go to google...
You can always save you apps to you itunes library. That will never change. The iCloud is just another way to syncing between devices and backing up your stuff.
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iCloud Supports Re-Downloading Some Discontinued Apps
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go to google...
You can always save you apps to you itunes library. That will never change. The iCloud is just another way to syncing between devices and backing up your stuff.
I really hope there is a way for the user to hide apps they don't want to see anymore such as Lite apps.
Yet so successful. There's some disconnect between your opinion and reality.
Apple's "closed-system architecture" is more or less the foundation of all their success today.
I never said it wasn't successful. Ignorance is bliss to some folks about their "ownership" in regards to files.
Glad to know what that weird message was all about. I logged into iTunes Connect and was just presented with that odd question. I thought, "I don't know, you tell me".
I was able to download the DOS emulator. (iDOS)
Great surprise!
That's odd because I was not. I bought it during the brief period when it was available and I have it backed up on my Mac in iTunes but, just out of curiosity I deleted it from my iPhone and checked the Purchased list of apps to re-download it; it was not there: "Your search had no results."
Wrong. When your account expires your apps go away and you stop making money. Good try though.
I don't think you know what closed architecture is. Being closed means developers cannot see the code or change it.
Microsoft Windows has a closed architecture.
Android Honeycomb is a closed architecture.
Google is keeping Honeycomb closed until it's no longer used (and the next version - Ice Cream Sandwich comes out), then they'll open up the code. It's just as closed right now as Apple iOS.
I'm loving the new cloud service for the apps. It's been great to get my iDevices in sync over the air.
It's the same with music. I noticed a discontinued album I purchased back in 2005 by Fantastic Plastic Machine is available for re-download but not in 256 I would guess.
I have also never been offered a 256 upgrade for "The Ultimate Pink Panther." On iTunes the 256 version is now just "Ultimate Pink Panther." Strangely enough "The" Ultimate Pink Panther was available for re-download. I was hoping for a free upgrade.
I have also never been offered a 256 upgrade for "The Ultimate Pink Panther." On iTunes the 256 version is now just "Ultimate Pink Panther." Strangely enough "The" Ultimate Pink Panther was available for re-download. I was hoping for a free upgrade.
iCloud allowed me to update some of my old QVGA (320x240) music videos to new VGA (640x480) copies. They still have DRM but at least I now have higher quality copies.
That's been widely reported, however, I was talking about music VIDEOS and as far as I know the online press hasn't reported on the fact that the old QVGA copies are getting upgraded to VGA over iCloud (but, they still have DRM, so they aren't the iTunes Plus versions).
I'm fully aware of that and it is wrong. I've said that from the beginning and foreseen that eventually they may do something like this. Just because other vendors have the same thing does not make it right. Apple should be better than simply not evil.
I do feel that way about what our government does which is wrong. The fact that you make such a comment shows you've not bothered to research the person (me) that you slam. Use google before you make such statements. Get a clue.
If this means I can redownload the Delicious Monster app I'll be a happy camper. Not as if I need to use Amazon functionality on it, it just helps when checking my shelves to my catalog.
Apple was threatened with a lawsuit by a copyright holder. That would seem to be a "legal issue".
If the makers of MacDefender had managed to get an application on the app store, and suddenly your mother find images on your iPhone that make you throw up, wouldn't you want Apple to be able to remove that app?
Heh, I wonder how many people will actually be choosing 'yes' to the legal issues question
If someone threatened to sue you for version 1.0 of your software, and you fixed the problem in version 1.1, then you wouldn't want anyone to download 1.0 anymore, would you?
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The story is about which apps Apple might let you re-download. If you throw away or lose an app, Apple will give you a fresh copy any time you like -- in most cases. Try that with your physical book.
I guess you're referring to the "kill switch" Apple could use to delete apps. It's off topic here, but since you're so worried about it, think about this: It's been in iOS since at least v2 (the first version to allow third-party apps at all). How often has Apple used it to reach in and take away your content?
There are things I worry about in iOS, but the kill switch isn't one of them. Every time a company uses it they end up regretting it greatly. At this point the only way you could probably get a company to use the kill switch is on a child porn app.
Got to laugh...
Before Monday no one had access to iCloud. So if you had deleted your Apps from all your devices and iTunes and they had also been removed from the app store then you could not get them back... Now we have a way of getting some of these apps back...
Yet some people seems to be really angry with apple for not letting you re download some of the apps that have issues. I guess there is no pleasing some people. We are still getting alot more than we did last week.
If you didn't want to lose the app, then don't get rid of it off your device or iTunes in the first place.
Before Monday no one had access to iCloud. So if you had deleted your Apps from all your devices and iTunes and they had also been removed from the app store then you could not get them back... Now we have a way of getting some of these apps back...
Yet some people seems to be really angry with apple for not letting you re download some of the apps that have issues. I guess there is no pleasing some people. We are still getting alot more than we did last week.
If you didn't want to lose the app, then don't get rid of it off your device or iTunes in the first place.
As long as there is a refund associated to it and them not just pulling it after you have paid for it and saying sorry. You are now out "X" amount of dollars.
I found another loophole through iCloud...if you had previously jailbroken your iphone and installed apps that you didn't purchase through the appstore (such as installous). You can download these apps from iCloud through the same process, it will install and work as if you did purchase it. Keep in mind, if you tried syncing the app through itunes, the apps won't install or work.
I made a thread about this earlier and I'm not sure if anyone else confirmed this. I haven't jailbroken my phone since the 3GS, but I was surprised to see this work.
I made a thread about this earlier and I'm not sure if anyone else confirmed this. I haven't jailbroken my phone since the 3GS, but I was surprised to see this work.
I was able to re-download ipint. It was removed in '08, way back in the original iphone days sweet!
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/ibeer-developer-seeks-12-million-damages-over-ipint-20081016/
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/ibeer-developer-seeks-12-million-damages-over-ipint-20081016/
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