Beware: Your apps aren't backed up.
I figured I was doing the right thing by backing up my 4th gen iPod every other day or so. I had to reset my iPod due to an issue, but figured I'd be ok as long as I had a good backup. I was very wrong. My personal info: music, pics, notes, etc were restored fine. Not so with my apps. about 60% of them were gone. Those 60% were the ones I used most often.
The problem is that iTunes isn't really backing up your apps, it's only making a note of what apps were on there. That's a BIG difference. Since apple is done updating the IOS on these things, it's only @ 6.1.6. Rather than restoring MY apps, it tries to reinstall those same apps. The problem is that the current version of the apps aren't compatible with the older IOS, so they don't reinstall. I can't get most of them back.
So, a word of warning: if you have one of these older devices (that still works great), you'll lose app functionality if you ever need to restore. Only do that as a truly last resort.......knowing the consequences.
The thread with my original problem and answers from the forum: Re: Apps missing after restore of iPod Touch 4th gen.
Thanks.
iPod touch, Windows 7, 32gb gen 4