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Re:Show HN: Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift by calvin_c on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @09:14AM (#8556546)
I use iTunes as my primary media collection, between iTunes Radio, Movies and TV I buy or rent, and even drop in videos from other sources so that I can AirPlay to my AppleTV. I don't sync my iPhone, but I use Automatic Downloading for music and videos, which is very convenient. This works because I can listen to those songs or watch those movies on my Mac or my iOS devices, so it's worthwhile to have it in my library. That is not the case with iOS apps, which take up space on my SSD and offer no functionality. So yeah, I usually resort to texting myself links to Apps to avoid downloading them from iTunes.
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Re:Show HN: Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift by keesj on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @09:46AM (#8556679)
Fair enough. Never considered the disk space it occupies. Would be nice if the automatic downloading would work without downloading the app. (i.e. "Send to iPhone")
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Re:Show HN: Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift by calvin_c on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @12:37PM (#8557830)
It works that way for videos. If I purchase a movie from iTunes it gives me the options to download it or not. The movie is available to stream (actually watch while it downloads, but the difference is indistinguishable) from other devices, so a similar option to avoid downloading the app into iTunes and get badges for updates would be nice.
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Re:Show HN: Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift by varikin on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @03:02PM (#8558737)
You could purchase them in iTunes on your computer and then on your phone, go to App Store -> Updates -> Purchased and install from there.
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Re:Show HN: Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift by calvin_c on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @05:34PM (#8559475)
Certainly, but my problem is that they then take up space on my computer and will put up a badge for app updates. I can guarantee that those apps will never be synced to a device.
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