# Multiple Apps not installing/starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [January 19, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/multiple-apps-not-installing-starting/101658 "2024-01-19T16:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/multiple-apps-not-installing-starting/101658/5 "2024-01-20T13:28:25Z")
> [@Michael\_Evans](#): > > That really puts a question on the usefulness of the online backup system I get your point It’s most probably a ‘clever’ way to save traffic and storage cost. But this is NOT clearly communicated up front, which is a pretty bad practice. The last sentence in this quote implements regular apps are backed up (the way I read it that is): > ![Screenshot_20240120-144614_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/5/b51089059cb444bb1cebd8ca72d990df708df2a0.jpeg) Another specific disadvantage: when you’ve stopped updating an app to keep functionality which is removed in newer versions (f.i. Athom’s tado app lost it’s geofencing function), you will lose it while the _current_ stable app gets downloaded and installed. When you’re lucky there’s a github/bitbucket older version repo which you can install per [CLI](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-cli-install-method/198) But still I am very happy to spend €10/y for the backup service, while I would have been forced to start from scratch otherwise. Which will cost me many weeks. But, I have to say I never read about of this weird app issues before, the last several days some users started reporting similar issues. And Athom made 1:1 backups possible for the Pro 2023, which is a big step forward. With one major downside: Homey has to stop running during backup creation, _and_ it cannot be done per LAN. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/multiple-apps-not-installing-starting/101658)._