ITunes deleted my apps from my Mac after syncing my iPad

I have had my iPad for almost a year with no problems syncing (apps,music,etc purchased on my iPad). I recently tried to sync my ipad and all of a sudden iTunes started deleting all of the apps I had purchased on my ipad. The apps (Angry Birds,etc) were not only deleted from my iPad, but they were erased from my iTunes library. I have searched everywhere on my Mac's hard drive and I cannot find any of them.
I know that I can look back through my purchase history and then redownload the apps, but I would rather 'undelete' them if it is possible. I also unfortunately did not back up anything. Lesson learned I guess.

I think I found the problem. When I tried to synch photos to my ipod touch and I clicked apply, the synch all the apps automatically was probably clicked also which made my apps go from my ipod touch to my itunes. I was able to synch again my apps but some of them with data (like my air canada app with my data for my flights) did not have the data anymore. I had to start again. Is there a way to save your app with the data?

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Posting here at 2.41PM (according to the Time view I have) and then emailing me 11 minutes later seems like you are giving me the hurry up.
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I have a number of Apps that I have tried to remove from my itunes account. These are just games that I no longer play or have never played.
First I tried selecting the App in itunes, then Edit/Delete then it will ask you if you want to remove file. Then I emptied the trash.
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Secondly I have tried going to "finder" and finding the file on the Mac HD. and then deleting the file/game this way.
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Thanks but this didn't resolve a thing.
Carolyn Samit wrote:
This is the Mac App Store forum ... apps that run on the Mac OS X, not iOS.
Sorry If I posted this in the wrong forum, If anyone can direct me an appropriate forum then I will post it there.
Carolyn Samit wrote:
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Carolyn Samit wrote:
This is the Mac App Store forum ... apps that run on the Mac OS X, not iOS.
Sorry If I posted this in the wrong forum, If anyone can direct me an appropriate forum then I will post it there.
Carolyn Samit wrote:
Apps that are stored in iTunes are for iOS devices such as iPads or iPhones. Press and hold the app icon on the device. Tap the circle with an x to delete then tap delete.
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No matter how many times I delete the file and no matter where I delete it from, It always downloads again.
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