History of UDIDs?

Hi All,


I have a fleet of old iPods that were setup with a custom App years ago. Recently due to an issue with the MacBook used to supervise the fleet I have needed to reset each of the iPods (using iTunes restore).


I have received a new version of the App (from the Developer) and am now proceeding to install it onto the newly restored iPods. In order to install the App I first need to load each iPods UDID into our Developer Account, and then download an appropriate provisioning profile. What I find interesting is that there were only a handful of UDIDs listed under our account; however we literally have a fleet of hundres of iPods.


My question is has it always been necessary to upload UDIDs, to a Developer account, then download a provisioning profile before installing Apps?


Kind Regards,


Davo

History of UDIDs?
 
 
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