How to Backup iPad?3 Hacks You Should Know

Last Updated on December 8, 2020 by Ian McEwan

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Backing up iPad is crucial for us. We may suffer data loss when our iPad malfunction or are stuck in the process of jailbreaking or upgrading. To have forethought, we’d better backup our iPad.

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Besides, we can backup these data for recovery if we want to sell our iPad or change a new one. This guide may give you an answer to How to Backup iPad. Generally, here are 3 ways to do so.

3 Methods to Backup iPad:

➤How to Backup iPad to iCloud

iCloud is utilized frequently to save data. As long as we have the account and the password, we can restore those data that have already been backed up to it formerly. Specific steps to backup iPad to iCloud are as follows:

  • Step 1: Connect your iPad to Wi-Fi network throughout this process.
  • Step 2: Go to “Setting” then tap on “iCloud”. If the system you use is beyond iOS 10.2, go to “Setting”＞［your name］＞ “iCloud”.
  • Step 3: Tap “Backup” to turn on iCloud Backup. If the system you use is beyond iOS 10.2 or earlier, tap “iCloud Backup”.
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  • Step 4: Tap “Back Up Now” to backup.

To check whether it is completed or not, you can go back to “iCloud” ＞Storage & Backup＞Manage Storage, choose your device and check out the date of the “Last Backup”.If you want to Access iCloud Backup File, click here to learn more. To restore from iCloud, firstly go to “Setting” ＞“General” to “Erase all your iPad content and settings” then go to App&Data and tap “Restore from iCloud Backup”.

As we know, the iCloud storage is limited to 5GB for free, which may signify that some of our data will not be backed up if there is no enough storage. Under this circumstance, people will turn to the second method—backup iPad to iTunes.

➤How to Backup iPad to iTunes

Before we get started, there are some tips we need to know:

  1. It is desirable to backup your iPad with only one computer. So please complete the following process with the computer that you first used to create your backup.
  2. If you are asked whether to upgrade your iOS system when your iPad is connected to the computer, it is highly recommended to cancel the process.
  3. iTunes will automatically back up your iPad, if iTunes gains the access. And we are going to talk about how to back up iPad via iTunes manually.

Backup iPad to iTunes means copying data from iPads to computers. Here are the steps for Windows users:

  • Step 1: Connect your iPad to your computer with the original cable and launch iTunes.
  • Step 2: Click the device icon in the left corner in the iTunes interface then click “Summary” beneath the device icon.
  • Step 3: Focus on the right half side of the interface and click “Back Up Now” directly.
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  • Step 4: Then you will be asked whether to backup your apps or not. No matter what your decision is, they will begin to back up your iPad.

The process is almost finished. What we can do in the following is to wait until the process bar fills up.If you want to find the location of iTunes backup file after the process, click here to learn more.

To restore our iPad from iTunes, it is merely slightly different from the backup steps. That is in the 3rd step. We should click “Restore Backup Now” rather than “Back Up Now”. And then, choose a backup you want to recover according to your device’s name.

The steps done on Mac are different from Windows.

How to Backup iPad with iTunes on MAC

  • Step 1: Connect your iPad to your Mac and open iTunes.
  • Step 2: Locate your device on the left side of the iTunes interface.
  • Step 3: Right-click your device and choose Back Up.

Setbacks also exist for the second method:

  1. The data generated after the backup date will be covered and disappear, once you restore the backup file. (This disadvantage is shared by the first method.)
  2. We cannot backup and restore the data selectively and have to deal with them entirely. (This disadvantage is shared by the first method.)
  3. Some files such as songs, videos and some photos will not be backed up. To back them up, you need to sync them with iTunes first.

However, we can get rid of them with the third method. That is to backup iPad with the help of iOS Data Recovery (iPad Data Extractor or iPad Data Extractor for Mac).

➤How to Selectively Backup iPad to Computer

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iOS Data Recovery (iPad Data Extractor) aims at helping iPad users copy their data selectively from their devices to computers. Surprisingly, we can even retrieve our deleted files via iOS Data Recovery (iPad Data Extractor). And it’s also easy to conduct. The following are the procedures to act:

  • Step 1: Install this program on your computer, open it and connect your iPad to the computer.
  • Step 2: Click “Recover from iOS Device” and “Start” button on the right interface.
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  • Step 3: Select the file format you intend to save to your computer and then press “Next” at the bottom of the screen.
  • Step 4: iOS Data Recovery will recognize your iPad automatically. Click the scan icon to start the scan process and to identify all the files formats we select to retrieve.
  • Step 5: When the scanning process is accomplished, please mark the files needed to be backed up and then press the “Recover” button to file them on the computer. And wait until the completion of the process.

Compared with the two traditional fashions, iOS Data Recovery is more controllable and considerate, since it displays all the result in front of us visibly, and let us decide the file to back up. With a recognition of over 22 different file formats, iOS Data Recovery can back up almost everything from our iPad. Wish this text aid you in eliminating your doubt about how to backup iPad.

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