Q: iTunes issues
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Mar 1, 2016 4:11 PMby Kenichi Watanabe,So, what is the actual question?
iOS devices have been independent computers since iOS 5. And even before iOS 5 (if your iPod touch is really old), for things like app updates, you don't have to apply the update by connecting the iOS device to a Mac or Windows PC running iTunes. You can run the App Store app on the device and update the apps directly. For the iPad, if it runs the latest iOS, you can even set it up to update apps automatically.
I do this with my old iPhone 3GS, running iOS 6.1.6, because only the apps that have compatible updates come up (as having available updates). I don't have to deal with updates that do not work with the older iOS. On my iPod touch that runs the latest iOS, I hardly ever connect it to my Mac. I only do it just before installing an iOS update, to back it up using iTunes (in case the iOS update has a problem); then I install the iOS update directly on the device too. My iPod touch and iPhone are an independent computing devices.
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Mar 3, 2016 9:00 AMby BajaBarry,I don't have any issues with the iPod (on iOS5).
I used to be able to update all my apps on the iPads without connecting to a Mac or Windows system, and that is what I did. But then last November I started having a problem (see my post ), originally with the YouTube app, but then with the Chrome app. After I figured out how to fix it by updating first on a Mac or Windows, then syncing, every subsequent Chrome app has the same issue. I would update on the iPad, if I could.
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Mar 3, 2016 1:01 PMby Kenichi Watanabe,Then THAT is your actual problem (not being able to update apps the device). What you are trying to do is not a "fix," it is a workaround. If it was me, I would do a backup of the iPad using iTunes, the do a Restore. Or use the onboard method to Erase the iPad. Give it a fresh start. Then restore the device from the backup.
NOTE: You can either erase the iOS device using the onboard command OR using the Restore button in iTunes on the computer. You can backup your device (before erasing it) using iTunes on the computer OR to iCloud from the device. I use iTunes on the computer for both actions because it is faster.
How to back up your devices using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support
