Installing apps on multiple iPod touches/iPhones

Sep 09, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: cotcase

I found it necessary to go through an authorization process to use apps from the iTunes app store on a second iPhone/iPod Touch. This might seem unremarkable but, curiously, the computer on which the apps were saved in iTunes was already authorized for iTunes purchases and, on attempting to sync the apps to the second iPhone, the obtuse error message was that "this computer" was not authorized for the apps.

The hint to make it work was to double click on each app icon in the iTunes list (while the receiving iPhone is connected) and authorize the app for use on another machine (up to five can be authorized).

The reference in the error message to "this computer" clearly is meant to be "this iPhone/iPod Touch."

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