than a mitm-proxy...
Re:The insane amount of backward compatibility in Google Maps
by pimlottc on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:29AM
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That’s the first approach I found to be recommended, but nope, didn’t work in this case for some reason. The app appeared as one I had indeed installed previously (on my newer device) but still refused, saying a newer version of iOS was required. I wonder if it may have been because I had never downloaded the older version of GarageBand, only the latest one.