Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:01:47 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:01:47 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="15003"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Alan Baker insisted this line can not be changed Cancel-Lock: sha1:LT/CHPH/d8F31pZhV4n/ffMyfl4= sha256:CZwO6jQ7Bz9iy7m8wmoGxrq1zbhJPN46OzuVESzoaWY= sha1:Pz6NWIf19Yya7W+WKMi2dkKIzt8= sha256:tprnhjZilXtvSw5Wr71/NDYFWkXNK7Hk+Rb7T/IYIEA= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145501 alt.os.linux:81358 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183555 comp.mobile.android:147765 On 11 Apr 2025 17:39:23 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote : > Also there are many other backup apps for Android, which can also > backup/restore APKs. Frank is correct in that there are *many* installer backup mechanisms for every common consumer operating system other than for Apple's iOS OS. What's unique about iOS is that it's *impossible* to back up the IPA. And that's bad. We could go deeper though, which is that iMazing will *download* the IPA from the App Store, but now we get back into the issue of it being locked. And that's bad. -- The old iTunes could download IPAs directly from the App Store to your computer. iMazing downloads IPAs from the App Store (associated with your Apple ID) to your computer. Neither modern iTunes nor iMazing directly copies the raw IPA files off of your already installed iOS device during a backup or management process.