Did I misunderstand how iCloud app sharing would work? (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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

 

[dmiller68]

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

 

[Sam Posten]

I don't think they automatically sync, you have to manually choose e to dl them from the MAS.

 

[Raul Marquez]

Ron, On your 2nd device (mac) go the the App Store and under Purchases you should see the app. Install it from there. Raul

 

[Sam Posten]

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

 

[Ted Todorov]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

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?

 

[Sam Posten]

I wouldn't and don't want it on iOS either but there are people who do....