Aside: John & others may find that for backups of iPhone & iPad the independent
program called iMazing is easier and better than using iTunes.
It’s what I now use for backing up my old iPhone SE and iPad Mini 4.
Highly recommended.
David
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 06:45, Johan Marais
<[johan.mar...@messianic.co.za](mailto:On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 06:45, Johan
Marais <<a href=)> wrote:
> Thank you for the quick feedback Greg, I appreciate it.
>
> I have Bishop installed, but it is not in the same class as PocketSword.
>
> Fortunately the iOS version on both tablets are the same.
>
> Regards,
>
> Johan
>
> From: sword-devel <sword-devel-boun...@crosswire.org> On Behalf Of Greg
> Hellings
> Sent: Thursday, 19 June 2025 07:38
> To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword on new iPad
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM Johan Marais <johan.mar...@messianic.co.za>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning.
>>
>> I need assistance with PocketSword please – I am aware that the developer
>> (Nic Carter) is no longer involved.
>>
>> I got a new (for me) iPad, but when I transferred PocketSword from my old
>> iPad to the new iPad, PocketSword was transferred, but when I tried opening
>> is, I received a message that the app in no longer in the App Store and the
>> app was deleted from the new iPad.
>
> Correct, PocketSword is no longer available.
>
>> Is there a way to:
>>
>> - Install PocketSword from somewhere else?
>
> No, Apple doesn't permit other sources of install.
>
>> -
>>
>> 2)Is there a way to transfer PocketSword from my old to the now iPad. I know
>> I can restore via iTunes my backup to the new iPad, but I am concerned that
>> work that I have already done on my new iPad will be overwritten.
>
> It is highly unlikely you would be able to rollback the OS on your new iPad
> to match the old OS version on your old one. Yes, you'd lose your new work,
> but you also almost certainly would not gain PocketSword on the new device.
>
>> - Any other suggestions?
>
> You would need to use another app.
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bishop-the-sword-project/id1399921911 This is
> also available. It isn't necessarily as feature-complete as PocketSword was.
> There was recently a brief discussion of it missing some of the more advanced
> features on this list. But it suffices for all of the basic functionality you
> would need. There are other apps, but you would need to work with their
> developers to have them build for iOS. Very few of us in the SWORD ecosystem
> are both iOS/Apple users and developers so there is a noticeable gap in our
> coverage there.
>
> --Greg
>
>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>>>> Johan
>>
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