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When I restored my new iPhone 5 the restore did not use the newest back up but used a much older back up, why?
iPhone 5, iOS 6
Is there a button to turn on the date and time of back up? I noticed some have the back up date and time in the left part of the list and which shows up on the restore list but some on have it in the right list. Know what I am talking about?
Worked!! iPhone 5 all synced up with the 4S files. Now I renamed the 5 to something so I can backup the 5 as the iPhone 5. Still want a switch t put a date and time on the back up
Yes I know. I think if you make a second backup in the same day iTunes puts a time stamp besides the name of backup.
I don't think you can edit the names of the backups. You can delete some if you don't want them.
You now know how this thing works and you can backup up restore and sync all of your devices as you like. Also you can use iCloud to backup and sync your devices.
Let me know if you need any help.
Thak you, you and Razmee209 got me through this problem.
Try to restore the iPhone 5 from your latest sync of you old iPhone, this is differant then a backup. Your latest sync will likely have the most recent data. In iTunes select your device on the left, right click, select Restore from Backup, select your most recent sync. You can tell the sync from a backup in this way. A Backup will have a date and time stamp and a Sync will not. Hope that helps.
When I restored my new iPhone 5 the restore did not use the newest back up but used a much older back up, why?
