Backing up iPad and iPhone to Windows 7 Pro Computer

I am using a HP 8200 Elite computer with Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit. My problem is backing up my 2 iPads Sys 8.1.3 and 2 iPhones Sys 8.1.3 & 7.1..2. I find that iTunes was made to play music and they made the backup feature very uncomfortable, not at all mac like. It is my opinion that after owning several Apple products from the Apple Lisa and Floppy Disk Mac's SE's SE30's and Mac II's that Apple in General is forgetting that they are the user friendly originator and this is especially true with iTunes. I like to keep all of my data on my Windows computer as well as in the cloud. Especially pictures. That way I can transfer them between devices used by my wife and I. I do not play music on any of the devices. I have had more failures with iTunes than any other program I have ever owned. Claris Works and FileMaker Pro still work Great on my 32 Bit BioStar Windows 7 Pro Computer. My Problem is only with iTunes which was apparently built to play music and very undependable and not user friendly for backups. I can not speak for iTunes ability to play music.

So what exactly is wrong with its ability to backup?
Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support

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I backed up my ipad and iphone on the same computer, will it be shown on the same folder or different? Mine is window 7, try to find the back up file follow the step that apple provided, it shown only iphone instead of ipad. Pls help.

What do you see under Edit > Preferences > Devices?
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Thank you again for all of your help!! I really appreciate it!
I think I am following -- I was able to upload to my iPhoto and all photos and videos are there that is a plus! I tried to create an Event in my iPhoto and put all of my photos in that event but for some reason, now my iTunes it not recognizing that Event in my iPhoto. It is not allowing me to import just that event at the moment but I may be doing something wrong. At least all of my pics and vids are in iPhoto so that is a plus and I know they are at least saved somewhere. Just for some reason, my iTunes it not locating the event that I created with only those photos.
Thank you for letting me know about my contacts! How do I know if I have the contacts app?
Also, I had no clue that my iCloud could be backed up via cellular data! However, is this a new feature with the most updated iOS?? Unforutnatly I am like 2 iOS updates behind because I don't have enough storage on my phone. I still get the notification that my phone needs to be plugged in and connected to wifi in order to back up to the cloud :-(
How can I sync using USB? Right now when i click on the info tab for my iPhone in my iTunes this is the answer that I get -- I am a little unclear as to what it means.
Sync Contacts:
Your contacts are being synced with you iPhone over the air from iCloud. Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on you iPhone
Sync Calendars:
Your calendars are being synced with you iPhone over the air from iCloud. Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on you iPhone

Just set up Time Capsule and imac is backed up. Can I back up ipad and iphone too? If so, how do I do it?

Just bought AirPort Time Capsule (2TB) and my imac 10.7.5 is backed up.
Can I back up the information on my iphone and ipad - both are iOS 7.1.2?
On AirPort Utility I am not able to open other Wi-Fi Devices. TC indicates ipad and iphone are wireless clients.
Not sure what I do. Thanks.

iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad back up to iTunes on your computer....or....to iCloud, if you have enabled that option.
If you have a Mac and have Time Machine backups enabled, then the iPhone and iPad backups stored in iTunes on the Mac are backed up to the Time Capsule.
In other words, the iPhone and iPad back up indirectly to the Time Capsule, if you have Time Machine enabled. They do not back up directly to the Time Capsule.
For more information on iOS backups, please see this Apple Support document:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
Or, you might want to post in the iPhone and iPad support communities.....where the iPhone and iPad experts hang out.
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HT1848 I cant sync my ipad with a new imac. It only syncs the purchased music. How do I change this and change the ipad and iphone to this new computer. my devices still show my old PC. Please help

Im trying to sync my new imac with my ipads and iphones, I have alot of music on my devices and when I plug them in to the new imac i get a message that states this devise is paired to another computer (my opd PC ) When I logged into Itunes it uploaded my music the I had purchased in the past , But for the music that was burned from CDs it doesn't. I dont want to lose my music. what can I do?
Also, How do I change the computer that my devices are linked too. My old PS is broken and I will not be syncing my devices with it any longer.

how to use iTunes to sync is in the
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes
For MacBook Pro community and OS X
MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
While it isn't as easy to just use a Mac iDevice as media storage as Android and Windows, you can add documents and such like Word, PDF and others manually in iTunes to have them sync as well.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351
They are all there searchable from Bing, Google or every Mac product has a support page.
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If you have songs from another account, sign-in with that account on your Mac Book and download them to your Mac. See Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Then, sign in with your original ID and use the iTunes Store menu > Update iTunes match.
Look at
iTunes Match: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913
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The article that AnaMusic references assumes that you sync automatically I believe. Turn off auto sync and select whatever you want to put on each device. As Philly said, it really is a snap. I have never synced automatically and I never selected iTunes to start up when my iDevices are connected. I want the control over all of that.
Launch iTunes on your computer and go to Edit>Preferences>Devices>Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically. Check that box and then quit iTunes.
Connect your iPad to your computer, launch iTunes, click on your iPads name on left sidebar under the devices heading and then click on the summary tab in the iTunes window on the right. Select - Sync only checked songs and videos. If you really want to "live dangerously" - uncheck Open iTunes when this iPad is connected. Now you can control what you sync and when iTunes starts up. iTunes will not start up when you connect the iPad and it will not sync anything on its own.
Go into each tab in iTunes, Info, Music, Apps, .... All of them - check what you want to sync in each section. After you have made all of your selections (and you have checked all of the headings - Sync Music, Sync Apps and so on) click on Apply in the lower right corner on iTunes and the sync will take place.
Do this with each iDevice and iTunes will remember what you selected for each device the last time that you synced. You can make changes to this configuration any time that you want for each device and if you do just remember to click on Apply in the lower right corner of iTunes in order to apply the changes.

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I am syncing my iPad and my iPod Touch using iTunes on the same computer.
It's even possible to connect both devices at the same time to iTunes.
Yes, apps are shared between devices, but only if those apps are actually able to run on both devices.
You therefore only need to buy a certain app once and use it on your two devices.
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HT1386 Re: My new iPhone5 won't finish syncing.
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not sure if this is a permanent fix but, ever since upgrading to itunes 11.3.1, my iphone5 seems to finish syncing on its own, now. didn't seem to be a problem anymore. at least after doing only one sync, since the upgrade.
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-31

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Your notes should be stored in your backup, so if you have backed up the iPad and that backup does contain those notes that you deleted, you can try restoring from your backup. If you haven't backed up the iPad since you created those notes, they are gone.
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http://gigaom.com/apple/ios-101-set-up-and-restore-from-icloud-backup/
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