MikeWard1701

Alternatively, with the apps now being universal, they will show when searched for in the App Store on an iPhone.

Go to its product page and tap the price button, you'll be walked through what appears to be a regular purchase, but after confirming you intent to buy you'll be presented with a dialogue stating you have previously purchased this app, and it will ask if you with to download again for free.

Keep in mind though, these apps are large and will require a WiFi connection to download.

Provided you are downloading using the same Apple ID as your original purchase you will not be charged again.

iTunes and the IOS App Store apps always show the price (except when the app is already installed on the IOS device). Clicking it will take you through the usual buying process, but after confirming your intent to buy you will be shown a dialogue stating you have previously purchased this aapp, it will ask you if you wish to download again for free.

The alternative is to download it as an app update through iTunes on the desktop.

Lol, you sir, made my day!

Not sure if this has been pointed out yet, but he could have easily avoided the affray by pinging the device through FMI to make sure it was his.

I managed to view and download it no problem via iTunes for Windows from UK store.

Since getting my MBP and discovering its brilliant keyboard, I've bought two more (USB with Number pad, and bluetooth), they're the best keyboards I've ever used.

My only disappointment has been that the external boards are not backlit or available with black keys to match my MBP.

If this were to change I'd replace my 'boards in a heartbeat!

I suspect 99% of the App approval process is now automated.

Apple have become a victim of their own marketing. By proclaiming the App Store is a curated platform, they've given the impression that each app is hand picked and approved by Apple. This may have been true in the early days, but now apps are fed through an automated process that tests and looks for key items. This is how Smuggle Truck no doubt got approved on the second pass.

With regards to this app ,and others that infringe or come close to infringing on existing IPs, Apple seems to passively police the App Store, leaving IP holders to hunt down infringers and bring it to Apples attention, the way it should be.

I've lost count of the number of Apps I've seen in the store that infringe or come close to infringing IPs, that have been up for months or years because the IP holder has not yet spotted them.

Then there's apps that are related to or derivative works based on an IP (e.g. guides and cheats apps for games), and I often look at the developer and think "hmm do you have the rights to use that IP?"

The point is that governments and similar institutions are often very 'old world'/traditional in the way they do things. Technology adoption and new ways of working are often fought because these establishments place tradition before efficiency and many of the people within are unwilling/unable to move with the times.

One I absolutely love is Living Earth HD. If I were to summarise it, it's Google Earth meets a World Clock, and Weather app with a minimalistic elegance.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/living-earth-hd-world-clock/id379869627?mt=8

It shows you a spinning Earth, with Day/Night areas, cloud cover based on near real-time weather info, and chosen cities are highlighted.

I play it safe by not using 1-Click and making sure iTunes doesn't remember my password for purchases, so it asks me for confirmation when I want to buy something from the store.

If I click Buy and it just starts downloading I know I've previously bought it, if it brings up confirmation I know I haven't.