Hi all Lowyatians...i am a newbie here. Just registered and i have high hopes that Lowyat forum is the best problem solver forum in Malaysia (and maybe in the World?).

I just go the same problem as earlier mentioned in this thread.

My iPhone 4 wont transfer its purchased Apps to iTunes.

I have authorized my Computer. And have tried many times to transfer purchase (right click, click from file/transfer purchase etc)..what happen is that it shows something on top of itunes (like it is transferring), but when it is about to 'copy', it just stopped. None are transferred to iTunes.

If I am to 'check' the box in iTunes, a message popup saying it will delete all apps in iphone and replace it with what's in iTunes.

Its really scary man. I sure do not want to lose all of my 600 Apps in iPhone. Some are bought, and especially some have already have saved data inside like games etc).

So, I initially tried it for my iPod. I 'checked' the box to Sync (in Apps library). Then Sync. And guess what...all my previous stored songs in iPod just got deleted clean.

I am never going to try this with my Apps. 600 Apps there.

I hope there is somebody here who would assist me on this.

I have earlier today reported my problem in Apple site, and now waiting for their response (I dont think it will come in 1 or 2 days), if I am lucky maybe I will here from them in one week.

So, again hope to hear from the otai here.

Cheers.

I believe 'Authorization' is only intended for digital media.
>> OK. What they say is only 5 computer allowed to be 'Authorized' at any one time. Any its a simple thing to authorize my PC & I did that. So, maybe this is not the main problem

In terms of apps, after transferring all your purchases you should be able to see them in iTunes under the Apps tab.
>> This is the real problem. After transferring, none of the apps in iPhone goes into iTunes. Something is wrong somewhere

Run a backup before proceeding to click on 'Accept'.
>> In order to run backup, need to copy source file (from iTunes) anyplace else. Right click any app/show in window explorer, then copy all .ipa files in Mobile Apllications folder. This can only be possible if downloaded apps from iTunes, and not from iPhone. So, unable to backup then.

In a nutshell, best not to proceed if your apps do not appear in iTunes once you have transferred your purchases.
>> This is what I'm thinking. But on second thought I think I know of one solution. Tough one. Let it erase all Apps, & I redownload all again, but this time download only from iTunes. Since it iTunes can remember which apps was purchased earlier, I don't have to worry about repurchasing them. The only problem is the hassle of downloading all over again & losing my saved games data. Other text data I can copy to somewhere else. Physical files can be copied also. So, basically games data is lost..huhu..spent plenty of times upgrading my weapon already..(my Overkill games) & my Predators game...

*Disclaimer - I'm not a pro but basically just wanted to share what I did earlier. Don't flame me if your apps go missing* laugh.gif
>> No worries. Its good to hear your views on this.

Good Luck!
>> Thanks lot

Anyway tomorrow is Public Holiday but I still got to go to work...huhu...one more sad day in my life...

Thats right. I want to cleanup my Space & download more games (200MB above each) hehe.

Anyway, just to let you know that I have checked the box to sync in iTunes, and most of my Apps are gone. But half are still there. Anyway I want to cleanup everything and start from scratch. Like just bought my iPhone. Good thing that other Default Apps are not affected like calendars etc.

Tomorrow I start downloading new games Yeah!

In my experience, backing up photos & videos is the easiest. Just copy & paste. Even if more than 1 minutes normally no issues. Hmm.....

Saving contacts..lets try to figure out how...I am also going to do that someday...

I also did not upgrade IOS coz the new update does not really mean much to me. And bear in mind that all Apps need to be backed up before any update is to take place. I am with you on this. Will not upgrade for now. Wait until it's really worthwhile to upgrade right.