So this is a response that shows empathy as opposed to your previous one which was tantamount to "Yeah, And, So, What?" which had zero empathy for the situation I was in regarding my software.
Yes, people post absolutely ridiculous messages in this forum as they mistake forum for Twitter or Facebook as a place to rant.
This is unfortunate especially for persons like you trying to be helpful.
So let me leave by simply just reiterating my point.
Apple are correct to always be forwarding their software to the best of their abilities.
It is for the third party app writers to keep up.
BUT….
It would cost Apple nothing to allow some degree of wriggle room for persons (such as myself) to circumvent problem situations like this.
A great deal of this thread is people wishing to step back their operating system. Whether they were right or wrong to have upgraded is one issue, but Apple would have many more friends by implementing such a simple step.
I am hoping we part without any bad feelings
Robert