How to annoy Apple customers (Tip: DO NOT update iOS)

[ECSNorway]

So I decided to sit down today and update my iPad's OS. It's an iPad Air 2, running iOS 8.4.1.
I plug it into my MiniMac, run a sync with iTunes, and iTunes tells me there's an iOS update available. I click "Update".
The response? A window saying "This version of iTunes (11.4) is the current version."
Now, I haven't updated iTunes in a while, so I'm pretty sure this isn't the case, and per Apple, it isn't.
But it -is- the latest version available for my OS X version (10.6.8).
And a bit of googling shows it's not compatible -at all- with iOS 9.x.
So, in order to update the OS on my iPad, Apple wants me to buy a whole new PC. Not. Happening.
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[Labster]

Wow, you're still running Endangered Snow Kitten?  Wow.  It's probably the most solid OS ever released by Apple, but still: you're way behind on security updates by now.  If you can't upgrade at least to Mavericks (older than a 7 year old Mac Mini), you should consider running a Linux distro like Ubuntu (which is pretty Mac-like).
However, iPads should do OTA updates: http://www.theipadguide.com/faq/how-can ... er-air-ota  Let me know if that solves your problem.
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[ECSNorway]

Updating is not the problem.

The problem is that once it's updated, a lot of people are finding that it won't synch with iTunes short of 12.3, which is kind of critical for me.
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