Apple TV used as backup

I have lost all my photos and music due to a crash on my pc.
Pictures and music were syncronized with my Apple TV, is it possible to get them back? From the Apple TV to my PC??

unfortunately, no.
the sync is one way.

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Is there a way to retrieve an Apple ID using the backup email?

Hi!
So I have an iPad mini that I purchased about a year ago and I activated it with an apple ID that was under by brother's name. Recently I updated iTunes on it and it reset. I have to put the apple ID that i activated it with but I can't remember it. The email that I used was a yahoo, and the thing with yahoo is that if its inactive for a few months (the email) they recyle it. So, I can't check my brother's email or even guess at it because it doesn't exist anymore and he doesn't remember it. I do know that my email was the back-up email that I used for the account. I know my email, but I have to use his apple ID first for an email to even be sent to mine. Is there a way that ican go around this and just get an email sent to mine (his back-up email)?? (I don't know the operating system, but what I do know is that I purchase it on March 2013)

Can your brother use his iTunes account? If he can log in then he has his passcode, use it. ???
AND
The yahoo email does not get recycled unless your brother deactivates his yahoo account, and nobody does that. So I doubt it is inactive. The email account is the same as the Apple ID and it appears in the iPad, in settings, under iCloud or Mail account information.
That doesn't help recover a password. But if your brother still uses iTunes, he remembers his passcode.

My iPod had a problem, so apple give me a new one and i can´t use the backup of my iPod that had a problem, what can i do ?

I had a problem with my iPod, so because of that apple gave me a new one. So i want to get all my infomation back using the bachup of icloud, but when i put in the iPod use a backup of icloud it said that there is no backup and in iTunes didn´t apear. What can i do ?

That's the problem. You can't restore a device to a backup made on a device that was running a higher iOS version than the device being restored. You'll first have to update the replacement to iOS 6, then go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content and Settings, go back through the setup screens again and when given the option select Restore From iCloud Backup. Your backup should now be available to restore to.

Can I use a backup from my Bookpro to install on my iMac.

I had some HD troubles, and after Apple put in a new one, there seems to be some files out of whack. For example, I have a folder in my HD Directory called Base System 53829, which contains no data. Also, my "User Guides and Information" folder is missing, but there is an alias.
Things like Apple loops are not in the same directory as they are on my BookPro.
Can I use the backup I made from my BookPro on my Mac? Or would it be better to use target disk mode to transfer the proper setup?

Thanks a lot for your time.
I thought the only thing that matters is whether they are both Intel core2 duo, and both already running Leopard.
Anyway, from what I understand in the link you provided, if the OS version is NEWER on the computer that the backup comes from, then it will work.
My BookPro (Jan 2009) is almost 2 years newer that my iMAc (late 2007), so cloning and installing my complete BookPro HD, and installing it on my older iMac should work.
Correct?

What can I do? I've forgotten my password and dont remember the answers to my sercurity questions, and no longer have access to the email account i used for backup. How do I get my icloud password reset?

What can I do? I've forgotten my password and dont remember the answers to my sercurity questions, and no longer have access to the email account i used for backup. How do I get my icloud password reset? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Please see Kappy's User Tip here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4551

TS4036 I purchased an iphone for my daughter and we are using the same account and she deleted some contacts from her phone and they were deleted off of my contacts as well. Is there a way to use icloud backup to reinstall the contacts to my phone?

I purchased an iphone for my daughter and we are using the same account and she deleted some contacts from her phone and they were deleted off of my contacts as well. Is there a way to use icloud backup to reinstall the contacts to my phone?

Welcome to the Apple community.
You can only restore them from a Computer backup. This has occurred because you are sharing an iCloud account. ideally you should each have your own iCloud account, that way you can each manage your own mail, contacts, calendars, documents etc and avoid unintentional deletions and unwanted editing. If there is information you wish to share between you, this can be done with a secondary account.
Having separate iCloud accounts, doesn't mean you have to have separate iTunes accounts, so whilst you keep your personal data separate, you can continue to share music, apps, books, TV shows, movies etc.

Don't see photos from icloud. Replaced broken 4s w/new phone. Help! How do I get photos back? They don't show up on icloud online but phone says broken phone was backed up yesterday under manage storage. How do I use this backup?

Please help. Replaced broken phone w/new 4s. I did as the genius bar guy said and did reset>erase all content and settings at home because he said it would take too long in the store. Last time I had to replace my phone, all the photos and video were there. Now they're not. I had set up icloud but when i typed in "my restore from icloud", nothing came up. I NEED those pictures and videos. They're the last photos and videos I have of my mother who passed away recently. Please I need them back. I feel like I've lost her all over again. Please someone help. I went to icloud>storage & backup>manage storage and i see that those pictures were backed up yesterday yet I don't see any pictures or picture icon in icloud.com. Please someone help me get those pictures back. They're priceless and they're the last I have left of my mother.

If this is your first sync and there is already data on the phone, perform the steps listed below. This will transfer your apps and other media purchased from the iTunes store to your iTunes library, perform a manual backup and restore, then sync the iTunes media back to the phone from your iTunes library. This will not transfer media from other sources such as music from your ripped CDs. As you said you never synced before, I assume all of your apps, music and other media was purchased from the iTuens and App stores. If this is correct, you won't lose anything.
Download and install iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/.
Launch iTunes, go to the View menu and click to check Show Sidebar.
Go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices (Edit>Preferences>Devices if using Windows) and check "Prevent...from syncing automatically".
Go to Store>Authorize This Computer and authorize all Apple IDs used to purchase apps and other iTunes media (music, podcasts, movies, tv shows, etc.) on your phone.
On her phone, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup and turn iCloud Backup to Off.
Connect her phone to your computer and in iTunes go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases to transfer your purchased media to your iTunes library.
Right-click on the name of the phone on the left side of iTunes and click "Reset Warnings".
Right-click on the name of the phone again and click "Back Up" to back up the phone.
Right-click again and choose "Restore from Backup...", select the backup you just made to restore from and restore the backup to your phone. If prompted to back up again, decline.
Go to the Info tab and make sure nothing is checked so you aren't syncing calendars, contacts, etc. with iTunes.
Go to the Summary tab and select This Computer under Automatically Back Up.
Check the other tabs to confirm that your sync settings are the way you want them.
Click Apply at the bottom to sync your phone.

How do I change Apple ID to a backup email?

How do I change my Apple ID to my backup email? I deleted my primary email account with the provider, and so need to make the change to the backup. I have tried removing the backup, and then adding it as the Apple ID, but I get an error message that is cannot use a backup as the ID. Thanks for any help!

As I recall, you need to change the back up email to a third email address. Then, when the original back up email is no longer connected to the Apple ID, you can switch the primary email to that address.

Any way to force Time Machine to use existing backup after inheriting?

Hi,
The hard drive in my iMac failed last week, and a replacement drive as well as a new logic board were installed. I installed OS X onto the new drive and then used Setup Assistant to recover all data from my Time Machine backup. Of course, once everything was back in place, Time Machine wouldn't recognize the backup as its own (per Pondini's site, this is because the logic board replacement makes Time Machine think it's a whole new computer).
To resolve this, I issued the Terminal command to inherit a backup, but this wasn't enough so I also issued the command to associate a backup with the computer. This seemed to work, and I was able to kick off a new backup. Time Machine did a complete scan and determined that it needed to back up everything on the computer as new. Because there's not enough space on the Time Capsule, it then started deleting old backups, one after another, until I noticed what was going on and stopped it after a couple hours.
So my question is this: is there a way to get Time Machine to use the old backup data to do an incremental backup? I'm not sure why it thinks it has to save everything; I could see it saving a copy of the OS, since that was installed from scratch, but all the user account data has been restored from backup so it should match what's in Time Machine. If there's no way to do this then I guess I'll just delete the Time Machine archive and start over, but for versioning purposes it would be nice to have the old Time Machine archive data.
Thanks!
Here's some log data:
10/12/13 8:25:12.755 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Starting manual backup
10/12/13 8:25:12.841 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://[email protected]/TimeMachine
10/12/13 8:25:14.645 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TimeMachine using URL: afp://[email protected]/TimeMachine
10/12/13 8:25:14.687 PM fseventsd[48]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd/fc007524359f8bb3 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd
10/12/13 8:25:14.687 PM fseventsd[48]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd/fc007524359f8bb3 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd
10/12/13 8:25:40.251 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
10/12/13 8:25:40.253 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
10/12/13 8:25:41.831 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Inheritance scan required for /, associated with previous UUID: 30DCBA86-7702-31FD-B8A5-0CFBCE325E36
10/12/13 8:25:41.923 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
10/12/13 8:25:41.966 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
10/12/13 8:25:41.966 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: First backup after disk inheritance for / - complete scan required
10/12/13 8:41:23.297 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Finished scan
10/12/13 8:49:06.137 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Found 1059692 files (565.28 GB) needing backup
10/12/13 8:49:07.658 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: 679.85 GB required (including padding), 143.39 GB available
10/12/13 8:49:15.324 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TimeMachine/iMac.sparsebundle
10/12/13 8:49:15.324 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Compacting backup disk image to recover free space
10/12/13 8:49:57.436 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Completed backup disk image compaction
10/12/13 8:49:57.437 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Starting manual backup
10/12/13 8:49:57.888 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeMachine
10/12/13 8:50:23.419 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
10/12/13 8:50:23.421 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
10/12/13 8:50:24.966 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Inheritance scan required for /, associated with previous UUID: 30DCBA86-7702-31FD-B8A5-0CFBCE325E36
10/12/13 8:50:25.022 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
10/12/13 8:50:25.069 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
10/12/13 8:50:25.070 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: First backup after disk inheritance for / - complete scan required
10/12/13 9:06:03.024 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Finished scan
10/12/13 9:14:04.765 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Found 1059692 files (565.28 GB) needing backup
10/12/13 9:14:06.234 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: 679.85 GB required (including padding), 143.39 GB available
10/12/13 9:14:06.318 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/iMac/2013-10-12-202541.inProgress/DB2AD703-283F-42A2-8 97D-194AE5F2F23B containing 4 KB; 143.39 GB now available, 679.85 GB required
10/12/13 9:16:59.047 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/iMac/2013-09-05-000218 containing 877 MB; 144.26 GB now available, 679.85 GB required
10/12/13 9:24:37.780 PM com.apple.backupd[19003]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/iMac/2013-09-04-002732 containing 1.33 GB; 145.6 GB now available, 679.85 GB required

Thanks Linc.
What happened is I needed to retrieve something from Time Machine prior to starting a backup (the first backup after restoring everything). However, Time Machine wouldn't connect to the Time Capsule, so that is why I used the tmutil commands. Probably if I had instead started a backup then it would have asked me if I wanted to inherit.
Well, if there's no way to avoid a full copy then I guess I'll delete the archive and start over.
Thanks again for your help.

How to restore ipad using last backup in icloud

how to restore ipad using last backup in icloud

Restore from iCloud Backup
1. Erase all contents and settings (Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings)
2. You'll be asked twice to confirm
3. You'll see Apple logo and progress bar
4. You'll see a big iPad logo on screen
5. Configuration start
6. Set language
7. Set country
8. Enable Location Service
9. Select network, enter password and join network
10. You'll be given 3 options (a) Setup as New iPad (b) Restore from iCloud Backup (c) Restore from iTune Backup
11. Selected Restore from iCloud Backup
12. You'll be required to enter Apple ID and Password
13. Agree to Terms and Conditions
14. Select Backup file
15. You'll see progress bar
16. Red slider will appear; slide to unlock; step #1 to #16 is fast
17. Pre-installed apps will be restored first
18. Message: Purchased apps and media will now be automatically downloaded
19. You'll see a pageful of apps with Waiting/Loading/Installing
20. When the restore process is complete, your device will restart. You should connect the device to iTunes to sync data not contained in the backup (such as music, videos, apps, and so on).

Need to revert to my old OS on iPad. Cannot. Tried using old backup but this Trojan horse type software has corrupted my ability to do so. Tried emailing but it bounced back unacknowledged. I was sent notice that I can't get support. Christmas 2012 gift.

New OS causing major problems. Forced to purge data and wipe iPad. Now my computer has changed. My software has changed on iPad. Tried using old backup from earlier date but Trojan horse software created by Apple has decided to stay.
Have 16gig. IPad 2 bought December 2012 for Christmas but according to Apple I am out of Apple care and would need to pay for support. When has 1 year apple care become 9 months?
Wasted an entire day trying to purge my older computer which is linked to this iPad. I reset my iPod and ended up deleting and wiping clean but it's not factory but the aggressive 7.2 which returned. I want my old OS back. Their software has destroyed my ability to use my iPad for the purposes I intended it for.
I don't do social media other than Pinterest and I want the fluffy stuff gone. They need to forget trying to get me into the clouds and fix this iPad so I can use it for real world applications.
You can only keep resetting so often. There has been hardware issues almost since purchase because it crashed several times even before updated fiasco.
Help please.

Ralph9430, thanks for responding but the fact that they don't support AppleCare on a unit less than a year old despite being an older version is wrong.
It suppose to be from date of purchase so their not taking responsibility for the maiming of people's computers and their subsequent arrogance in not removing it is going to their undoing.
We have purchased iPhones, Mac Pro, iPad, iPod touches in the nano, shuffle and touch versions in the past as well as the more solid 80gig version. I
I am still using 3G model phone and I can no longer find apps to use with it because Apple feels I don't deserve new apps.
My children are using iPhone 4 and my daughter was seeking to upgrade to the newest model when it becomes available. They are social, I am not and I deserve the software I paid for. It should always be an option.
I can tell you that this particular oversight is causing me to look elsewhere for future purchases and I will not be recommending Apple to others as I have in the past.

Unable to use iCloud Backup on iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.1

Hi, I have been unable to use iCloud Backup for several weeks on both my iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.1 & my iPhone 4, iOS 6.0.1
iCloud Backup is set to On on both devices. It did backup once or twice, since I installed the iOS 6.0.1, then it stopped working altogether.
I hope someone can help me.

I know. In my post I said ....
"remove the all day event or change the event from all day - in whatever application on your computer that you sync the calendar from and them sync again to remove the event from the iPad calendar."
You will need to do this from your computer. If you do not use your computer to sync with iTunes, you will not be able to get around this.
However, I should have asked of this only happens when you are trying to view events in March, so maybe I misled you. I apologize. Try this now. Quit the calendar app completely in the recents tray and reboot the iPad.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the recents tray will appear with all of your recent apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

Backup Worflow with Automator (using incremental backups)

How would I go about making a workflow that backs up my HD onto an external HD, replacing newer/changed files?
Thanks,
Mason

Get a backup utility that does scheduled backups. There is no built-in backup facility in OS X except the Restore option of Disk Utility that does only full cloned backups.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
7. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.

HT201250 can a time capsule be used to backup in a different location, e.g., have it in your office but use it to back up your home computer as well?

can a time capsule be used to backup in a different location, eg, use it to back up your office computer but have it based at home in case of fire/theft at office location?

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You can backup different Macs with it. Just set up the two computers to backup in it

HT1766 When I started my new iPad 2 I could not start from a previous backup because the os on the new iPad is not the latest 7.x used to backup the previous ipad2 to install the new os I had to start the iPad as new. But now I cannot backup from the pre

When I started my new iPad 2 I could not start from a previous backup because the os on the new iPad is not the latest 7.x used to backup the previous ipad2 to install the new os I had to start the iPad as new. But now I cannot backup from the previously backup ipad

Hi there,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the articles below helpful.
iCloud: Troubleshooting restoring an iCloud backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4036
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
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