How To Prevent IPhone Apps From Syncing To IPad

When you use iTunes to sync to iPhone and then to iPad, all new iPhone only apps will automatically sync to iPad as well. Very often you’d desire iTunes to sync only iPad apps to iPad only. Currently there is no way to just check a preference option to do so. In order to sync only iPad apps to iPad, you need to manually deselect the apps before you press the sync button. The first step is to disable automatic sync when you insert iPhone or iPad into USB port. Select the “Devices” tab, and check the box for “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically”. Connect your iPad to the USB port of your computer. On iTunes left column listing, select the iPad under “DEVICES”. And on the iTunes main screen, select “Apps” from the menu. Ensure “Sync Apps” is checked, and select “Sort by Kind” from the drop down list. Categories 1 and 3 are apps that are build for iPad and takes advantage of the bigger screen of iPad. Category 2 are apps that are build for iPhone only. Scroll through the list of apps under category 2 and deselect the checkbox.

If you select any application icon, it will be brought to the foreground. Push and hold down you finger on one of the application icons. The applications will start to jump around similar to when you re-arrange applications on the home screen. Also a minus sign will appear on the upper left hand corner of the application icons. If you push on one of the minus signs of an application, the app will be terminated and no longer run in the background. Terminate the applications that you want and push the home button to return your device to normal. Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. Post CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. I had EVERYTHING opened, no wonder my phone was opening contacts when i hit messages and music when i tried to dial on my phone. I do the instructions, my favorites come up.

I have the most current version of Iphone 3 multitasking also allows certain applications to run in the background. Double-clicking the iPhone’s Home button lets you view the most recently used applications. The four most recently used application are shown at the bottom of the screen. Flick left to see more applications, if you have recently used many different apps, you may see 10, 20, 30, or more apps in that list. Our test phone currently shows 42 apps in the recents list. We are not sure what the limits (number of apps and/or amount of time before an app is not considered “recent”) - if anyone’s hit any limit(s), please let us know. Anyway, the basic point is: Don’t worry, not all of these apps are “running.” In fact, most of them are not. Those 42 apps are the last 42 apps you used, they’re not churning in the background, sucking up your battery life.

Think of them sort of like Han Solo encased in carbonite; they’re in suspended animation, so they spring back to life right where you left them when tapped. So, that app list is there for your convenience, not to stress you out, so don’t worry, be happy! You’re running iOS4 on an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, you lucky son-a-ma-batches! Your iPhone is taking care of multitasking, so you don’t have to. Does it hurt your battery life by keeping your ipad plugged in at all times while not in use, Thanks, this will be very handy while our clients are previewing their new app. Most just have a bit of memory reserved so that they can restart from where you left off. Becaz of these Opened application, battery also draining fast. Thank you for sharing! Pad and the iPhone get handed to me and I am asked to "figure it out", lol. I own neither but have had to learn how to operate both. Tutorials such as this make that easier on me, so thank you! Well explained excersise. Thanks a lot. Apple should've done better on this.