Q: Why can't I transfer my purchases from my iPad to iTunes?
I recently upgraded to Windows 10 but my iPad would not sync so I contacted tech support & they fixed the issue, but now I can't transfer my purchases to iTunes from my iPad. I can't see the apps on the left of my iTunes panel on the app department, but they are on the screen part that shows on the same panel.
iPad Mini, iOS 9.2.1
Posted on Mar 9, 2016 2:08 PM
A feature introduced with iOS 9 referred to as app thinning or app slicing allows each device to download only the code and resources needed by that device, resulting in smaller downloads and better use of storage on the device. As a consequence the device no longer holds the universal version of the app that could be installed on any device so transferring apps is no longer supported. You can however download past purchases from iTunes and/or enable automatic downloads of app purchases to make sure that iTunes always has the apps that you want on your device. A further change to the way restores are implemented means that all private app data is restored and apps that are not in the library are queued for download from the iTunes Store over Wi-Fi, in a similar fashion to the way restore from iCloud works. Not having the apps in your library isn't the drawback it once was, however you are still at risk of losing a favoured app if it is removed from the store and you don't have a local copy.
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Posted on Mar 9, 2016 6:28 PM