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iTunes keeps syncing apps that I don't want

Tex-Twil

Tex-Twil

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May 28, 2008
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Hi,
I have the latest iTunes and I want to sync some apps. In iTunes>My iPhone > Apps, I see the screens of my iPhone with only the apps I want (around 10apps).

When I click sync, iTunes starts to copy like 40 apps that I do not want and that are not in the "will install" status. wtf ?? I've tried like 5 times.
 
Tex-Twil said:
Hi,
I have the latest iTunes and I want to sync some apps. In iTunes>My iPhone > Apps, I see the screens of my iPhone with only the apps I want (around 10apps).

When I click sync, iTunes starts to copy like 40 apps that I do not want and that are not in the "will install" status. wtf ?? I've tried like 5 times.
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It's going to install all apps you have in your apps library. The ones you see on that screen are only the ones on your phone, not a "will install" list. If you have an app in your library, it will be synced. Have to delete it if you don't want it on your phone. You can always redownload it later.
 
Tyler23 said:
It's going to install all apps you have in your apps library. The ones you see on that screen are only the ones on your phone, not a "will install" list. If you have an app in your library, it will be synced. Have to delete it if you don't want it on your phone. You can always redownload it later.
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No it's not all my app library that is installed. I have much more of them on the mac that are not installed.


I think I solved the problem by waiting that the sync finishes, then deleting the apps on the iTunes iPhone screen then syncing again.
 
Tex-Twil said:
No it's not all my app library that is installed. I have much more of them on the mac that are not installed.


I think I solved the problem by waiting that the sync finishes, then deleting the apps on the iTunes iPhone screen then syncing again.
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Very odd. My iTunes on Windows 7 has an issue where if I try to select apps to install while a sync is in progress the UI will change the buttons back to to "Install" but the app will install.
 
Can you delete the apps that show in itunes?

i have some really old ones that I really don't even want to show up anymore on there
 
Mine does odd things like that too. It removes apps that I want to keep on the phone and puts other apps that I have deleted off the phone back on.
 
Sounds to me like you have a list of apps you are telling it to sync, which it is doing. In between syncs you are adding, and deleting apps on the device, then when resyncing it is reverting back to the list from iTunes.

Just don't sync apps from iTunes. Turn it off. You don't need them at all on the computer as you can do it all via the device.
 
Delete the ones you don't want anymore from iTunes and the ones you might need again just uncheck them and re sync .
 
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