Backup and restore of iPhone Apps
Had a bit of an adventure with this...
Using Apple's prescribed backup method of my iTunes library (iTunes 8.0 for Windows) to an external hard drive, iTunes went really flaky on me when I copied the libary back to the hard drive after an OS rebuild.
The first thing it did upon synching was to delete all of the apps on my iPhone. I checked the application directory at: C:\Users\Username\Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications, and all of the apps were there. I went into the Itunes applications folder, and the icons were also all present.
Surprisingly, not much info on Google about how to restore apps. What finally ended up working was for me to individually click on each icon, and after being prompted for the directory location of each app, I was back up and running.
Apple, there has to be a better way. What good is a solid backup plan without having an in-place restore option in iTunes?
I imagine it all has to do with their draconian license enforcement policy. But still...
Using Apple's prescribed backup method of my iTunes library (iTunes 8.0 for Windows) to an external hard drive, iTunes went really flaky on me when I copied the libary back to the hard drive after an OS rebuild.
The first thing it did upon synching was to delete all of the apps on my iPhone. I checked the application directory at: C:\Users\Username\Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications, and all of the apps were there. I went into the Itunes applications folder, and the icons were also all present.
Surprisingly, not much info on Google about how to restore apps. What finally ended up working was for me to individually click on each icon, and after being prompted for the directory location of each app, I was back up and running.
Apple, there has to be a better way. What good is a solid backup plan without having an in-place restore option in iTunes?
I imagine it all has to do with their draconian license enforcement policy. But still...
iPhone, Other OS
