Work your way down
This phrase could mean all kinds of things, but, in my case, I want to use the phrase like so...
Start with the highest version. If that doesn't work, then try the next highest version. If that doesn't work, then keep working your way down until you find a version that works.
5 Answers
For this application, Más alta sounds strange to me.
I would say, Comiencen con la versión más reciente. Si no funciona, prueben la segunda versión más reciente. Tercera, quarta, quinta, etc.........
Kill two birds and say "comience con la version más reciente (de numeración más alta)" etc.
I sort of agree with Julian that "más alta" unexplained could be confusing and it's always good to remember that not everyone has had long-term exposure to software and version numbering.
Wonderful attempts everyone, but I'm not satisfied that those are ways that natives would express this idea.
In case some natives chime in, these are software versions (version 5, version 4, version 3, etc.) with the highest number being the most recent and best version.
Borrowing the opening line from foxluv, I'm wondering if something like the following works...
Comiencen con la versión más corriente. Si esa no funciona, prueben la versión siguiente, y si esa no funciona, prueben la siguiente después de esa y sigan haciendo así hasta que encuentren una versión que sí funciona.
Could it be better?
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