If you need OR ONLY able to purchase older, less expensive iPad models, look at older IPads from 2014 and later.Īll of these older model iPads, below, CAN run the latest iPadOS versions and the up and coming iPadOS 15.Ģ015-2017, 12.9 inch screen iPad Pro models. There are PLENTY of less expensive, newer, older iPad models that can run the latest, current versions of iPadOS. If you need/want an iPad with an up to date iPadOS with access to current, updated apps, then you really need to seriously consider a purchase of a new iPad model OR a much, MUCH “newer” and less expensive, refurbished or used iPad models, from better known, trusted Apple product/device retailers/resellers, some locally or from online, on the Web/Internet, capable of running the latest iPadOS versions. These newer iOS/iPadOS devices must use your same Apple ID user account and password as the older device you ard trying to get an older app for.įailing that OR IF NO joy, then there is nothing more to be done. Then go back to your older iPad, open the iOS App Store, go to the Purchases section of the store app, search for the app/s you wish to try and download to that older iPad and see if an older version of the app is allowed to be downloaded/installed to that older iPad. If you own much newer iOS device that can run either iOS 12 and.or iOS/iPadOS 13 and later, you can install the most recent app/s onto that more recent iOS device. There is one last thing you can try/attempt, if you need back older versions of apps. Sorry, but this is the reality for ALL 8-10-year old AND OLDER iOS devices now. Simply put, a 4th gen iPad is too old and obsolete now. This is pretty much it for iOS 9/10 compatible device, up to date, third party Web browsers today, in 2021. If you must use these old iPad models, here is what is left for still updated Web browsers.ĪLook Web browser ( A fairly new Web browser primarily designed for old iOS device versions, but is still available to newer iOS/iPadOS devices, as well ) I recommend this “new-ish” Web browser for old iPad models. There are virtually NO MORE third party Web browsers left for 8-10 year old iPads!Īvailable and more popular third party Web browser choices are GONE, now! You will not be able to re-download/install many older apps from the iOS App Store, any longer.ĪND, that nearly 5-year old default iOS Safari Web browser is too old, not secure and not safe to use to access the Internet, any longer. This includes apps for both iOS 9 AND iOS 10 devices! Third party compatible apps for such old devices are few and far between, now, in 2021. There are, virtually, NO MORE third party apps available from the iOS App Store, any longer! Third party app developers abandoned and stopped supporting these 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 3 years, ago, in 2018. When you FULLY reset this very old iPad ( just about 9-years old ), you will NOT ONLY lose any data, but any or all older third party apps purchased/downloaded from the iOS App Store.Īpple ended support for all 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 5 years, ago, in 2016. In his spare time, John-Anthony can be found watching any sport under the sun from football to darts, taking the term “Lego house” far too literally as he runs out of space to display any more plastic bricks, or chilling on the couch with his French Bulldog, Kermit.You need to fully reset and reset up the device as new, first, then, restore from your backup, if any. John-Anthony also loves to tinker with other non-Apple technology and enjoys playing around with game emulation and Linux on his Steam Deck. He is also an avid film geek, having previously written film reviews and received the Edinburgh International Film Festival Student Critics award in 2019. John-Anthony has previously worked in editorial for collectable TCG websites and graduated from The University of Strathclyde where he won the Scottish Student Journalism Award for Website of the Year as Editor-in-Chief of his university paper. Living in Scotland, where he worked for Apple as a technician focused on iOS and iPhone repairs at the Genius Bar, John-Anthony has used the Apple ecosystem for over a decade and prides himself in his ability to complete his Apple Watch activity rings. John-Anthony Disotto is the How To Editor of iMore, ensuring you can get the most from your Apple products and helping fix things when your technology isn’t behaving itself.
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