New Windows' iTunes want to remove all my apps in old iPhone 4S?

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antdude Author

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New Windows' iTunes want to remove all my apps in old iPhone 4S?

Hello.

On Saturday at 4:37 AM PDT, I had a big HDD crash with its clicks of

deaths on my very old Windows XP Pro SP3 box. After getting a brand new

HDD, I installed a brand new 64-bit W7 HPE SP1 with all of its updates.

I also reinstalled everything including iTunes v12.5.1.21 from scratch.

Everything seems to work since I can access iPhone 4S (iOS v9.3.5)'s

DCIM's images, back up, etc.

Here's a problem: I downloaded a brand new free app in my new W7's

iTunes and wanted to sync it to iPhone, but iTunes wanted to remove all

my iPhone's installed apps just to add a newly downloaded app! I don't

want to do that. I just to add that downloaded app from the computer to

iPhone.

Am I missing something? Thank you in advance. 🙂

iPhone 4S, iOS 9.3.5, 64bit W7 HPE SP1 & Verizon Wireless

Posted on Oct 26, 2016 7:46 PM

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2016 9:22 AM in response to antdude

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

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antdude Author

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Oct 29, 2016 9:02 AM in response to antdude

masood2689 & turingtest2: Huh?

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2016 9:23 AM in response to antdude

I don't know what the other message is about, but if you connect your device to a new library iTunes will want to erase the current content on the device and replace it with what is in the new library. The user tip I've linked to explains how to recover the existing content on the device into your new library, or in the case of apps how to redownload these from the iTunes store. Once everything is stored locally you can afford to replace the content on the device without actually losing anything.

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antdude Author

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Oct 29, 2016 9:38 AM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2 wrote:

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

tt2

Thanks. That's a lot! Too bad the chart doesn't show which ones are free.

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2016 10:15 AM in response to antdude

It mentions that some are free, though I haven't recently been through to check that nothing has changed. I'd recommend the last entry for extracting the media for free, and the two above if you want to grab ratings and playlists as well.

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antdude Author

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Oct 29, 2016 10:19 AM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2 wrote:

It mentions that some are free, though I haven't recently been through to check that nothing has changed. I'd recommend the last entry for extracting the media for free, and the two above if you want to grab ratings and playlists as well.

tt2

I only care about the apps. I don't have videos and music on it due to the tiny 16 GB disk space. :/

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2016 10:26 AM in response to antdude

Apps will need to be downloaded from the iTunes Store. See Download your past purchases - Apple Support. iOS 9 saw the introduction of app thinning which cuts down the space used on the device, but means that transfer of apps from device to iTunes is no longer supported. You'll need to backup the device, then restore it. If you haven't downloaded the apps locally these will be restored directly from the iTunes Store over Wi-Fi.

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