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I just checked and yes you can send it one from one ios device to another. I put the file on my nas and the cloud, in files I long pressed on the ipa, clicked share and airdropped it to my ipad and it installed.

edit: I saved a copy to the phone and that worked as well to send over.

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If you have a network share you can place the file on you can mount that from your iPad. Open the Files app, select the ellipsis menu at the top-right, then select ā€œConnect to Server.ā€ The rest is pretty standard.

To copy the file, browse the share, long-press the file in question, then select copy. Then navigate to the destination folder, long-press an open space, and select paste.

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I still havenā€™t downgraded the app but just wanted to check if I downgraded the app on iOS will it work fine?

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Update: I just followed my own instructions again to reinstall plex on my kidā€™s ipad and everything still works. you might get an alert to update the charles proxy, but you donā€™t need to. you can use the version that direct downloads from the main instructions.

I wanted to download some TV shows for a flight on my kidā€™s ipad and the new version just downloads all the episodes (50 in this case) with ZERO grouping in the downloads view. it also wonā€™t auto advance to the next episode which isā€¦ just unbelievable. whoever is in charge of this app really needs to justā€¦ go away.

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Follow my instructions in post 20 of this thread. Make sure you go slow and itā€™ll all work just fine.

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**I followed the steps in post 20 and I stumbled (this was 100% a user error). For those of you doing the process on a MAC, these are my simplified steps (at least for me). Took me 3-4 minutes and voila, I have all the features again.

Simplified procedure on a MAC:**

Prerequisite: brew installed in command line. If you not installed, you can install it with:
/bin/bash -c ā€œ$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)ā€

Plex should be deleted from your device (iPhone / iPad)

  1. Install ipatool and ideviceinstaller
    brew install ipatool
    brew install ideviceinstaller

  2. Login to App Store with ipatool (use the email associated with your Apple ID)
    ipatool auth login -e xxx@gmail.com

  3. Download the Legacy Plex app (ID = 383457673; version = 871812101)
    ipatool download -i 383457673 --external-version-id 871812101

  4. Remove metadata from package file
    zip 383457673_8.45.ipa -d iTunesMetadata.plist

  5. Connect USB-C cable between MAC and iPhone / iPad
    You may be prompted to ā€œtrustā€ the computer on the device

  6. Install the patched Plex version
    ideviceinstaller -i 383457673_8.45.ipa