Keeping all my apps regardless of where I purchase
I have a 3Gs phone, macbook and imac within my circle of use. I routinely find and purchase apps for my phone in each one of those locations. How do I get all my apps onto my phone instead of having them erase what ever might be different between my macbook and imac.
I should not have to repurchase the app on two machines just so I can have it in one spot.
I thought once I register the phone on each machine that it allows me to use what is on either one?
This seems to be a big fault, how can I fix/
john
You can do what you're trying to do if you're careful. You can right-click on your phone in iTunes to "Transfer Purchases" to that computer even if they weren't bought on that computer(iPhone or another computer). Then you can sync your iPhone with that computer with the "All Applications" option in Sync preferences to get any new ones you bought on that computer. When you go to your other computer, just make sure to "Transfer Purchases" there before you sync "All Applications" again.
The iPhone itself can only be "linked" to one computer's apps at a time, but as long as that computer is one of your 5 authorized machines, you should be able to transfer apps (and other purchases) to them before re-linking your iPhone to the new computer's apps.
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