HT204686: How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups

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Q: I was told to restore my iPad but not from a back up. If I do this, will I lose all of the apps, songs, pictures etc that I have saved in my iTunes?

I have just backed up my ipad. I want to make sure that iTunes will not reset, if I chose to set the iPad up as a new iPad. I do want to eventually put everything back onto my ipad.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jul 6, 2012 12:58 PM

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  • by Allan Sampson,

    Allan Sampson Allan Sampson Jul 6, 2012 1:16 PM in response to powpowpowkazam
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    Jul 6, 2012 1:16 PM in response to powpowpowkazam

    Pictures are not saved in iTunes. All photos transferred from your computer via the iTunes sync/transfer process should remain on your computer.

     

    Photos/videos captured by the iPad or saved on the iPad from a received email, from an iMessage, from a website, or imported from a digital camera or from an iPhone with the Camera Connection Kit can and should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera - especially before restoring the iPad.

     

    All iTunes content on your iPad - music, movies, tv shows, tones, audio and print books, and 3rd party apps should be in your iTunes library on your computer.