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Do I need to keep my IPA files?

Hi,

I have 35GB worth of iOS application .ipa files in the iTunes>Mobile Applications folder of my iMac. Is there any reason why I should not delete them to free up space? I'm not they serve any purpose at all anymore!? The most recent one was created in September 2017.

I'm running macOS Catalina (10.15.2) on a 2017 iMac (Retina 5k).

Thanks,

Garrath

iMac 27" 5K, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 7:10 AM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Dec 27, 2019 7:15 AM

You can delete them. They serve no purpose. I'm not even sure they would be used if you needed to reinstall the apps.

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