It's been a long time since I started a thread here on TA haha.. Well, anyways, I don't want to appear to be spamming the the forum in any way, but I was just wondering what are you guy's takes on deleting paid apps off of your iTunes library? I delete crappy free games the instant I see that they're bad, but I have never deleted a paid app from my library since I started buying them in January 2009. Now that my collection of just paid apps is nearing 600 after all these months/years, and I really feel like I should delete the obsolete games that either suck terribly or haven't been update in over a year. How do you guys feel on the topic? I think I'd be able to cut my library by a few hundred apps if I only left the games I would have still bought after I knew how they played. Thanks!
I personally wouldn't delete my paid apps in case I ever feel like going back to play it. Perfect example would be Reckless Racing. Every once in a while I sync it back up.
Well, as long as they are on my AppShopper lost, I don't mind deleting them. Of course it's just apps that I don't plan on playing.
Do you have to add those manually, or is there some magical voodoo that syncs your iTunes library automatically?
Well, I don't know about Windows, but on Mac, there is an app to automatically detect the IPA's on your computer and add them to your list. Though I do add them manually if I have the page opened.
Here you go! http://appshopper.com/blog/2010/09/09/appshopper-my-apps-importer-for-mac-available/ Though, like I said, it'll only detect/add apps on your computer. So if you've already deleted them, then they won't be added to your list.
Well, of course haha. I haven't deleted anything yet; therefore, this thread exists. Thanks for the link man.
Yep, just make an account on AppShopper, then log into the account in the app and it'll search for your apps.
The price of the app is a sunk cost. If I would delete it as a free app, I'd delete it if I happened to pay for it too. Usually I just ask myself, do I like this game at all? Am I ever going to go back and play it? If the answer is no to both questions, then it's gone. That's just me, though.
There is http://appshopper.com/blog/2010/12/01/appshopper-importer-tools-for-mac-and-windows-available/
Thanks for the input guys! Definitely doing some spring cleaning tomorrow with my paid apps. Breaking over two years of tradition xD.
Glad I looked into the thread. I could use that AppShopper link for the pc as well. But I've been getting into the habit of "spring cleaning" my device and my library on a monthly basis considering the flood of games available within that time. Yea, and the hardest ones for me are the paid apps.
What I like to do is transfer the file to my external hard drive and then I delete the app from itunes. Running out of room on both my ipod and computer I always sync the app before I transfer over to my hdd and delete it from my computer. If i were ever to transfer it back and sync it to my ipod, the app would have everything from the latest sync right ?
If you're asking about game saves, I believe the answer is "no", but someone who knows better might be able to correct me.
You are correct. The only way to keep game saves is to back up your entire device, or jailbreak and use AppBackup.
