iPad help

[GazHyde]

I haven't used iTunes for over a year now, but you use it to backup and update your iDevices. I'm sure someone with will come along and explain iTunes soon...

 

[badman gee]

will discus this sunday richard.

i will help you.

mark

even though you have rusty nuts.

 

[Macca]

ok, ive updated my ipad to ios 5.1 and i can see all the photos...yah!!! Now, how do i get all my Apps ive backed up onto my laptop back onto my Ipad?

 

[Macca]

I have started downloading them one by one from the app store. Can't see any other way at the moment.

 

[Titan]

If you backed them up to your laptop, why not reverse the procedure and restore them to your iPad?




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[Macca]

If you backed them up to your laptop, why not reverse the procedure and restore them to your iPad?




Z3nt from m'iPhone on Tapatalk

There is no "button" to do that Titan !!!!

 

[board]

I had to re download most of them after upgrading as they need to be newer versions often for the latest firmware. It's a pain but at least on ios5 you can upgrade now without having to plug in to a computer. You can do it from the settings app which makes life easier.

 

[Titan]

There must be a way to restore a backup, otherwise there is no point creating it.
I suspect the answer lies in iTunes but unfortunately I don't have an iPad with which to replicate your scenario.
Can anyone else help here??


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[GazHyde]

Does this article help at all? It's been ages since I used iTunes...

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

 

[board]

There must be a way to restore a backup, otherwise there is no point creating it.
I suspect the answer lies in iTunes but unfortunately I don't have an iPad with which to replicate your scenario.
Can anyone else help here??


Z3nt from m'iPhone on Tapatalk

The backup would restore it to the prevoius ios version. When upgrading to version 5 on all our phones and ipads we had to re download a lot of apps as they were not carried over in the upgrade. I suspect it is because the installed versions of the apps were not compatible with the latest ios version and so a fresh download would install them correctly again. I found that all the personalised settings for the apps were retained so it was a case of installing and then organising them as before.

You will have quite a few new features after the upgrade. you will be able to create folders etc now (i'm sure this wasn't in v4) so dragging an app on top of another app will give you the option to create a folder to keep groups of apps together.

 

[Macca]

There must be a way to restore a backup, otherwise there is no point creating it.
I suspect the answer lies in iTunes but unfortunately I don't have an iPad with which to replicate your scenario.
Can anyone else help here??


Z3nt from m'iPhone on Tapatalk

The backup would restore it to the prevoius ios version. When upgrading to version 5 on all our phones and ipads we had to re download a lot of apps as they were not carried over in the upgrade. I suspect it is because the installed versions of the apps were not compatible with the latest ios version and so a fresh download would install them correctly again. I found that all the personalised settings for the apps were retained so it was a case of installing and then organising them as before.

You will have quite a few new features after the upgrade. you will be able to create folders etc now (i'm sure this wasn't in v4) so dragging an app on top of another app will give you the option to create a folder to keep groups of apps together.

James, you are absolutely right about reloading the apps to be compatable with ios 5.1. It wasnt too bad as I could cull a few of the apps I no longer used. Thanks for all your help people. If anybody needs to do this on operation, drop me a pm as I have had a lot of experience and may help you through it...lol