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iTunes wants to treat existing iPad as new

I've recently started using an iPad, and now want to connect it to iTunes so that I can access some PDFs that I have stored in iBooks, and copy them to my iPhone.


When I plug the iPad into my iMac, I am given the option of either treating it as a new iPad, or backing up from a previous iPhone back-up. Neither of these seems right.


Although I have backed up on iCloud, this back-up is not appearing on the iTunes drop-down list. If I treat it as a new iPad, then surely everything will be wiped?


What should I do?

iPad, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 3:24 AM

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iTunes wants to treat existing iPad as new

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