Sync Apps on 2 Devices

Before I go crazy purchasing apps, does anyone know if I would be able to sync purchased apps to both the iPhone and iPod Touch?

Yes you can.
I installed Super Monkeyball to my iPhone, wife's iPhone and iPod Touch.
I am not sure how many iPods/iPhones one can install on but I believe that each device can contain only one appleid (go into the App Store and scroll to the very bottom to see the last appleid which was sync'd) and if you change after the DRM probably won't allow existing apps to work.
It gets a little confusing when using a 2nd computer that is authorized under itunes account. If I click to purchase on 2nd computer with a different iPhone, it says I have already purchased and can download for free which is no problem, but does not make it clear on 2nd computer what I already have purchased. I suppose I could copy the .ipa files and manually move to the 2nd machine.

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I want to be able to sync music to my iPad and iPod but I do not want to store their apps on my computer. Since iCloud remembers which apps I own, this is (in my mind) unnecessary. How do I prevent iTunes 11 from syncing my apps? This did not use to be a problem because in iTuens 10 it was an option. Now it seems that it isn't.

Cate Kurtis wrote:
Well, in fact the application stopped opening automatically for no reason that is clear to me. For about 5 days after I updated the software it opened automatically when I plugged in or unplugged my phone. Then it suddenly stopped. All I did between the last automatic open and the time that it ceased was, in the options window, uncheck the "manually manage music and videos" option and then check it again without clicking "apply" and also checking "sync only checked songs and videos" and unchecking again without clicking apply.
I can't really recall now, but I thought that I played around with those settings and no matter what, I never saw the Option for Automatically Sync when Connected in iTunes.
I can think of no reason why this would halt the automatic opening but it has definitely stopped. Yet I still don't have the option listed in the options window to "prevent itunes from opening automatically when device is connected."
This is all very strange to me but I can think of nothing to pursue it further.
I can't think of any reason why it would trigger that behavior and of the other 170+ views that this discussion has received, I suppose that nobody else had anything to offer either.
I can't think of anything else to pursue it further either and as long as it is working the way that you want it to work now, I can't think of any need to pursue it further.

Syncing apps on different devices - will data get wiped or mixed up?

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- If the items are not on the computer/iTunes library, they will not be on the iPod after.
Unless you do something the photos will be lost too. The message says the iPod will be erased.
- What you want to do is to makee sure everthing is on the new computer. Then connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up. The restore from backup. The backup contains app data, photos/videos take by or saved to the iPod. It does not contain app, music and and other stuff that is synced to the iPod like synced photos.

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I am needing help to automatically sync all my apps to all my devices (ipad2, ipad mini and iphone 5 Thanks in advance!

Sign into iCloud with the same Apple ID on all your devices:
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Please help if anyone knows how to sync apps on Ipad3. I've tried syncing device to i-cloud and it shows as though it is fully updated. However, on the device there are almost 25 icons for apps which are greyed out and show the message 'waiting' under them. I can't pause any of the downloads. Also, the device is trying to download an app which I've previously deleted. As a result, I can't use the device for anything web-related as it just locks up.
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HELP, PLEASE.. I'm looking for a App that I can install on both my iPad and iPhone, then when I load a document, picture, or anything on that app on iPhone or iPad, it will Sync with the other Device so both devices will end up with the same file ...

iCloud Drive: https://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/
Dropbox: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8
OneDrive: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onedrive-for-ios/id477537958?mt=8

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Are the apps checked to be synced to the iPod and did you click on the sync button in Tunes?
Were the apps purchased fro the same accoubnt signed into in the iPod?
Are the apps compatible witht he iPOd model and iOS version?
Do you have restrictions set that prohibit instaling apps?

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*Not sure what you mean. I do not have my apps organized by folders. I do have my apps organized by my usage (most used on page 1, etc). I sync MANUALLY. Therefore, when I go to app tab for syncing, the apps are shown as they appear on my device, but are grayed-out. When I check the "sync apps" box (upper left) the apps rearrange themselves into a random order; change pages, etc. I immediately uncheck the box and do not sync. If I do sync the apps, the sync process rearranges the apps into the random order shown when I check the box. All I want to do is sync my apps WITHOUT messing with the order in which I have arranged them on my device. HELP!*

How NOT to cross-sync apps between devices?

Hey gang-
I backup all my iOS devices to iTunes on my desktop iMac. I like everything about that except the fact that if I update an app, for example, on my iPad, iTunes then updates that app on my iPhone on the next Sync. For lots of reason, I don't want to do that- for example some updates I like on iPhone and not on iPad, or vice versa.
Sooooo, I'm looking in iTunes and trying to figure out which setting will prevent this happening. I'm looking at the Apps tab with my iPad connected, and I'm trying to figure out do I uncheck the very top choice "Sync Apps", or the one at the bottom of the list "Automatically Sync New Apps" And what is the difference? I get a rather scary Alert when I turn off "Sync Apps" that makes me think iTunes might not Backup my apps if I do that.
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Dave

Open itunes, connect a device, go to the apps tab, select only the apps you want on that device, select sync app or they will all be erased. If you do not want every new app that you download to be added to your device, tehn deselect that option.
Each device will only sync what you select

After resetting devices apps don't sync between iTunes and devices

I use Windows iTunes 11.0.1.12 in Windows 8 together with an iPad 3 w/ 6.1 and an iPhone 4S w/ 6.1.1.
As my app collection grew too much I decided it was time to start over from scratch. So I deleted all apps within the iTunes library and reseted my devices, telling them to be configured as New Device when the question was asked whether I wanted to use a backup of the device. Then for a while I downloaded apps to the devices directly on the devices without using iTunes.
All seemed to be nice until I connected the iPhone to the computer to sync it, mainly for backing up the apps on the devices. But this is not happening. I can sync as often as I like, apps which I downloaded on the devices are not copied to iTunes' library when I sync the device. Likewise apps that I obtained within iTunes are not copied to the devices when I sync.
Does anybody know how I could fix this?

I have the exact same problem. Help!

We have 2 ipods and 1 ipad with different apps all synced to one computer. How do I prevent these apps from automatically being synced to all three devices each time I do a backup/sync?

We have 2 ipods and 1 ipad with different apps all synced to one computer. How do I prevent these apps from automatically being synced to all three devices each time I do a backup/sync?

Uncheck the option to automatically sync new apps to the device.
Other than that, syncing is by device.
Connect one device, tell iTunes what to sync, then sync.
Connect second device, repeat.
Connect third device, repeat.

HT1535 Some apps belong on my iPod, others belong on my iPhone. Stop syncing all apps to all devices. ?

Some apps belong on my iPod, others belong on my iPhone. Stop syncing all apps to all devices. ?
People really have time to remove apps from the device everytime they sync?

Yes, you can sync your iPhone just as you did your Touch and get the same songs, apps, video, etc.

ITunes insists on rearranging my iPad apps, even with 'Sync apps' unchecked

Here's an issue which I've noticed crop up on a few other forums, but which there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer for. I'm hoping that one of the veterens on this forum might have come across it and figured out a fix...
Since iCloud launched, I've not had any need to use iTunes for any app, music, video, podcast or book syncing. I have automatic downloading enabled on both my iPad and iPhone, and that's worked very well. Download something on one device, and it appears on the other. Wireless backup to iCloud too. All good.
There's just one thing I do still rely on iTunes for - and that's syncing photo albums and events created on my Mac in iPhoto to my iPad. I'm hopeful that at some point Apple will enable iCloud syncing for iPhoto albums (especially seeing as iPhoto is now available for iOS), but for now I'm stuck with using iTunes to move new albums and events to my iPad.
Here's the thing. Given I have automatic iCloud downloading enabled for pretty much everything, I have the following sync options turned off in iTunes:
Info
Apps
Tones
Music
Movies
TV Shows
Podcasts
Books
The only item that is checked is Photos.
So once I'm ready to sync a newly created iPhoto album or event to my iPad, I fire up iTunes, select my iPad in the devices list, make sure that the new album/event is checked under the Photos tab, make absolutely sure all other sync options are unchecked, then I hit the sync button.
And about half the time, this will go well. And the other half... well, disaster. iTunes will decide that it doesn't like my iPad apps arranged in the order I have them, and will rip them from their folders and scatter them across a ton of homescreens. The result is about an hours worth of work to get them all back in place again, just so I can enjoy having my latest photo album on my iPad.
I can't figure out why this happens. When I have app syncing unchecked, I'm specifically telling iTunes to leave my apps well alone. I have no interest in syncing apps to/from iTunes and my iPad. iCloud takes care of this for me now, and I have no reason to even have a copy of an app on my Mac. I can't do anything with it once it's on there.
Has anyone come up against this issue and found a fix?
Alternatively, and perhaps preferably, is there another way to move albums and events created in iPhoto to my iPad, without using iTunes? I know iTunes wants to be the be-all-and-end-all of syncing beasts, but now I have iCloud I have no use for it aside from photo syncing.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help here!

I'm starting to think that the lack of replies is due to the fact that nobody actually knows why this behaviour is, including Apple themselves.

HT1386 Cant sync apps between itunes library and computer...apps show up but grayed out

When trying to sync apps from itunes to ipad they appear grayed out and you can't select them. *confused

1. on the pad, settings, general / restrictions. make sure that is not on.
2. if you have multiple devices syncing from the same computer, make sure you have the correct on indicated in the leftside navigation pane of I tunes.

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