iPad Synching via Cloud...Multiple Downloads ?

[mXb]

I just received my iPad Mini yesterday.
After setting up I plugged it into my pc and installed some stuff off my existing iTunes library by drag and drop.

I then downloaded something from iTunes Store to my pc, which is set to manual synching.

I noticed that it was also being downloaded direct to my iPad.
Would this be via the iCloud Synching ?

Does this mean that what I just downloaded was in fact downloaded over the Internet twice, once to my pc and also to my iPad ?

As I have a download limit on my Internet, if this is so then iCloud Synching could be bad news for some !

[ilovejedd]

On the iPad, go to Settings, iTunes and disable Automatic Downloads (Music, Apps, Books, Updates).

[mXb]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

On the iPad, go to Settings, iTunes and disable Automatic Downloads (Music, Apps, Books, Updates).

Thanks for that I'll keep it in mind.

iCloud seems a good idea, and is ok for small downloads, or if you are on an unlimited service.

However for large downloads like the one I did of around a GB, downloading them twice when you have monthly download limits is something to be mindful of.

I spoke to an Apple tech and they don't seem to have considered this aspect of iCloud Synching ?

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by mXb

iCloud seems a good idea, and is ok for small downloads, or if you are on an unlimited service.

However for large downloads like the one I did of around a GB, downloading them twice when you have monthly download limits is something to be mindful of.

I spoke to an Apple tech and they don't seem to have considered this aspect of iCloud Synching ?

That's actually not iCloud syncing. That's just iTunes Automatic Downloads and is separate from iCloud sync.

[Faterson]

It could well be iCloud syncing if it's a new iDevice and the user signed in to their Apple account upon their first use of the new device, asking (perhaps unintentionally) for a previous device backup to be "restored" on the new device.

[mXb]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

That's actually not iCloud syncing. That's just iTunes Automatic Downloads and is separate from iCloud sync.

Originally Posted by Faterson

It could well be iCloud syncing if it's a new iDevice and the user signed in to their Apple account upon their first use of the new device, asking (perhaps unintentionally) for a previous device backup to be "restored" on the new device.

Well whichever one it was is a nuisance as I have spent the last 3 days trying to get the In-App Purchase upgrade to work.

I was abandoned by Apple Support and told to contact the App developer.

After various of the developers suggestions didn't work I tried something myself and it now works.

It would seem that although I made the In-App Purchase from my iPad Mini, as I had made the initial download of the App to my pc, I had to "tell" iTunes Store that I wanted the App to work on my iPad and to therefore apply the In-App Purchase to the iPad.

Sounds complicated but took a few seconds of taps on 3 "Yes" buttons ! .....after 3 days of messing around getting nowhere.