I only use iCloud for a few selected items so I wouldn't be able to do a new setup that way. When I bought my iPad I just connected it to my laptop and followed directions. About 30-45 minutes later my new iPad was a carbon copy of my old iPhone.
Pete
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Gijzette Strickland <gsstrickland@...> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I had to take my iPad 3 to Apple for replacement as it was not charging. I
> backed the iPad up to both my Macbook Pro and iCloud. This was my first
> iCloud backup. When I got home I set the iPad up as new and updated the
> iPad to 6.1.3 (software version on old iPad). I then reset to default and
> did a restore from iCloud. During the restore I received a message stating
> that not all apps and data could be restored a sync would be required. Once
> all the apps finished loading I connected the iPad to my Macbook Pro and
> pressed the Sync button. Steps 1 - 4 completed quickly but step 5 after 4
> hours was still staying waiting for apps to be copied.
>
> Has anyone encountered this before? Should I erase and start over this time
> doing the restore from the Macbook Pro?
>
> Thanks!
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> well-adjusted." ~~Joseph Lempa.
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