Stefan Ernst

iTunes mysteriously deleting Apps from iPhone when syncing

Hm

A short while ago I had a little issue when syncing my iPhone with iTunes.

All of a sudden iTunes started removing all my installed applications that I got from the iTunes Application store. It didn't even bother asking for confirmation or at least warning me, it just started deleting applications, settings and everything - even the backup was cleared.

Great!

After a while of desparation I figured out what caused it though:
Somehow my computer deauthenticated itself from the iTunes Music store but it apparantly thought it was still authenticated, so as a DRM-protective or whatever measure it just started removing everything. Awesome!

So I authorized it again, entered my Apple-ID's password and it finally decided to put all my apps back on - of course the settings were lost, but fair enough, it was just games anyway.

Lesson learnt. Hrmph.

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