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Apple has done this. "iTunes in the Cloud" causes purchases made on any device (Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad) to be downloaded automatically on all devices which aut

by cmelbye 15y ago

Apple has done this. "iTunes in the Cloud" causes purchases made on any device (Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad) to be downloaded automatically on all devices which automatic downloads have been enabled on. Purchases that are automatically downloaded include music, apps, and books. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/ http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/

camtarn 15y ago
iCloud definitely seems like the Right Way, going even further than the Android model. Doesn't this make the method the article talks about redundant - or is the author not using iCloud? [edit] Oh wait, does that mean iCloud works from any device but not from a browser? That seems like an odd omission.
- cmelbye 15y ago
  iTunes purchases can currently only be made from inside of iTunes.app, not in the browser. Apple does offer the ability to link to apps or music in the browser, and a track list, description, screenshots, etc will be displayed inside of your browser. iTunes can be launched to make the purchase.
MatthewPhillips 15y ago
> any device Any Apple manufactured device, which constitutes about 30% of all devices I own and use. It's probably why I rarely download new apps on my iPad, if I can't trigger a download from any web browser I'm not going to even bother looking unless I need/want something specific.
- cmelbye 15y ago
  Correct, an app with a binary compiled using the iOS SDK will not run on your Android device, if that's what you're implying. Is that surprising?
  - allspiritseve 15y ago
    That's not what he was implying... he wants to trigger a download from a non-Apple device (say, Chrome on a Linux PC) and have it download (or readily available to download) on his iPad.
    - ja27 15y ago
      Or what I want - to be able to purchase an iPad app from my iPhone. Even if I can't download it on the device I'm currently on, I should be able to make the purchase.

by cmelbye 15y ago

camtarn 15y ago

iCloud definitely seems like the Right Way, going even further than the Android model. Doesn't this make the method the article talks about redundant - or is the author not using iCloud? [edit] Oh wait, does that mean iCloud works from any device but not from a browser? That seems like an odd omission.

cmelbye 15y ago
iTunes purchases can currently only be made from inside of iTunes.app, not in the browser. Apple does offer the ability to link to apps or music in the browser, and a track list, description, screenshots, etc will be displayed inside of your browser. iTunes can be launched to make the purchase.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago

> any device Any Apple manufactured device, which constitutes about 30% of all devices I own and use. It's probably why I rarely download new apps on my iPad, if I can't trigger a download from any web browser I'm not going to even bother looking unless I need/want something specific.

cmelbye 15y ago
Correct, an app with a binary compiled using the iOS SDK will not run on your Android device, if that's what you're implying. Is that surprising?
- allspiritseve 15y ago
  That's not what he was implying... he wants to trigger a download from a non-Apple device (say, Chrome on a Linux PC) and have it download (or readily available to download) on his iPad.
  - ja27 15y ago
    Or what I want - to be able to purchase an iPad app from my iPhone. Even if I can't download it on the device I'm currently on, I should be able to make the purchase.