Back up iphone to itunes

How do I back up all my apps and information from from iphone to my itunes on my computer

Hi,
See Here:
Backing up, Updating and Restoring
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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How do i back up Iphone using Itunes 11 now that it is changed significantly?
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Hello, olemike.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I would recommend going through the steps in the troubleshooting article below.
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529
Cheers,
Jason H.

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Great bug report! Sorry, I don't have any ideas on how you might workaround it. I can only suggest that you submit it to Apple as a "real" bug report.
Submit bug report here:
https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa
If you don't already have an ADC account, you can get a free "ADC online" account here:
http://developer.apple.com/products/membership.html

Manually backed up iphone with itunes.. itunes said successful, but lied.

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If there's no other way to retrieve this, is there a way to prevent this? I guess next time I can triple check and make sure it's in that library folder before moving on... but GEEZ

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Read here to see what gets backed up using iTunes:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946

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HT1386 I tried to back my iphone to itunes & then got the message "Itunes has detetected an Iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this Iphone before it can be used with Itunes." Does this mean that I've lost everything & have to restore to original

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Is the device actually in recovery mode? What is showing on the display?
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Error message when trying to back up iPhone in iTunes

I am running the latest version of iTunes (12.1.2.27) on Windows. I have a iPhone 5s running iOS 8.3. When I connect my iPhone to my PC and select "Back up Now" under "Manually Backup and Restore" in iTunes it will start the backup but then come back and show the error message "iTunes could not back up the iPhone because an error occurred". It doesn't specify what that error is. I tried rebooting my PC and restarting my iPhone and reconnecting, but I am unable to backup my iPhone and keep getting the same error message. I suspect this might be an issue with with either iTunes 12.1.2.27 or iOS 8.3 as it started to happen after I updated both of them. Anyone have any ideas?

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Music wont copy back to iphone via itunes

hi all i have an iPhone 5s 16gb on iOS 8.1.1 with 5gb of spare space. i am trying to get my music back on the phone after restoring and updating to ios8 with itunes12.0.1.26, i have added my music files to iTunes library then selected the songs i wont across to phone i click sync and it says it is syncing up, and it shows the songs as going over while syncing however after sync finishes it reverts back to just 2 songs on the phone which where brought via the phone.
are my settings right ?
but there is no music on my phone so im as stuck and confused as ****. please someone tell me what i have wrong and need to do to correct it, i have looked on google, and followed a few of the suggestions but none at this time gets me any further than i am at this time.

done as suggested above.
applied n sync but result still the same
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Getting an error message when backing up Iphone using itunes. "iTunes could not back up the iphone, because an error occured"

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Hope this helps.
We have an issue with the iphone as it currently can't connect to a wireless network so cannot back up to iCloud. So trying to backup to itunes before visiting the Apple store to get some help.

Hello sulty09,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The following resource outlines the best steps to potentially resolve your issue with backing up in iTunes:
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
Thanks for thinking ahead!
Matt M.

TS2529 Cant Back up iphone into itunes

i already follow the step to Copy a recent backup and save it to your desktop or an external hard drive. You can find your backup in these folders , after copy i see itunes have my previous back up , but i when i want to back up the latest , it show again the same iTunes could not back up the iPhone because a session could not be started with the iphone .

Hey C.Siew Fern,
Thanks for the question, and great job so far. I see that you are definitely on the right track, as you have followed the first few steps in this resource:
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
Have you checked out the other steps? Including checking for security software conflicts, backing up and restoring in a new administrator account, and/or resetting the lockdown folder? If not, I would definitely proceed to those steps to continue troubleshooting.
Thanks,
Matt M.

Backed up iPhone BUT iTunes did not copy all my apps!

My gosh, iTunes must be one of the most frustrating tools in the world.
From the screen area that states: Manually Back Up and Restore, I select Back Up Now.... this process oddly only needs about 1 minute to backup my iPhone (with about 160 apps on it).
When I look at the app list, there are still many apps missing, such as:
Any.Do (great to-do list app)
All my Synology Apps (for my SAN device)
etc.
BTW, why the heck isn't there an option to see the apps in folders - simulate the placement and folders of the iPhone?
Underneath this back up option is a Sync option... I tried this and it did something but I am unsearch what! All I know is that it did not help!
Never mind all that above... seriously, all I want to do is duplicate all my contents from my iPhone 4 to my new iPhone 5. This should not be rocket science!
I think it should be an major embarrassment that something I can do between two Samsung Android phones is so friggen complicated between to iPhones! Yes, I have complained to Apple (this is my second iPhone trade-up) and never heard back from them the first time. That first time, I just ended up starting over! Grrr...
Anyway, enough rant.
I've gone to this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2109
...and selected, "Using iTunes to transfer information from your current iOS device to a new one"
Naturally, if I cannot successfully get past step 2, this isn't going to work.
Questions:
1. Can anyone please explain why I cannot backup all my apps and tell me how to fix this problem?
2. Can anyone suggest a better 3rd party backup and restore tool (for any price!)? I am sick of waiting for Apple's Windows iTune team to fix this inept tool! I don't mean to fight... but seriously, either this team has no budget or they are clueless to its serious shortcomings.
Sorry, I am just a little bit annoyed and expected better from Apple.

Sorry this solution is late but I just got off of the phone with Apple support and this worked.
Open iTunes
Connect your iPhone and keep it connected during this entire process.
In the iTunes menu at the very top (File, Edit, View) choose STORE> Sign in and sign into your iTunes account.
Once this is complete look at the upper right corner of iTunes and you will see an iPhone and Store button, cick STORE. Now you will be in the iTunes store where you see the advertisements of the various albums, songs etc. Look on your upper left of the window for your itunes account name and in the black band next to your iTunes account name, you will see a House icon, then Music, Movies, TV Shows etc.
Make sure the HOUSE icon is selected.
Stay on this screen in iTunes and on the lower RIGHT, you will see an area that says- QUICK LINKS. In that area click - Purchased
After you do this you will be transported to another area of iTunes. Here there will be a menu across the top- Music, Movies, TV Shows, Apps, Books are the choices.
Choose APPS and you will see the apps that you have purchased. You will also see the apps that didn't download to your phone.
Find the apps that didn't download and click the cloud next to their name. Doing this will download the chosen apps to the computer you are on.
Once you have downloaded the apps in question, in the upper right corner click LIBRARY.
Now you should see the button that says iPhone because your phone is still plugged in. Click the iPhone button and then click SYNC on the lower right to sync your iPhone.
The apps you downloaded will now be on your phone.
Sorry for the long instructions but this is what works.

Back up iphone to itunes

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