Is an old version of Onedrive safe to use on my ipad?
QMy ipad mini (pictured) has only 32GB of storage, so I regularly remove apps I don’t need to make room for ones that I do. And anyway, it’s pretty easy to reinstall apps I need again later. Recently, I wanted to restore Onedrive, so I headed to the App Store and tapped the Download button. However, I saw a warning saying I could download only an older version of Onedrive (see screenshot right), because the current one needed the latest version of ipados – but Apple won’t let me update my ipad to the latest version of their operating system.
I was worried that an older version of Onedrive might not be safe, so I tapped Cancel rather than Download.
What do you think? Matthew Harrison
AIf you read our reply to Keith Pearce on page 67, you’ll note that we said it’s unwise to run older software – but only if it’s unsupported. Apple is very cautious about what it allows in its App Store. It’s this strict approach that led recently to the EU forcing the firm to open things up within the European Union (though not in the UK, as we’re no longer part of the EU).
Time will tell whether that proves a good or bad thing for users, but what we can say for sure is that if Apple is happy for an older version of any app to remain in its own App Store, then you can be confident that it is safe to install on your ipad.