ITune deleted all my apps !

I plugged my iPhone to charge it and as usual it started iTune to sync it. I got a message from iTunes saying that the library was corrupted and that it would do a copy of it before trying to repair it. Ok fine, at worst I will have to rebuild it ... so I thought. iTunes then told me I had DRMed songs on the device and that it would need to remove them if I wanted to transfer them. Weird it always worked before, so I just clicked "Don't transfer". This is where iTunes decided to remove 90% of all my applications. Deleted them no question asked. Now I'm left with a near empty iPhone and only one of the ton of apps I bought shows in iTunes ... What do I do to get all the apps I paid for back? (I'm on windows XP latest service pack and itune 8.0.2.20)

Have you synced to the computer before? It sounds like you might not have. If you sync to a different computer iTunes, after giving you an option of not o, will erase the Ipad and then replace its contents with the items in the iTunes library on the computer.
To recover, you need to restore you iPod from the last backup of you iPad on the computer you sync with. If you and your wife use the same computer for syncing you should check the box in the Devices tab of iTunes preferences to not sync automatically. With the iPad 90r iPhone)connected to the computer if you go to the Apps pane in iTunes you can select what apps get synced to the iPad (or iPhone).

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ITunes deleted all my apps after I clicked "Cancel" to sync apps

I'm at work and I wanted to do some serious app re-arranging. Rather than doing it manually on my iPhone5, I luanched iTunes. Note: I do *not* sync my iPhone with my work computer, but I thought maybe it could still rearrange the apps since I can see them all nicely there in iTunes. So here were my exact steps:
plug in my iPhone
launch into iTunes
click on my iPhone device
click on the "Apps" tab
re-arrange my Apps in a different order
checked other tabs (Tones, Music, Movies, etc) and confirmed *none* are set to sync
clicked "Sync"
Aside: Now before you jump on the "you're an idiot bus" (still quite likely), I *did* know that this might not be a great idea. However, I remember accidentally clicking "sync" on a foreign computer in the past, and I remember it always asked me before doing anything destructive, so I decided it was a safe thing to try.
Anyway, back to iTunes... after I clicked "Sync", this happened:
iTunes popped up a prompt saying something along the lines of "this device is not synced with this computer, if you sync apps, it will delete all the apps on the device and replace them with the apps on this computer" with options to "sync" or "cancel".
I clicked "Cancel"
iTunes popped up another prompt saying something like "this computer is not authorized with the iTunes account for the device" with options to "authorize" or "cancel".
I clicked "Cancel"
At this point I EXPECTED to get a message saying iTunes could not sync the device, but INSTEAD, iTunes continued doing *something*.
By the time it was done, almost all of my App Store apps were completely wiped off my phone. What's really odd is that some were left behind. My phone is now in this state:
native Apple apps (phone, messages, etc) and all their data (call logs, texts, etc) are still intact
almost all purchased apps are gone
none of the purchased apps that were left behind are on the computer, so that doesn't explain why they didn't get deleted with the rest
So, what the HECK happened here? Why did iTunes destroy all my apps when I told it not to? Has anyone else had this problem? Is this some strange iTunes bug that there's a magical fix to get all my apps back? Please help.
iTunes Version: 11.1.3
Device: iPhone5, iOS 6.1

go into the itunes store, go to your account, click purchase history. that gives you a list of all the things you have downloaded.
you will be able to re-download all your apps for free.
and for the songs, click "report problem", this will allow you to email apple, tell them that you have lost your songs, they will usually respond fairly quickly saying that they have put the songs back into your account and that they will be available to download the next time you go into itunes.

ITunes deleted ALL my apps and a lot of my music... I'm going to scream

So I hooked up my iPod touch 2nd generation to my computer last week to Sync it and back it up. After the sync, EVERY SINGLE one of my apps was gone. Gone from my iPod, gone from iTunes... GONE GONE. Poof. I was mad.
Mad doesn't begin to describe how I feel now that I plugged it in again today and 90 of my songs were deleted. Again from my iPod AND iTunes. I have no idea which ones they are yet. Everything on this iPod is legal and fully legit. No illegal downloads...etc. Why is this happening, and is there ANY way I can get this stuff back? I am so sick of this. iTunes is supposed to back up my stuff in case I lose it of my iPod so why is it taking it away?
If anyone has any advice, I'd be forever grateful.
Thank you.
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go into the itunes store, go to your account, click purchase history. that gives you a list of all the things you have downloaded.
you will be able to re-download all your apps for free.
and for the songs, click "report problem", this will allow you to email apple, tell them that you have lost your songs, they will usually respond fairly quickly saying that they have put the songs back into your account and that they will be available to download the next time you go into itunes.

ITunes deleted all the apps on my Touch

I'm not an experienced iTunes user, but over the past few years, i've spent a fair amount of money on apps that are now gone. Also, all my Contacts, all my Notes. Apple must have a record of the apps I've purchased. Is there any way to get them back ?

Is there any way to get them back ?
Just redownload them from the iTunes Store. It's free.
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You can hide them via your computer's iTunes : iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases - Apple Support
The 'x' might not show on their top left corner (it might be invisible), but clicking where it should be should hide the app.

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How to stop iTunes 9 from deleting all my app data ?!

I used to sync my phone to two computers:
- Media and apps on my iMac
- "Info" (Calendars, Contacts) and Photos on my MacBook Air.
I simply had different items checkmarked for synching on the two machines.
This worked perfectly until iTunes 9. With 9, when I plugged into my Air to synch my calendar, it started copying all my apps to the laptop! I simply canceled that.
NOW, when I connect back to my iMac, the phone instantly and automatically starts deleting all my apps and replacing them with fresh copies! I am losing ALL my vital app data! (Plus it started installing tons of unwanted apps that I had unchecked--which will fill up the phone at some point.)
How can I stop this automatic deletion? I've now downloaded the 9.0.1 patch but I'm afraid to even plug in my phone again!
Before canceling the synch, I've already lost everything through the "A's" including some vital work stuff and hours of hard-earned game progress. Some could be recovered via TIme Machine and restoring an older backup... but I have some really important stuff on my phone since that last backup, and I don't want to wipe it.
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Wiping my phone, restoring from backup, AND wiping all iTunes related files (from a search in Library and in Music) seems to have stopped this behavior.
(I couldn't wipe the iTunes files on the machine with my media and apps, but I did so on the other machine--where I only sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks. My iTunes library is empty there anyway.)
I don't know if this relates to an "app synching" issue that iTunes 9.0.1 fixed. Could be.

I hate iTunes. It continues to download HD versions of movies when I tell it not to. The movie I want is 4.4 gigs. I have deleted all my apps and half my songs and still don't have enough space. iTunes is near impossible to navigate.

I hate iTunes. It continues to download HD versions of movies when I tell it not to. The movie I want is 4.4 gigs. I have deleted all my apps and half my songs and still don't have enough space. iTunes is near impossible to navigate.
I have downloaded Oblivion six times and it continues to bring the HD version. I have unchecked the "Download HD when available" but I continue to get a file that is 4.4 gigs large.
I hate iTunes.

You purchased the HD version, not the regular version. It will continue to download the version you bought. If you want the SD version you have to shell out for it. Apple doesn't do returns.
Watch your movie. You can always put other stuff back on later, especially music.

Why my apps are not transferring from PC to iPhone 5? When I connected to PC the icon shows when I select apps it show 'will install' but it never show on iPhone, I re installed iTunes, deleted all apps and downloaded again but its not working pls help.

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Next time an app update gets stuck try a reset. Press and hold both the home and power buttons for10-15 seconds till the Apple logo appears. Then release both buttons. Wait till your iPad starts on it's own. Try now. Also YouTube is still available. If you can't find it the the app store go to the bottom of the app store page and tap purchased. All your deleted apps will be listed and you can reinstall YouTube from there.

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See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
or
Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data - How-To Geek
You can only sync with one ITunes library. It you switch iTunes library iTunes will erase the iPod and replace it contents with what is in the library of the new computer.

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I have had my iPod for 4 years and never had a problem but when I tried to update it to IOS6.1.6 but it won't update because
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What do you mean " back up my photos or Apps"?
The photo sync is one way - computer to ipad.
You can transfer itunes purchases. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases
Copy everything from your backup copy of your old computer to your new one.

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On your computer, go to iTunes and then the iTunes store and the App Store. In the right panel there's a "Purchased" link. Go there and redownload the apps you want.

I want to delete all my apps

Hi
I have itunes on a mac and the kids have 408 apps on my computer. Of which things like 4 different types/copies of a battery status are clearly not needed. I want to blitz them all and just delete the lot. However, they both have purchased items that clearly I would want to recover. Is there an easy way of getting rid of all these "rubbish" apps that they don't use without losing the purchased items. Please go easy as I am pretty useless with this type of stuff.
Ta
Chris

Actually, you asked about deleting without losing some.
"Is there an easy way of getting rid of all these "rubbish" apps that they don't use without losing the purchased items"
But no matter.
You can delete all the apps then in the App store, select Purchased at the bottom and download the purchases you want.
But selectively deleting would be much quicker.
You would still have to wade through everything to find what you want to redownload.

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Ive deleted all my apps and back up on my phone but i still can't update to ios7 due to not enough room..help!

Hello caitmcd,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
You can also update the phone through iTunes directly if you have the latest version of iTunes installed, 11.1.
You can download iTunes 11 here if needed:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Cheers,
Sterling

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