Two iPhones On One iMac- Only One Set of Apps Sync

Hi,
So my fiancee and I both have iPhone 3G's that we sync to our new 24" iMac. However, we have found that it only backs up my Apps onto the computer and not hers.
So if I download a new App on my iPhone, next time I sync that App will show up under Applications in iTunes. But if she does the same thing, it will not show up. Obviously, we would like all applications to backup to the computer.
One work around probably would be to only download Apps on the computer and then select which Apps to sync to each iPhone. However this means that she can not backup apps she downloads on her iPhone.
Any thoughts?

Nope not at all, basically whats going on here is that when you make an itunes store account, even if it was made on that computer it does not mean that that computer is authorized to use that itunes store account. iTunes store accounts can be used on up to five computers at any given time and on as many devices as you wish. What you are going to want to do is to go the the store menu and the very very top of itunes where it has your file and edit menus and choose store >authorize computer and authorize the other account, then if it is still not transferring automatically, choose file>transfer purchases from iphone. that will create a back up of the purchases on the computer. Remember that apps can be downloaded as many times as you wish whereas songs have to be requested to be redownloaded. It is generally only ever a regrant of the entire library and is usually only done once unless under specific circumstances as there are grants that have to be downloaded to the artists each time the song is downloaded which costs apple money. so be sure to back up your purchases elsewhere. my best suggestion is always backing up to a disk as a CD can not crash. right click on purchases and choose back up to disc and it will continue to ask for CDs until all of your purchases are backed up.

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