Hi Alan,
Only way to do this is to make a copy of the app that is on your computer or to make sure the version of the app you have on the computer is not updated. If I have an app where maybe in the past Voiceover accessibility was broken in an update I make sure I update on the phone, then I open and use the app to make sure everything still works. If everything is fine I update the apps in iTunes or sync my phone which will also update the apps on the computer. If something is not working, I can delete the app from the phone and then sync with iTunes. If the app in question is checked then it will be put back on the phone, but since I hadn't updated it, the previous version will be back. Of course you will once again see on the phone that there is an app update and if you do this you have to make sure not to use the "Update All" option, but instead update each app separately. Lastly, if you really want to make sure you keep a particular version of an app, I go into the Mobile Apps folder which is in iTunes Media, I find the app and just use the Windows copy and Windows Paste commands, Control+C and Control+V. This will create a second copy of the app with the app name and a - copy appended to the name. This way if you accidently update all apps on the computer, sync your phone and lose the older version of the app, you can delete the app both from the phone and the computer, rename the file with the - copy at the end so it doesn't have the - copy any more and at that point you should be able to sync it back to your iPhone. Hope this all makes sense, let me know if you have more questions. It would actually be nice if Apple introduced a feature similar to how you can roll back a new driver installation in Windows, but I guess with almost a Million apps in the app store this may just be not practical. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Reinstalling Uninstalled Apps So the corollary would be to reinstall one of these, open iTunes and go to File, Add File to Library, and point to the app file to be reinstalled and that's how it's done? The main reason I'm wanting to understand this is if a future app version is not to my liking and I have a backup of the previous version, I want to know how to reinstall the older one. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reinstalling Uninstalled Apps They're not in your library, but they're still in the folder, so they need to be removed manually. On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:25 PM, "Alan Lemly" <[email protected]> wrote: I'm curious about how iTunes manages uninstalled apps. I know the apps are kept under a folder named Mobile Applications. I'm curious why one of the apps I deleted from my phone still shows up in this folder after a sync between iTunes and my phone. I would have thought it would be removed. I know one can re-download an uninstalled app from the Apps Store but if the ipa file is backed up on your local computer, is there another procedure for reinstalling it to your phone using iTunes? Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. 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