{"id":30251,"date":"2020-09-25T16:43:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30251"},"modified":"2021-06-29T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:01:27","slug":"ios-14-update-could-permanently-remove-fortnite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/25\/ios-14-update-could-permanently-remove-fortnite\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 14 Update Could Permanently Remove Fortnite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1308791644939071488\">Fortnite Status<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1308791644939071488\">\n<p>Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite. If the message &ldquo;Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?&rdquo; is accepted, it may result in Fortnite being deleted. Fortnite cannot later be reinstalled due to Apple preventing users from doing so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/fortnite-in-limbo\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/fortnite-in-limbo\/\">\n<p>Apple does not explain how iOS selects which apps to temporarily remove in order to free up space, but an educated guess suggests that it removes the largest apps first. Games like Fortnite have massive bundle sizes, so that&rsquo;s why it is likely to be removed for an update. Apple&rsquo;s UI copy indicates that it is temporary but, because Fortnite is no longer on the App Store, it is effectively permanent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, apps are not included in iCloud backups, and iTunes can no longer back up and restore iOS apps, either. You have to download them from the App Store. That can be a problem if you want to revert to a previous version or restore an app that Apple has removed.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/13\/epic-direct-payment\/\">Epic Direct Payment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/the-bandwidth-needed-to-restore-an-iphone\/\">The Bandwidth Needed to Restore an iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/itunes-12-7-drops-apps-and-ringtones\/\">iTunes 12.7 Drops Apps and Ringtones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/theres-no-ios-backup-feature\/\">There&rsquo;s No iOS Backup Feature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/30\/restoring-apps-from-icloud\/\">Restoring Apps From iCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortnite Status: Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite. If the message &ldquo;Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?&rdquo; is accepted, it may result in Fortnite being deleted. Fortnite cannot later be reinstalled due to Apple preventing users from doing so. Via Nick Heer: Apple does not explain how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-09-25T20:43:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"ec1f50d3-4a48-496f-8720-3d7b14c14126","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-06-29T19:01:32Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A7B9Q00pISW-HID17FMFBJg","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[91,146,1016,1969,1768,31,1667,1837,224,2087,174],"class_list":["post-30251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-appstore","tag-backup","tag-datacide","tag-epic","tag-fortnite","tag-ios","tag-ios-13","tag-ios-14","tag-itunes","tag-software-update","tag-storage"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30259,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251\/revisions\/30259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}