Back Up and Restore

[ccflyer]

I'll be traveling with my iPad and would like to let my traveling companion use it. Am I able to back up everything, restore it to factory fresh settings (so mail and photos are gone), take the trip and when I get home restore all my apps, photos, etc?
If so what are the steps I'd follow to do this?
Thanks

 

[Midranger4]

Yes. As long as your friend is not using your apple ID where he would be able to restore it and or pull purchased apps from the cloud.

 

[giradman]

Hi CCflyer - welcome to the forum!

Backing up & restoring the iPad can be done using iTunes or iCloud - see this Apple Support Article for specific directions in using either method.

Resetting the iPad to factory settings can be done w/i the General selection in Settings - see an explanation HERE.

Now this seems quite drastic but I'm sure that you have your reasons - and I'm not sure which iPad model you own and which iOS was present originally, so you still may need to do further updating after the factory reset - good luck and please post back if you have further questions!

 

[leelai]

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[reahn]

Back Up and Restore with iTunes. i always have problems with iCloud restores or backups

 

[ccflyer]

Thanks very much for the info.

Now I'm trying to find the backup file I created. I read I could fine it here: Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup but I don't find a sub dir "MobileSync". I do have one called SyncServices with subs "Clients" and "Schemas" but don't find anything that looks like an iPad back up in them. What am I missing??
Thanks