I DON'T want to sync my apps, why do I have to?
I had large apps downloaded (TomTom GPS, etc) on my 3GS, and I never had them backed up. I got an iPhone 4 today, and for some reason, when I re-downloaded and did my first sync, it is making me sync them to my MacBook.
I don't want GB's upon GB's of apps on my computer, because they take up too much space that I don't need/want on my MacBook.
I've tried manually managing music/videos, un-clicking sync apps, EVERYTHING, and no matter what, my apps keep on re-syncing to my iPhone, and then getting deleted when I don't want to sync them, help me out or I'll probably end up selling this thing (which I don't want to do)!
Very few apps - very few are 500MB in size. Most apps are very small in size. If you have 4 apps on your iPhone now with each being 500MB in size, I'd like to know the apps. A GPS app will be much larger than the overwhelming majority of apps since maps are included with the app.
If you don't have Sync Apps selected under the Apps tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes, an app downloaded with your iPhone should not be copied to your iTunes library the first time you sync your iPhone with iTunes after doing so.
If you don't have the apps available in your iTunes library, if you restore your iPhone with iTunes if wanted or needed, you will need to re-download every app on your iPhone again one by one and you will probably lose all 3rd party app settings and any data created and stored by a 3rd party app.
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I dont want to sync my apps on itunes
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The "Sync Apps" option must be selected to control this functionality and then individual apps can be checked to sync or not. This functionality has not changed since the release of the iPhone and iOS.
Is "Sync Apps" selected?
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Bad news first and we hope for good news as well
The device is in Recovery Mode and the data has already been deleted, you need to restore the device with iTunes in order to get the iPhone back into a working state
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I don't want to sync my ipod touch applications!!!!
I downloaded a bunch of applications directly using my ipod touch. Later, I connected it to my computer to update music and itunes began to sync all those applications and copied them from the ipod to the computer. When I selected that I don't want to sync applications, itunes proceeded to delete all of them from my ipod.
I don't sync my music or videos and I manipulate the content manually. I should be able to do the same with my applications. I don't need them on the computer. I just want to be able to use them on the ipod.
The entire thing makes no sense. I downloaded apps to my ipod, the only place that I can and will use them and yet I am forced to always transfer them to my computer, where they are of no use. And on top of that, they get deleted from the ipod if I don't want to sync.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751 -
I AM TRYING TO OPEN ITUNES ON MY PC BUT WHEN I GO TO OPEN IT, I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE AND IT SAYS ``THIS COPY OF ITUNES IS CORRUPTED OR IS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. PLEASE REINSTALL ITUNES.``
I `DON`T WANT TO LOSE MY APPS AND MUSIC AND I ALSO DON`T KNOW HOW TO OR IF I SHOULD REINSTALL ITUNES. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME.Your library will be preserved through reinstalling. Backup anyway.
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Then you will need to search for a 3rd party program to transfer content
Pasted from another thread
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2234756?start=0&tstart=0
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Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump andiPodRobot.
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iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
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More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide. -
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