I recently backed up my Apple gear including my iPad to my MacBook.
To retrieve some space on my iPad I deleted a lot of unused Apps to make room for some videos.
Today whilst looking in the "Trash" in my MacBook, in order to empty it, I noticed that all the Deleted Apps were there!
Had the "deletion" been transferred over the cloud?
I was always under the impression that once you'd backed up, the Apps were safe in ITunes to be reinstalled at a later date?
Just glad I didn't just empty the Trash without checking!
Rod