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Apps not visible on iPad screens

After syncing my iPad from my MacBook Pro and seeing the messages in the progress bar report the new apps' installation, I don't see the new apps on my iPad. When I connect to my laptop and view the iPad screens in iTunes/Apps, the new apps are there; when I try to download the app directly from the App Store on the iPad, it says it's already installed. I've tried rebooting the iPad and re-syncing, but so far those apps are not showing up. I've also tried moving the apps on the MacBook/iTunes/Apps and then applying the change - no change. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro, iMac, MacPro, iPad, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 11, 2010 6:31 AM

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May 11, 2010 10:48 AM in response to Glorfindeal

Did a complete restore from summary screen of iTunes - still the same apps are not showing up on the iPad despite being on the iTunes/iPad/Apps screens. In other words iTunes thinks the apps are there, the iPad knows they're there, but doesn't display them. Tried deleting the apps and reinstalling - same story. I can only conclude that the apps are not as compatible with iPad as they would like to think they are: Cloud Browse and Opera mini browser.

May 12, 2010 7:20 PM in response to dflye

Also having the same issue...
1. you can see the apps in iTunes
2. the apps do not show up on any of the pages (swipes)
3. you can uncheck them and choose apply... then check them back and they do not show up
4. restart iTunes - same
5. restart computer - same
6. iBooks, MLB.com and USAToday are the missing ones, but other paid and free apps show up as expected
7. You can drag them to a page and drop them and they will not show up on the page even in iTunes. They only show up in the checklist.

We have not restored since from a previous post that does not seem to help. We just noticed it today. It was working as expected yesterday.

May 31, 2010 8:12 AM in response to Lori T-M.

i'm also having the same thing...bought few apps today and not only this one not showing but 3 i had before showing nice have dissapear....like everyone else they show fine on my ipad screen in itunes but i cannot find them on my ipad....tried to unistall them and re-install with no success...i don't want to do a restore yet i have lots of stuff there don't want yet to redo it....can anyone help??

Aug 10, 2010 7:21 AM in response to Peter Monether1

am also having the same problem. can't see pandora, NYT, yelp or netflix on the ipad, altho they are in itunes and can move them from screen to screen. have tried deinstalling and reinstalling, restoring settings, shutting down and restarting ipad and laptop... nothhing works... always the same apps that don't show up ipad, altho they appear on iphone (except netflix). very frustrating!

Jan 23, 2011 2:10 PM in response to Bonnie Lebesch1

I solved my problem! The issue is with having apps for both iPad and iPhone in the same library. Some of the apps work for both, some do not. So if you have "sync apps automatically" selected, then the iPad gets hung up on the fact that some of the apps are wrong, so it stops sync. I don't know why it looks like it has synced, but it has in fact done nothing. This problem does not happen on the iPhone - with the same list of apps the iPhone sync went perfectly.

So, to solve it I selected only the apps for iPad and sync, and it works now. Thanks to Apple SUPPORT EXPRESS LANE for the answer.

Mar 14, 2011 8:31 PM in response to workingmominSF

Thank you! Was having the exact same problem and this solved it. I'd changed my settings when my 3-year old learned his way around the ipad (took him about 4 days). Changing them back solved the problem and now all of the missing apps are there again. I'm still curious why the New York Times, ESPN magazine and Netflix were hidden but glad to have them back. Now if I can just keep him away from the ipad.

Thanks for your help.

Apps not visible on iPad screens

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