stuartj257 wrote:
But that is strange that apps disappear like that.
Not if the iPad was authorised/setup on a different computer in the first place. Plugging in any Apple device into a second computer will wipe the content from the first machine, or that downloaded directly if you do not do File=> Transfer Purchases.
Page 89 of the manual for how.
This is one of the limitations that has always been there but is being exacerbated by people getting their iPads authorised in store and not syncing at home before buying - quite understandable given the hype though !