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Apple Rolls Out First iCloud Features: Automatic Downloads, Purchased Content Listings

Haven't been this excited about an iTunes update for a long time. Give it to me, give it to me now Apple!
 
I do wish they'd a little more specific with their words. When they're releasing new hardware like an iPhone or iPad they ALWAYS take care to explain the difference in release between territories, but so far as the feeds showed iTunes on iCloud was ready for everyone. Sucks to find out in the Ts and Cs it's actually Beta and US only =/
 
I was about to complain on here about not being able to enable this let alone even see it but I see its not available on Verizon yet...sigh why does this have to be carrier specific for a device that seams to be not so tied down by carriers? Today I tried to download an app and it kindly notifed me I had to have 4.3...ugh..
 
I'm seeing the changes in the U.S. running 4.3.3 and my phone is jailbroken.

I can't believe how many junk apps I've downloaded in the past 3 years that I don't have installed on any device or in iTunes anymore. I wonder if I could scrub those somehow...
 
coolfactor said:
Doubt it. It's per-Apple ID.
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MCRunning said:
What about those who share their iTunes account with their family members? Any way to control what gets downloaded?
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I would assume that since you don't have to have the syncing on, the options for the family member's device would be:

* have icloud syncing turned on for their device so that it automatically syncs up and downloads all the same things as yours (and yours will get anything they purchase/download if your device is on sync, too)

* have icloud syncing turned off for their device, allowing their device to have different apps/etc. from yours while still sharing the same account. Then they could manually download anything they want to as is the case currently, or use the Past Purchases feature.
 
MCRunning said:
What about those who share their iTunes account with their family members? Any way to control what gets downloaded?
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You're probably looking for this "feature":

Individually download past purchases. Beta
When you buy a song, app, or book, iTunes lets you access your purchase history so you can download what you want, from any device you want. That way, if you don’t want your iPad to automatically download everything you buy on your iPhone, just choose the things you do want to download — song by song, app by app, or book by book.​
 
Am i the only one who can't toggle the App option? It keeps kicking back to OFF after a few seconds when i tap ON.
 
This is so exciting! Finally I can download apps again and not be scared of accidentally paying for it. Sometimes I don't use an app for a while and I even delete it from iTunes and there was no way of telling whether I had purchased it before.

It's pretty cool that this feature just appeared too. So basically the settings page for the App Store is an HTML site right?
 
Thank you iCloud!

A couple years ago I was in between computers and just had my iPhone 3G. When my phone broke, I lost everything. I was mainly pissed about losing over 150 songs that I paid for and a few music videos. I re-purchased some of them, but I couldn't remember what all I had lost. Now with the "purchase history" I can download all the music that I lost! For free! :D
 
Its good to know about this and turn it off if you have already maxed out the storage on a device. I like to leave some space on a device. I'd hate to think of a large file downloading to my phone because I purchased it for my computer.

Edit: just check and the default is for these to be off. So that is good.

Also the itunes store has an item called "purchases" under the quick links to the right side. It says "new" beside it. Clicking it however takes you to a page in itunes store that describes the features of itunes 10.3. Clicking "free download" takes you to Apple's itunes web page but only 10.2.2 is offered.
 
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Hi,
My MobileMe account had expired few weeks ago. Can I sync my calendar and contact now or I should wait until next fall?
 
Downloading the iOS 5 beta now!

This is the one of the best perks of iPhone development - walking around with the new iOS several months before it comes out.
 
ten-oak-druid said:
Its good to know about this and turn it off if you have already maxed out the storage on a device. I like to leave some space on a device. I'd hate to think of a large file downloading to my phone because I purchased it for my computer.
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Good point. I was "grandfathered" in to unlimited data with AT&T, for now at least. For people who have limited 3G data, or who have limited bandwidth at home (which I do now), this could eat up data quickly if one isn't careful.

Also the itunes store has an item called "purchases" under the quick links to the right side. It says "new" beside it. Clicking it however takes you to a page in the store telling you the features of itunes 10.3. Clicking "download now" takes you to Apple's itunes web page but only 10.2.2 is offered.
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Hopefully they'll have the 10.3 beta up soon, with all this talk of seamless syncing it would be nice if they had seamlessly updated all the information and links...
 
The real question is, can you finally delete songs one by one from your phone now? Anyone with the update, can you give me a definitive answer?
 
All i want to know is when are we going to be able to do this for movies, i have like 30 songs on my phone / ipad but tons of movies/shows :p
 
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