Syncing apps across 2 mac laptops

I recently purchased apps on my macbook air that i wish to have on my macbook,
is there a way to sync the apps of the two laptops or will i have to buy the software again?

Hi LynnCheah,
If your devices are using the the same Apple ID the easiest thing is to enable automatic downloads.
Enable Automatic Downloads - Apple Support
For existing purchases you can download the past purchases you want.
Download past purchases - Apple Support
Take care,
Nubz

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Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
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If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
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Firstly I'm not having any problems syncing apps to my iPhone.
I'm very OCD and would like to have it so that If I install an app onto my Mac, it sync to my iPhone. And then if I delete it from my Mac and plug my phone in to sync, it will delete it from my iPhone.
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I'm putting this in here as I think it's where I'd find the people who will know a solution to my problem, if there even is one.
To keep this short, I have an iMac, a MacBook Pro and an iPhone. I'll often start a podcast at home on my iMac, listen to it on my commute with my iPhone, and then listen to it on my MacBook Pro at work. At this current moment in time I have to manually sync everything. I have to keep track of what podcasts I listened to and then delete them from whatever device they are still on. I have to set play times before I resume a podcast on another divice.
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It's iTunes that's syncing with multiple devices. That's why you have to sync back to iTunes, then sync other devices to iTunes.
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The main reason I want to do this is because I have set up templates in my macbook air apps and I want to use my iMac through the day and macbook air at night and be able to access these without doing screen share.
I am also looking to pay someone $150 to set up a few things for me. I am in Coorparoo if anyone is interested please contact me here or at
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Tracey almost any program you've purchased from the Apple App Store can be downloaded to multiple computers legally. Programs you've purchased elsewhere are typically licensed either to the user or to the computer and to be completely legal you'd need to determine which is the case for the programs you want to install on more than one computer. Most documents can be saved to iCloud (assuming you have enough space on iCloud) or other cloud services. Cloud services such as DropBox and Microsoft's OneDrive have applications that sync files automatically which allows you to share files between computers. However many (most?) applications don't automatically move templates into the cloud since they tend to be saved in the user's Library folder which often isn't synced. So templates must be dealt with on a case by case basis. (I'll often save a document that I want to use as a template and then make a fresh copy of it when I want to use it as my template)
I asked a moderator to remove your email address since having it here is an invitation to huge amounts of SPAM. You can edit your Apple profile to show or hide your email address by clicking on your avatar above your post and then select Edit Profile and Privacy Settings.You can choose to let registered users, anyone, or no one to see it do if you'd like people to be able to contact you setting it to allow registered users to see your email address will provide some small amount of privacy from robots but still let people contact you.

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Thanks again, Alan.
I'm afraid, in my view, these limitations ARE staggering! I know I'll get shot down for saying that here, but there you are.
I have said before, I abolutley love the iPhone and wouldn't be without it, BUT, this whole thing with iTunes is frankly a pain in the a**.
I have come from 2-3 years of Windows Mobile devices, and despite it's many annoyances and fiddly button-based UI, I at least had freedom to do what I wanted with my phones. I could just drag and drop any files on any computer that I wanted.
Some of the issues I have are
1) I can only sync with one computer's library, so if I'm on the move, I'm stuffed.
2) I have had issues with the same computer being authorised several times to take me up to my limit of 5. Apple said that iTunes should recognise the same hardware and not count an authorisation again - it doesn't.
3) My children have had issues with their iPod Touches in as much as their apps have been wiped by iTunes, and they've reached their 5 computer limit for the same reason as me. Also there is no indication that we can see to say whether the computer you are on has been authorised or not, as both 'authorise' and 'de-authorise' are both available on the menu. Would be more useful, like in other apps, to grey out one of the options which obviously then shows whether the app has been validated/authorised or not. (Try getting Adobe to clock up more authorisations if you exceed 2!)
I realise that a lot of this may be down to us all being Apple novices, but I have had many years of computer experience, and never have I had so many issues with what I view as restrictions on my freedom to do what I want with electronic devices.
I'm not trying to be awkward or negative here, just giving a users opinion.
(Stands back.....!)
As I said earlier, iTunes aside, I love the iPhone.

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Hello everyone,
My question is - how can I share the Apps I have downloaded across all devices? I have a couple of devices, but they each have their own set of Apps. I'd like to put some Apps from Device 1 to Device 2 and some from Device 2 to Device 1 etc but I am not sure how to do it.
Does anyone out there have an easy fix to help me out? Thanks in advance.
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Hi LynnCheah,
If your devices are using the the same Apple ID the easiest thing is to enable automatic downloads.
Enable Automatic Downloads - Apple Support
For existing purchases you can download the past purchases you want.
Download past purchases - Apple Support
Take care,
Nubz

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Hey Steve,
I had this problem as well and found a way how to solve this:
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Best
Alex

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Hi there, between my wife and I, we have two Mac laptops, one iPhone and an iPod touch. The iPod touch is new- is it possible to get the apps that have already been purchased for the iPhone, onto the iTouch?

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