IPAD, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 16GB WIFI
StevePug2 wrote:
Your books, apps and music bought at the iTunes store are stored on iTunes' servers. When you do your restore, all your apps, books and music will either be restored with the sync or available to download again at no further charge. If you've forgotten your iTunes password (tsk tsk tsk, how could you?), there are ways to get another at the store where you sign in. You will no doubt lose some settings in a restore, but you won't lose your stuff.
OrangeMarlin wrote:
StevePug2 wrote:
This is not entirely true, it is normally not possible to re-download your purchases. You will pretty much have to beg. If this is a misleading statement please notify me.
Wouldn't it be good if we could synch from the cloud ?, but that's been patented of course so it wont be happening soon.
The answer is to know these things from day one, a guide explaining this would be useful, and to be very careful with passwords.
If you have your purchases on a dedicated iTunes client, fine. Many people don't due to the difficulty in backing up to optical media, almost as obsolete as floppy discs now.
I was deterred by the possibility of losing my purchases just in the backup process suggested for each new version, so I do not know if I can perform a restore.
You are correct. Apps and iBooks can be re-download for free (assuming that they remain available in the store). But media (music, films, tv shows) cannot be re-downloaded without Apple's intervention - and they don't have to let you (I think re-downloads are not available partly due to the copyright holders/distributors requesting it).
In terms of backing up, I just keep copies of my iTunes music folder (including apps and movies) on external hard drives, which are not that difficult to maintain. When I moved to a new computer I just copied one of my backups onto it, authorised my iTunes account, did File > Add Folder in iTunes, and my entire library was re-created on the new computer.
What should i do if im seeting it up on another itunes account, and i need to find that passwprd first
i need help i forgot my passwprd to my i pod and it tell me to go on i tune but i still dont knw what to do i just want to get back on my i pod
So I have a Question I have an IPad, and I forgot the lock code for it. So i tried to restore it but it will say," Error" And I have the new version of Itunes. So is there anyway I can get tips or something? If there is tell me A.S.A.P
OK, it pretty much has to be the *same* installation you initialised the iPad on. You may even have trouble if the machine is rebuilt. Our household has one machine for this, and we need to boot Vista to do it, which is a royal pain. The answer is not to use a lock code, and if you do, be very careful. Don't let children do it.
What you need to do in order to have all the stuff, you need to sync EVERYTHING, you only make that mistake once, and back your iPad up. This will erase the password but will be affective. First, back it up with everything synced ( custom tones, music, apps, ebooks, etc.). Then put yournipad into recovery mode by holding the home and lock buttons until the screen blacks out and the apple logo appears. Then hold the home button until you see iTunes and a USB plug. iTunes will say ipad is in recovery mode. Click okay. Then click restore. Restore it. Then you need to restore it from the back-up you just made before the restore. If there is anything that isn't on the iPad that was on it before, REBOOT, not restore, the iPad
Forgot Passcode on IPAD
