[OSX-Users] Re: iPhone - retreiving paid for apps?

[Steve Harris]

On 12 Oct 2009, at 09:53, Tim Chown wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:42:59AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
>> On 12 Oct 2009, at 09:35, Tim Chown wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there any way to download apps from the iTunes app store that you
>>> have previously paid for on an account?   I have a new PC that I'd
>>> like
>>> to sync with.
>>
>> Yeah, in the "library" section of iTunes, when you've signed in,
>> there's an Application subsection, they're all there.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> If you mean the library pane on the left, under Applications,  
> they're not
> there.

Oh, that's strange. I'm pretty sure they appear on iTunes at home,  
where I've never plugged in my phone.

> When I plugged my phone into the new PC, it said 'do you want to sync
> your apps from your phone to this PC' (or words to that effect), I  
> said
> 'yes' and it then appeared to be doing so, but at the end said 'You
> haven't authorised this PC' at which point I then had no apps on the
> phone or the PC.   Joy.    Why didn't it tell me that before syncing  
> and
> trashing what was on my phone...

Can you restore from the last backup?

> My PC is now added as one of my 5 authorised ones, but while I can see
> a list of paid for apps on my account history, getting them seems to
> be a challenge.

That's a real pain.

- Steve