XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   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.   
      
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