Q: Exporting Notes and Contacts from an iPad
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Jun 23, 2016 1:26 PMby Kilgore-Trout,HelpfulIf both of those are already synced via iCloud, you would not necessarily need to export anything. That assumes you are going to wipe the device clean and set it up as your own (on your AppleId, not her's). Just don't delete them before you sign out of her iCloud account.
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Jun 23, 2016 2:46 PMby sberman,It sounds as if you would be perfectly happy to start with what looks like a brand new iPad as far as contents are concerned. That is a clean way to proceed.
Simply clean the iPad as shown here before you "move in".
What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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Jun 27, 2016 12:05 PMby Kilgore-Trout,HelpfulIf she still has the Dell, and still has iTunes installed you could back up to it. You best bet is to recover her Apple Id and sync those items to iCloud (and back them up) before attempting top wipe it. At any rate you will likely need the AppleId to set it up as a new device for your use.
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Jul 5, 2016 2:37 PMby sberman,This explains how to back up using iTunes:
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Be certain that these notes and contacts you are trying to preserve go into some iTunes account that is associated with her (and specifically nobody else's) stuff.
If, for example, you used an iTunes version previously associated with someone else's Apple ID, and tried to backup her iPad to it, you would end up with a mess.
Further, the Dell must be running a current version of iTunes, which requires Windows 7 or later.
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Jul 8, 2016 5:01 PMby BillGS,I have successfully backed up to iTunes on the Dell. Now I need to know how to extract the contacts from the back up. Is that possible? If not, is there a way via USB to copy her contacts from her iPad to my iMac without merging them with my contacts? To recap, I would like to export her contacts file as a PDF for possible future reference. (I have copied the notes I wanted to save, so"notes" is no longer a part of my issue.)
