How to back up phone with apps purchased with multiple iTunes accounts

It's a long story, but my iPhone has apps that were purchased through multiple iTunes account.


Is it possible to create a backup of my phone that accounts for all of these apps? Last time I tried backup in iTunes, it only backed up the apps purchased with that particular iTunes account, but not others.


Should something happen to my iPhone and I need to restore/clone my phone, I want all my apps -- regardless of whose iTunes account was used to purchase them -- to be restored.


Any quick and easy way for this?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1

Posted on Mar 21, 2015 4:15 PM

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Mar 21, 2015 4:20 PM in response to JoyfulLees

JoyfulLees wrote:


It's a long story, but my iPhone has apps that were purchased through multiple iTunes account.


Is it possible to create a backup of my phone that accounts for all of these apps? Last time I tried backup in iTunes, it only backed up the apps purchased with that particular iTunes account, but not others.


Should something happen to my iPhone and I need to restore/clone my phone, I want all my apps -- regardless of whose iTunes account was used to purchase them -- to be restored.


Any quick and easy way for this?

The backup does not include any apps. It only includes the list and arrangement of apps; which are then reloaded when you sync after restoring.

Mar 21, 2015 4:22 PM in response to JoyfulLees

Is it possible to create a backup of my phone that accounts for all of these apps? Last time I tried backup in iTunes, it only backed up the apps purchased with that particular iTunes account, but not others.

Apps are not included in any backup.

Apps are sync’d/copied back to iTunes library.

As suggested, transfer the purchases from iPhone to your iTunes.

-> Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support

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