New App sync feature in iTunes 7.7.1

02 August 2008; 07:54 Filed in: Posted by: Barry WardApp StoreiTunes

Although I still seem to be having trouble with duplicate app files with the newly available iTunes 7.7.1, there is one fix that might please a few people. Whereas before, when removing an app on your iPhone/Touch, you would find iTunes automatically putting that app back on again when you next synced. Now in version 7.7.1, even if you have opted to sync all applications, iTunes changes this to 'Selected Applications' and unticks the app you removed on your device, there-by not automatically installing that app back on the device again.

This is a welcome addition. However, going back to the duplicate apps, there were another two app updates available for me yesterday, and this again produced a list of over a dozen of my apps on the update page. As before, the only way to remove these from the list is to download them again. And once again I ended up having duplicates in my Mobile Applications folder. Grrrrrr!

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The App Store Arrives

10 July 2008; 20:06 Filed in: Posted by: Glyn Evans (Editor)App Store

Just ahead of the iPhone3G and version 2 of the firmware for the 1st Gen iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple have released iTunes 7.7, which in turn has made the App Store available. There is a whole range of apps available from FREE to paid for, and after a quick browse here are some of our picks.

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