Switching On Automatic Downloads In The iTunes Store
iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3 or later enable you to automatically download purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, or iTunes Store. You can use Automatic Downloads to instantly download purchases to your other computers and devices.
Note: Downloading of past purchases and App updates are not supported by Automatic Downloads.
We’ve put together a short tutorial to help you set this up both on your mobile device and your Mac, read more below…
Authorize
First you will need to open iTunes on your Mac. Make sure the computer you are using has been authorized to play nicely with your Apple ID. To do this, go to Store then Authorize This Computer.
Then all you need to do is within iTunes select Preferences and click on the Store tab. From there you can enable Automatic Downloads for either Music, Apps or Books or all.
Mobile Mode
It is now possible for each app or song that you have purchased via iTunes to be automatically downloaded to your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.
To enable this feature you need to select the Settings tab within each of your mobile devices and then select the Store settings from the list.
Then just enable the types of purchases you want automatically downloaded to your mobile device.
This download process will occur only with your new purchases. By default, the automatic downloads will occur only over WiFi, but you can enable to also have it done over 3G access as well. The automatic download will take place even if the other device is in sleep mode.
However, if you download an iPad-compatible only app, it will not automatically download to your iPhone or iPod touch.
It is possible to access all your purchased apps through the App Store application on your mobile device.
To do this, just go to the App Store app on your mobile device and select the Updates tab. The select the Purchased tab at the top of the selection.
You will then be able to see all the apps you have purchased that may or may not be on this device. The above screen grab shows apps that are already on this particular iPhone. The screen grab below shows apps that have been purchased but are not currently on this device.
To download an app to your mobile device that you have previously purchased, just select the iCloud and this will happen automatically, although you may be prompted to put in your Apple ID password again.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
