For instance, you could still play Flappy Bird for years after its creator pulled the game from the App Store, until Apple switched away from 32-bit apps with the launch of iOS 11 in 2017 and the game ceased functioning. It’s not quite right to call this a loophole, as this behavior has always existed in one form or another for iOS apps. The trick even works if any member of an Apple Family Sharing plan has ever downloaded Fortnite on iOS in the past. But going through that process would have put the app back on your home screen and made it available to play once updated, for now at least. You still needed to install the nearly 10GB collection of app files, as Fortnite exists on mobile as a kind of shell for the larger chunk of game files that must be retrieved from Epic servers.
Go to the “My Purchases” section of the App Store, which can be found by clicking on your avatar (typically whatever Memoji or photo you’ve chosen for your Apple ID contact image) in the top right-hand corner of any of the main screens.Here’s how that method worked before Apple terminated Epic’s account:
Players who play exclusively on iPhone and iPad (as well as macOS) are also unable to use crossplay with other systems.įor those who had downloaded Fortnite at least once in the past but perhaps offloaded it or removed it manually, there was still a way to reinstall the game on your iOS device of choice. But since the launch of Chapter 2: Season 4 last week, iOS players no longer have access to the latest content, including the Marvel-themed new season. Those who have the game downloaded already can still play it, of course, and even install update files. If you’ve never downloaded Fortnite, you’re out of luck for now - and we recommend avoiding any of the eBay listings that appear to be popping up to hawk iPhones with the game installed for as much as $10,000. Apple terminated Epic’s developer account last week, making it impossible to reinstall iOS versions of Epic’s apps, but there was a short period of time during which iPhone and iPad owners were still able to get their hands on Fortnite using a lesser-known feature of iOS. The headline has been updated to reflect this fact.įortnite disappeared from the App Store last month as part of developer Epic Games’ big legal and regulatory showdown with Apple, but the battle royale hit was not gone entirely - at least not for a little while. That action made it impossible to reinstall all Epic apps associated with that account, including Fortnite and the Inifinity Blade trilogy. Thoughts how to solve it macOS 2. Of course no new version is available on the Mac App Store. Visit the App Store to get the latest version of Server. Not every question will be answered, we don’t reply to email, and we cannot provide direct troubleshooting advice.Update September 1st, 10:43AM ET: The following article has been updated following Apple’s termination of Epic Games’ developer account. After full reinstall of the app issue still occurs with an error: This version of Server is no longer supported on this version of macOS. If not, we’re always looking for new problems to solve! Email yours screen captures as appropriate, and whether you want your full name used. Read our super FAQ to see if your question is covered. We’ve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently along with answers and links to columns: This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Tayla.
Terminal will produce a line of output, if the command was entered correctly, that reads something like: Sun Nov 16 13:40.įrom the main recover window, click Reinstall macOS and follow prompts. Click on Continue to begin with the macOS Catalina installation procedure. Click on macOS Catalina Patcher to proceed further. When the screen appears with a number of choices, ignore those and choose Terminal from the Utilities menu.Įnter exactly the following and press Return, substituting the 10-digit date sequence you figured out above: date 1115134020 Once the download is complete, click on the download manager at the top-right corner of the Safari window and double-click on the file. Start the Mac up while holding down Command-R to boot into macOS Recovery. In countries in which the day of the month comes first, you reverse the day of month and month of the year: 1511134020 in the above example.
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