Backing Up iBooks from iPad to iTunes

I have been looking for instructions as to how to backup purchased iBooks on my iPad. Under the Books tab, synching iBooks will erase everything else on the iPad. How to backup the iPad to the computer in general and for iBooks in particular is sought.

If it does not prompt you to transfer purchases, go to *Transfer Purchases from "My iPad"* in the iTunes File menu when your iPad is connected to iTunes.
For full details, read:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

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Backing up Apps from ipad to itunes

Hi - I have an old ipad vs 1 which hasn't had it's OS updated for ages. When I connect it to my computer, and want to update the os, I'm told by itunes that all the apps will go, and to back them up. The problem I have is that I have an iphone with all its apps backed up to itunes. I can't find a way to just back up the apps on the ipad to itunes without syncing the whole lot, which will mean that all my apps from my iphone will go onto the ipad, which I don't want. Basically, how do I manually back up the apps from my ipad.
Thanks,
Mark.

Doing File > Transfer Purchases (File > Devices > Transfer Purchases) will copy any apps (and any other purchases e.g. music, films etc) that aren't on your computer's iTunes over to it from your iPad. Copying purchases over to your iTunes library won't affect a device's backup, and backing up your iPad won't affect your iPhone's backup.
Before starting the update you may also want to copy photos and any important documents off the iPad as well e.g. via the file sharing section at the bottom of the device's apps tab when connected to iTunes, via wifi, email, dropbox etc - they should be included in the backup, but it's best to have a copy of them outside of the backup just in case. You can then force a backup of the iPad by right-clicking the iPad 'Device' on the left-hand side of your computer's iTunes and selecting 'Backup'.
Then start the update by selecting the iPad on the left-hand side of iTunes, and on the Summary tab on the right-hand side clicking the Check For Updates button. The update process should take a backup, empty the iPad, install the new iOS version, and then restore the backup so that the previous contents are copied back (but for a restore to work fully you need all of the relevant apps on your computer's iTunes as they are not included in a backup, just their content and setting, which is one reason why you should do the Transfer Purchases).
Updating to iOS 5+ : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
A first gen iPad should update to iOS 5.1.1 (it doesn't support iOS 6).

HT4059 Is there a way to externally back up iBooks from an iPad?

Is there a way to back up iBooks from your iPad?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
They are backed up when you back up to iTunes.

Abort transfer app from iPad to iTunes

How to abort transfer app from iPad to iTunes when sync process? Every time when I sync my iPad Mini (iOS 8.1.3.) to iTunes (Mac OS, 12.0.1) every app is copied to iTunes media on my Mac. How avoid this unnecessary process?

If you only delete the files from your Mac via Finder, but leave them listed in the Apps part of your iTunes library, then they will not be copied back from your iPad when you sync again (unless there is a newer version on it).
If you do have to restore to a backup at any point in the future then to restore to an iTunes backup you will need the apps on your computer (a backup does not contain the actual apps, just their content/settings), and you may not be able to redownload them from the store (e.g. if the developer has removed them). An iCloud backup also doesn't contain your apps, it will redownload what it can from the store.

Sync iBooks From iPAD to iPhone

Please follow the steps below to figure out how to Sync iBooks From iPAD to iPhone
Before Starting: Settings For Both Devices
1. Settings > iBooks > Sync Collections > On
Then...
1. Sync iPAD with iTunes.
2. File > Transfer Purchases From iPAD (this should transfer those books your purchased on your iPAD onto your iTunes)
3. Un-sync iPAD from computer
4. Sync iPhone
5. Store > Purchased > Drag book(s) from the "Purchased folder" to your iPhone (this should transfer your book(s) from iTunes onto your iPhone)

No, this is not necessary or correct. It's not necessary to transfer to and from the iTunes library. When you sign into your iBooks account on each device you have iBooks installed in:
iBooks > Store > Purchased > shows everything you bought > download from there wirelessly.

Syncing selected apps from iPad to iTunes

Is there a way to transfer only selected apps from iPad to iTunes? I would like to transfer only apps that need an update so that i can update it with iTunes instead.

You can only install new apps on iTunes and transfer them to iPad,you cannot update apps that are already on your iPad using iTunes.

Can not download music from ipad's itunes store

can not download music from ipad's itunes store

It goes this way: I am purchasing album, download begin into iTunes, and immediately to iPhone, there all succeed.. It appears under "purchased" in iPad too, download begins for all songs - and all dowloads on iPad result in error.

Why I cannot transfer my apps from ipad to itunes?

Hello everybody,
I have a 3° generation ipad with ios 6. It's full (16 Gb) and now with itunes 11 I'm not able to transfer my apps (purchased and free version) from ipad to itunes.
I don't wanna erase the apps from ipad. In itunes 10 this operation was easy to perform.
Maybe I've done some mistakes.
Suggestions.
Thanks.

File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

How can I restore my data from IBooks from IPad 2 to Ipad air. When I was set up, I forget to select restore backup. Now I have backup from iPad 2. I don't have any Mac PC.

How can I restore my data from IBooks and other program from IPad 2 to Ipad air. When I was set up, I forget to select restore backup. Now I have backup from iPad 2. I don't have any Mac PC..

Restore from iCloud Backup (if you have backed up to iCloud)
1. Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings
2. Tap Erase
3. You'll see Apple logo and progress bar
4. Hello
5. Slide to set up
6. Set language
7. Set country
8. Choose Wi-Fi network; enter Wi-Fi password
9. (a) Use Location Service (b) Don't Use Location Service
10. Select option
11. (a) Setup as New iPad (b) Restore from iCloud Backup (c) Restore from iTune Backup
12. Selected Restore from iCloud Backup
13. Enter password for iCloud
14. Agree to Terms and Conditions
15. Setup Apple ID
16. Select backup
17. Restoring from iCloud
18. Hello
19. Restore Completed. Your iPad was restored successfully. There are just a few more steps to follow and then you're done!
20. Continue
21. Finish setting iCloud enter Password
22. Updating iCloud settings
23. Create a Passcode
24. Welcome to iPad
25. Get Started
26. Restoring Apps and Media
27. Enter Apple ID and Password
28. Notice: Restore Incomplete, some items could not be downloaded from the Store. If they are on your computer, you can restore them by syncing with iTune
29. Connect iPad to iTune to sync with computer
30. Sync Music, Videos and Album Artwork

Epub books show up in ipad on itunes but do not show up on ipad. Also can not delete the books from ipad in itunes

epub books show up in ipad on itunes but do not show up on ipad. Also can not delete the books from ipad in itunes

You have no choice but to lose your data back to the last backup you made.
Here's how to do the recovery. Note you may have to try to get into recovery mode more than once to succeed:
HT1808
I'm sure next time, you'll be more vigilant about keeping current backups.

How can i import photos from ipad to itunes, how can i import photos from ipad to itunes

How can I import photos from my iPad to iTunes on my Windows Vista PC?

I'm puzzled! I had received a set of jpg files through an e-mail on my ipad. For reasons unknown to me, they got saved to my (only) album, that had an irrelevant name. When I tried to change the name of the album, I received a message that I could only change the name of the album after importing them to the computer where (as I recall) iTunes resided. After much huffing and puffing, I managed to import the photos, to the Windows computer, but they wound up in a Windows Photo Gallery directory, where I put them into an appropriately named album. Now, how do I get them back to the iPad. (I also learned, I think, that iTunes will have nothing to do with the photos.
Roger

Sync iBooks from iPad to iphone5

How do you sync I book PDF files from iPad to iphone5???

No, this is not necessary or correct. It's not necessary to transfer to and from the iTunes library. When you sign into your iBooks account on each device you have iBooks installed in:
iBooks > Store > Purchased > shows everything you bought > download from there wirelessly.

TS4443 Unable to sync multi touch ibooks from iPad to iphone

Hi,
Purchased and downloaded a multi touch book from ibooks to iPad air, but it does not sync to iPhone.
Can it? Should it be able to?
Thanks

Does the book's description in the store say that it's compatible with iPhones ? If it is then what happens when you try to sync it via your computer's iTunes ? Have you tried redownloading it directly on your phone via the Purchased tab in the ibookstore in the iBooks app ?

Can remove music from iPad via iTunes, but space remains consumed

Hi,
I'm trying to remove music & photos from my iPad, so I can make space to backup my GoodNotes files. I have ~3gb free, but apparently this isn't enough. So, I managed to delete all of the music from my iPad via iTunes, and it is now completely removed off of my iPad. However, there is still ~3gb free. The space the music consumed is still not free and I don't know why.
Attached is a screen shot of the issue. As you can see, all of the music has been deleted, but the bottom bar still dedicates that amount of space to 'audio.' There are no songs in the music heading under 'On My Device' either. I managed to make it so that the bar showed 8gb of free space, but when I synced nothing changed and 3gb was still all that was free.
What do I do? I don't know if my GoodNotes files will remain intact if I restore my iPad.
Thanks in advance.

iTunes no longer says my space is consumed by audio. I did a software update and now most of the space is in the 'other' section.
I usually try to back up GoodNotes to Google Drive, and no, there are no files in the file sharing area on iTunes. The issue with backing up the GoodNotes files is that it gets maybe 30 minutes into the process and then I get a message to say that there is no more space left to continue. Storage usage says GoodNotes consumes 3gb of space on its own, but I don't believe it is accurate.
I really don't know what to do, and these files are important for my university work, so I'm hesitant to risk losing them.

How can i import back the music from iphone to itunes

i buy already new laptop (ex one is completely out of order). all programs and instruments are downloaded to the new laptop related apple software such as itunes, icloud and etc... but, i don' t have any music tracks in the new laptop which is already in my iphone at the moment. how can i import back these music tracks from iphone to itunes library?

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Backing Up iBooks from iPad to iTunes

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