Anna,
Thanks for these additional details. I'll be sure to let the list know what happens with respect to apps the next time I restore from an iTunes encrypted backup. I'm not in a hurry to jump on the iPhone 7 bandwagon and I suspect my next restore will be to an Apple Care replacement of my iPhone 6 due to a malfunctioning headphone jack. Alan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Post iOS 9 What Apps Are Restored? Hi Alan, Let us know what happens. I'm pretty sure iTunes restores from on-board apps if they're on your computer because last year, when I got a new iPhone, I got tons of errors saying certain apps couldn't be restored. It turned out that I had a bunch of apps that had entries in my iTunes library, but the apps they linked to were missing. I don't know how that happened, but clearly, iTunes was trying to restore those apps from its library on my Mac and gave error messages when it couldn't find them. Using iTunes to download the missing apps got rid of the error messages, and the apps were copied to my phone. I have heard that if you restore in this way, some apps take up more space on your device than they would if you downloaded them because you end up with the complete app, rather than the thinned version. Still, it's a faster way to get your apps, and it's nice to be able to restore from a backup without needing a good Wi-Fi connection. Best, Anna On Sep 13, 2016, at 12:31 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, Anna. I've had my iTunes Store preferences set as you suggest below for quite some time. I guess the acid test on what apps I get will be answered when I get a new iPhone and restore it from my iTunes encrypted backup. Alan From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 10:53 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: Post iOS 9 What Apps Are Restored? Hi, The way I think it works is that if you set iTunes to download all your apps, they will be copied from iTunes when you restore from a backup. If you don't, they are downloaded from Apple's servers. You set this up by going into Preferences with Control-Comma in Windows or Command-Comma on a Mac, choosing Store, and checking the box to download apps. Best, Anna On Sep 12, 2016, at 10:09 PM, Alan Lemly < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: I'm still somewhat confused about what apps are restored to a device following an encrypted backup restore. I know this changed with iOS 9 and I just read in Jonathan Mosen's iOS 10 Without the Eye new book that apps aren't restored from an iTunes encrypted backup. So let's say I decide at some point to buy a new iPhone 7. I'll backup my iPhone 6 to an encrypted iTunes backup from which I'll restore to my new iPhone 7. What version of the apps will be restored to my new iPhone if I were running other than the latest version on my iPhone 6? I've made sure I have backed up copies of these versions to my computer using iTunes. It sounds from Jonathan's book as if only the latest version of my apps will be restored from Apple's servers. Is that right? What about apps that I happened to be running on my iPhone 6 that are no longer available in the Apps Store? Will I have to go through some extra hoops placing backup copies of these older versions in my Automatically Add to iTunes folder in order to get them on my new iPhone? 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