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Fixing the App Store purchasing problem

What if you could get any App Store app, from any Apple platform, on any Apple device or the Web? See a great iOS or Mac App Store app and want to share it? Not a problem. Copy the link, and you can send it through mail, messages, social networks, or post it on the web. If the link is for a Mac app and you're on your iPhone, though, it starts to become a problem. If the link is for an Apple TV app, well... it can't be, because there's currently no way to share Apple TV app links. But what if there was? What if you could get any App Store app on any Apple device—or even from the Web? The platform jail Right now, if you're on a Mac and you click on an iPhone or iPad app, it'll open on iTunes and let you download it. Then, when you're back on your iOS device, it will either have downloaded automatically, or you can get it from your purchased list. It works fine. If you're on an iPhone or iPad and attempt to do the reverse, however, you get a page telling you that app is only ava...<br clear='all'/>

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