Sync only iPad apps to iPad ?

Hello,
I have over 400 iPhone apps in my iTunes apps Library.
When I plug in my iPad, it wants to sync to the Library. However if I click Sync Apps - it selects all 400 of these apps, and would install them on the iPad if I let it. There appears to be no way to "Select All" or "UnSelect All" so it would appear the only way to not sync the iPhone apps to the iPad would be to individually click off each of the 400 apps tick boxes?
This is sheer madness!
There must be an "un-select" all option?
I only need to enable 5 or so iPad apps on this iPad.
Thanks
Paul

After you connect the iPad, check the Sync Apps box ONCE and wait. Wait. Wait. Apparently it takes awhile for iTunes to import or discover all the apps. (Mine were all checked to begiu with, and grayed out.) If you have lots of apps, it will take awhile. Finally, the Apps display un-grayed, though all apps were still checked. Then, I checked the Synch box (it worked!) and unchecked all the apps except those I wanted synced to my iPad. All works fine now. This takes patience and time, which we're not used to on a PC. If something doesn't happen right away, I tend to click, click, click, end task, relauch, etc., thinking there is a problem. Just imagine the old Hour Glass up there for 10-20 minutes (the more apps the longer!) ... the first time only. This worked for me and hope it helps others.

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