Have an iPad4. Set PC iTunes (win7 x64) to 'never sync'. Plug iPad into PC. iTunes (have latest ver.) will make a backup of iPad onto PC (coded unreadable file) for possible future use to recover iPad stuff if it goes bad.
We never sync iPad or iPod to iTunes; manually add/delete as needed from/to each.
Also iCloud is another backup
DS
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "bj" <bjones44@...> wrote:
>
> My iThings have never been synced with a Mac, but I have used different PCs.
>
> What I can do is *backup* to a PC that I am not *syncing* with.
>
> Connect with cable; select device in the list on the left (I used the
> sidebar), right-click-backup.
>
> (I have also transferred files both-ways with a different PC using iTunes
> file sharing for certain apps.)
>
> If I try to sync, it will warn me about erasing everything and unless I stop
> it will proceed to sync with whatever is on the PC it's hooked up to.
>
> I have done a backup (more than one, for insurance), gotten my device either
> replaced or re-animated-from-farkledom at the GB, then restored from backup.
> I think things were pretty much "all there" (it's been a while).
>
> But isn't backup part of the sync process??
> bj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vixpix
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:16 PM
> To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iPad] Missing iTunes.plist?
>
> Ugh. I'm in a fog over all this. Thanks for pointing that out.
>
> The good news is that I have finally gotten the iPad to successfully sync
> with the Mac. It still will not do a backup, though.
>
> So will this help me at all after I restore the iPad?
>
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