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Instead, over-10-meg files are available only when you’re on a Wi-Fi
connection (Chapter 6). Of course, you can also download them to your
computer, and sync them from there, as described later in this chapter.
Once you begin downloading a file, the iPhone automatically switches back
to the Home screen, where you can see the new icon appear; a tiny progress
bar inches across it to indicate the download’s progress.
You don’t have to sit there and stare at the progress bar. You can go on working on
the iPhone. In fact, you can even go back to the App Store and start downloading
something else simultaneously.
Two Welcome Notes about Backups
Especially when you’ve paid good money for your iPhone apps, you might
worry about what would happen if your phone gets lost or stolen, or if someone
(maybe you) accidentally deleted one of your precious downloads.
You don’t actually have to worry, for two reasons.
First, the next time you sync your iPhone with iTunes on your computer
(Chapter 13), iTunes asks if you want the newly purchased apps backed up
onto your computer. If you click Transfer, the programs eventually show up on
the Applications tab in iTunes.
Second, here’s a handy little fact about the App Store: It remembers your
phone and what you’ve already bought. You can re-download a purchased
program at any time without having to pay for it again.
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