
If so, the easiest way to reinstall a previous version of an iOS app is to restore it from Time machine or other backup. In Time Machine for Mac OS, navigate back to the date of the last good version of the app you want to restore. Mobile Applications. Select and restore the app. Drag and drop the older version from your backup into your iTunes My Apps section. Replace” to revert back to the older (working) version. This method works if you regularly back up your iPhone or iPad to your computer using iTunes, but it only works if you haven’t updated your iTunes copy of the app. If your iTunes library has also been updated, you’ll need to try another method or wait until the developer releases a fix. If you downloaded a broken app update to your iPhone, do not update apps in iTunes yet. You’ll be using the old copy of the app that’s still stored in your iTunes library. Delete the app on your iPhone by pressing the app’s icon for several seconds.
The apps will start to jiggle and a small X will appear in the upper lefthand corner. Press the X of the app you want to delete. Press the home button after the app is gone from the screen to stop the jiggling and get out of delete mode. Then, connect your iPhone to your computer. Open iTunes and select your device. Do not sync at this time. Click the Applications tab. Select “Apps” in the iTunes sidebar. Find the app you want reinstall in iTunes’ Apps list. Select the option to “Install” and sync your device. The version you have backed up in iTunes will copy back to your iPhone. Hopefully, it’ll be the older version. If an app is broken, it’s probably not a good idea to “Update All” on your computer or your iPhone until you know it’s been fixed. You can update all of your other apps one at a time.
VSCO, FiLMiC Pro, Pixelmator and others have lightboxes — their own private photo library that require you to then take additional steps to save images to your iPhone’s camera roll. These lightboxes contain images that are saved nowhere else on your iPhone or iPad — camera roll, photo library, PhotoStream… nowhere. Once these apps are deleted, the images contained in their lightboxes are deleted as well and cannot otherwise be easily restored. Make sure to back up your important images often to your camera roll. While a lightbox workflow is convenient, storing photos on your iPhone’s camera roll is a safer place for them. If you have a Mac, just look in the Trash. Tunes throws all previous versions in there after it updates. Retrieve the app from trash. In iTunes, select the Apps button. Delete the new version from My Apps in iTunes. Drag & drop the previous version into your My Apps section of iTunes.


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