If the old version of the app is on your device, hit the 'Update' button in the Configurator. The Mac 'Apple Configurator 2' Update button solution will work if you both have an older version on your iOS device or on your Mac, and a newer version is in the App store.

Important: You will need to Option-Open each time you switch versions so that you can select the correct library and don't update the older library to 12.7 format. (Right-click, Get Info, drag new icon onto existing icon). (Optional) Change your iTunes 12.6.3 icon to a different icon to help distinguish between the two.Manually download the latest iTunes from Apple's website and run the installer to update your main copy of iTunes.iTunes 12.6.3 and iTunes 12.7 can't use the same library because iTunes 12.7 will update the file and iTunes 12.6.3 won't be able to understand it. Create a new library in a separate location. Copy the iTunes app and paste it to where you want, rename if necessary.Install iTunes 12.6.3 from the links above.There is now another solution: Apple provides a version of iTunes (12.6.3) which supports new devices such as iPhone 8 and iPhone X which still retains the App Store.Īpple Configurator 2 works well for me, but I’m adding this answer for those who would prefer to use iTunes or can’t use Apple Configurator (Windows users)Įdit: You can have iTunes 12.7 and iTunes 12.6.3 installed side-by-side. Apple Configurator or other solutions must be used. The Apple support page notes this and the page is no longer being updated. Not sure if it would even be possible in the same way that you see all those Android APK download services out there.Īt least for now, it looks to me like maybe the only way is to hold onto an older version of iTunes for as long as that works.Įdit: iTunes 12.6.3 is no longer supported by macOS Mojave, Catalina or other later versions. Figuring out how the file is downloaded via proxy connection: At least for me, this looks too complicated to do because you have to authenticate with your Apple ID and I'm sure that by now, Apple even requires the phone to be authenticated in some way.Save to Mac from iPhone management software: I believe this has been blocked by Apple works as far back as iOS 8.3.Extract from backup: The apps seem no longer to be backed up.Here are things that I've tried that didn't work: I'd like to solve this without resorting to jailbreaking as my devices are already updated to iOS 10.3.3.

As a note, I'm not worried about installing the IPA files (see 'How do I backup and restore my IPA app backups in iTunes 12.7?'), I just need the IPA files as a developer looking for some basic information on the apps.

Now that Apple has removed the ability to access the iOS App Store in iTunes 12.7 on Mac/Windows (See MacRumors article), I can't find any way to download an IPA file from the App Store.

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