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Did I misunderstand how iCloud app sharing would work?

post #1 of 7
1/15/12 at 11:23am
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Perhaps I misunderstood the presentation of iCloud and the

Mac App Store.

 

I thought that if you shared a single iCloud account across

devices -- say desktop and laptop -- whatever App Store 

purchases you downloaded on one device would automatically

populate to the other.

 

So, say for instance, I purchased GROWL on my desktop, it

would automatically download to my laptop.

 

Did I totally misunderstand this?  Because none of my purchased

apps are syncing across my devices.

 

In a related question, if I just go to the Mac App store on my

second device, will those programs be available to download?

 

Thanks

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post #2 of 7
1/15/12 at 5:52pm

I know my iOS apps sync across platforms I did have to turn it on. 

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post #3 of 7
1/15/12 at 7:38pm
I don't think they automatically sync, you have to manually choose e to dl them from the MAS.
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post #4 of 7
1/16/12 at 8:42am
Ron,
On your 2nd device (mac) go the the App Store and under Purchases you should see the app. Install it from there.

Raul
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post #5 of 7
1/16/12 at 12:15pm
Right, but he thought it would auto download on all devices. It doesn't work that way.

Yet.
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post #6 of 7
1/18/12 at 11:48am

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Originally Posted by Sam Posten View Post

Right, but he thought it would auto download on all devices. It doesn't work that way.
Yet.

I wouldn't want that -- for instance XCode is like a 4GB install -- why would I want it to auto-install on my home theater Mac?
 

 

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post #7 of 7
1/18/12 at 8:10pm
I wouldn't and don't want it on iOS either but there are people who do....
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