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Apple's proprietary digital media player application. Questions should be related to programs working with iTunes. Tech support questions are off-topic.

iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The application is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's iPod and iPhone lines, as well as the iPad.

iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, iPod Games, Audiobooks, Podcasts, movies and movie rentals (not available in all countries), and Ringtones (only available on iPhone and iPod Touch 4th Generation). It is also used to download Apps from the App Store for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

iTunes app can be freely downloaded from here.

iTunes was introduced by Apple Inc. on January 9, 2001. iTunes 11 is the most recent version of iTunes, available for Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later, as well as Windows XP or later.

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How to install a .ipa file into my iPhone?

I need to install an app into my iPhone, I have the .ipa file of that app and also my device is added to the developer's account. I downloaded the file and open it in iTunes and when I am trying to sync my iPhone with iTunes it gives me an error…
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iOS app update notification

How does the iOS app update mechanism work? How to tell user that application on Appstore has been updated?Do i have to write the functionality in the code to show the update popover or is it handled by Appstore to show notification to user that app…
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What does .ipa file stands for?

Whenever I download any application from iTunes the file extension is .ipa. I already know that this is a zip file which contains some plist info and it is meant for iPhone, iPod. I am wondering what is the full name of this ipa?
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An error occurred uploading to the iTunes Store

We Really need some help on this one: We've Struggled with all the Apple Mumbo-Jumbo for the Last two months and can't seem to get our APP on the APPStore... Right now my problem is after Validating the ARCHIVE compilation and sharing it.. in the…
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How many ratings required for iTunes average rating?

I have tried to search all over for this, but have not succeeded in finding an answer unfortunately.. Apps on the iTunes app store show average ratings when enough ratings are received. Does anyone have a ballpark on how many ratings are required…
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Can I set offset in lookup of iTunes API? (I'd like to paginate lookup result)

I'd like to paginate lookup result. So can I set offset in lookup of iTunes API? The API document says no offset parameter, but, in search API, we can set offset likes…
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How to link to Android Market app

What's the best way to link to an Android Market app without knowing who will get the link (Android user/non-Android user) and from where (desktop/mobile)? For iPhone I use the itunes.apple.com app links. They show a complete description of the app,…
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iTunes api, lookup by bundle ID?

Is there any way to use the iTunes API to lookup information based on the unique app bundleId? I have an iphone app, I want to use the API to check to see if the user has the newest version. Using the search sucks, cuz its fuzzy (can return lots of…
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Is it possible to get app id from iOS application programmatically?

Is there any way for getting appstore id from running iOS application? (For asking user to rate it and providing link to appstore.)
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Observing "App needs to be updated" message when launching app on iOS 15

We are trying to test application on iOS 15 and found that we are getting this message App needs to be updated. Can anyone please let me know the reason behind this message? Existing users will have to delete the app and install again to get rid of…
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Missing Localized Screenshots Error on itunes

I have selected Default Language as "Australian English" as Default language. When I am submitting the binary it showing as rejected"Red Icon" with status "Missing Localized Screenshots". The application is in only single language. I have added…
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Turn off email notification - iTunes Connect

Anyone know a way to disable email notification when app status changes? I have 10+ internal testers and don't want them to be spammed by email whenever app status is changed. Edit: All users have no territories in for all options Notification Tab.
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iTunes: Failed to create an app icon

I am having this problem today when I tried to update my iPad app in iTunes. First it asked me to upload an application icon (which already existed, but they needed other), 1024 X 1024. I have uploaded non-alpha, non-layered, no-transparency image,…
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Get iOS iTunes App Store ID via BundleID?

Could an iOS app get the iTunes link of itself? Before publishing the app, the appstore id is unknown. Is there an API for this?
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Is it possible to find out itunes link for iOS application before it being submitted to appstore?

In my application I need to have one link which is directly conncect to the app store and it is the link of my application on iTunes App Store. Can anyone please let me know how to do it?
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