You can’t transfer from your iOS 9 device to iTunes. Every app that’s installed on your device, even those you copy from your iTunes library, is already sliced. If it came from the store, it was sliced before you downloaded it on your device. If you transferred from iTunes, then iTunes has sliced it for you as it transferred it. The only way to do what you want is to download with iTunes and then sync; that way you maintain the full-fat copy of the app, for any device, and can roll back an app by deleting the new version and importing the .IPA file of the older one prior to syncing. If you turned on Automatic Downloads in iTunes, you can automate the process of downloading new purchases. With Time Machine on standby, even updating your apps in iTunes is a relatively safe process, because you can always turn to Time Machine for last week’s .IPA file. But, you have lost the convenience of updates happening automatically on your iOS device, and you must remember to throw away apps on both iTunes and iOS to be rid of them for good; you can’t simply add or remove from the one device. Moreover any app that you install after your initial purchase will not download to iTunes, so don’t forget to download on both if you want it back.
As I said, all of this was too much for me, and I now simply manage everything from the device, and let the cards fall where they may. It makes me less eager to try new stuff, but hey, I’m old enough now that that doesn’t bother me so much. :) And really, what critical apps do you have that you aren’t 100% sure of their accessibility? I’ve seen very few pullings from the store that have ever mattered to me, in practice, and I always buy from reputable, accessible developers. And if you exercise the refund process, you don’t need to be held hostage to your purchases by a broken app; just move on and get the app refunded within the refund window. If Apple would like my enthusiasm for purchasing to be rekindled, they can feel free to actually commit to some proper standards for app submission that include accessibility. It’s no skin off my nose. Until then, the worst thing that can happen to me is that an update will break, and I’d say the odds of that happening are small enough with the apps I have that I’ll take the risk, and if it does happen, I’m fairly confident I can contact the devs and get it fixed, or leave a suitably disappointed one-star rating. JMO, but life really is too short to be left out by this silly requirement to be conservative about updates. You can find the Purchased link on the App Store. You should find all your apps, no matter where you downloaded them. Don’t use the menu button; you want a link that says “Purchased” and it’s under Quick Links on a store page. For example, go to Apps, then App Store, and there should be one there that defaults you to your apps. Be sure to set “All” and not “Not in my library”. The button at the bottom of the page will download the lot. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
