Can I delete my previous back ups with out deleting anything off my phone?

Nothing happens on your iphone when you delete the iCloud backup.

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Check out your "Parental Control" settings. Sometimes people accidentally turn on "Restrict Deleting Apps".
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Hi...
If you delete the backups it will not delete any content from their device, however the data will be removed from iCloud.
It will also prevent the devices from backing up to iCloud in future, unless this is re-enabled.

I just upgraded to iTunes 12 and had all sorts of problems. After several restores I seem to be able to sync my iPad with iTunes BUT I can't delete anything off my iPad from iTunes. Any ideas on what to do?

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I have a folder of photos on my phone that I can't delete right off my phone. I want to get rid of the photos but they won't let me delete them directly off my phone. Is there a way I can get rid of them?

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Photos you synced to the iphone form your computer?
Delete them the same way. Open itunes, connect iphone, select what you want and sync.

Can I delete my icloud back ups with out loosing my current data on my iphone 5

Hey guys. I was wondering if I can delete my iCloud backup with out loosing my current data on my iphone 5? I can not up date my phone because it says I do not have enough storage available. Yes, I have purchased more storage space on iCloud.
Thank you!

Yes you could delete backups without loosing anything on your device, but iCloud storage has nothing to do with your local device capacity. I guess that your device is just full and that you have to delete something like apps, movies etc to free up some space for other content.
iCloud uses its storage only for
Photos and videos in the Camera Roll
Device settings (for example: Phone Favorites, Wallpaper, and Mail, Contacts, Calendar accounts)
App data
Home screen and app organization
Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS)
Ringtones
Visual Voicemails
purchases of apps, music, videos do not count against your iCloud storage capacity ( but please see also iCloud backup and restore overview http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4859).

HT3275 could not find previous back ups that where there before only giving me one date

I can not see my previous back ups that I have been doing for the past year. The last time I went to back up it said i had no space left but knew that I had. All other back ups had gone except for one. I have a lot of images from my desktop over the past few months that I cnt find now.
Hope I'm making sense.

I ran into the same problem -- I had this error :
Red "i" message: "The backup volume is read only."
I rebooted my system, then reset my Time Machine backup disk (to the same disk I've been using for the last year).
Now all my history is gone -- TimeMachine is starting from scratch. Please help !!! - I need to figure out how to get access to all my old daily backups back.

NEW COMPLETE BACK UP THAT DELETED ALL PREVIOUS BACK UPS

I have a 1TB Time Capsule that I bought in October 2008. I have been using it with Time Machine for back ups. Earlier this week Time Machine gave me a message that it wanted to do a new complete back up that would delete my previous back ups. I thought this was weird, but it said it would improve reliability. It would not do any back ups until I agreed. I didn't want to start it at that time because I wanted to update to Mountain Lion before getting rid of any back ups. Too late! I have updated to Mountain Lion and gotten all the updates released this week, meanwhile the back up started and delete nearly 4 years worth of back ups! Has this happened to anyone else?

I'm having the same issue, but my TC is only 4 months old. I'm glad I have a separate external hard drive that will do backups, but it was supposed to alternate between the TC and external drive.
Everything was working fine until upgrading to ML....
This is a screenshot that I just took and the Data (TC) drive has been sitting like this since last night when it wanted to do a brand new backup and delete all previous ones. Left the computer on all night because it said that the backup would take approximately 17 hours. Geez...
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Long story short....I restored my computer to an earlier point using time machine and now all of the previous back-ups are gone. My question has to do with itunes...is it possible to restore my itunes library to the most recent backup because the restore

Long story short....I restored my computer to an earlier point using time machine and now all of the previous back-ups are gone. My question has to do with itunes...is it possible to restore my itunes library to the most recent backup because the restore that I did was in march and the latest backup was in may....the reason being is that there were app that i had downloaded that are in my most recent back-up, that were not in the backup I restored to. Is it possible to just restore one application ie)itunes?

See this post.
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Since I upgraded to iTunes 10.4 I have no connection to iTunes Store nor can I do back ups with my iPhone 4

since I upgraded to iTunes 10.4 I have no connection to iTunes Store nor can I do back ups with my iPhone 4

For Win or Mac try here > Can't connect to the iTunes Store

TS3694 Error message when attempting to back up iPod to iTunes, no number given. No previous back ups as a new user, current iTunes software and iPod iOS.

Error message when attempting to back up iPod to iTunes, no number given. No previous back ups as a new user, current iTunes software and iPod iOS.

The issue you are experiencing is with installing the latest iTunes update. I recommend following the steps below:
Resolution
Follow these steps to resolve the issue:
Check for .dll files
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes and C:\Program Files\iTunes and look for .dll files.
If you find QTMovie.DLL, or any other .dll files, move them to the desktop.
Reboot your computer.
Note: Depending on your operating system, you may only have one of the listed paths.
Uninstall and reinstall iTunes
Uninstall iTunes and all of its related components.
Reboot your computer. If you can't uninstall a piece of Apple software, try using the Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Utility.
Re-download and reinstall iTunes 11.1.4.
I understand that you have already uninstalled iTunes, but when you get to this step, it is important to uninstall iTunes and the related components in the order listed in the link for that step.

Time Machine Doesn't Show Previous Back-Ups

Hi,
Just reconnected a TC after a 2 year hiatus. I can connect as a shared disk and see the the contents of the TC which includes a sparsebundle - so I know content is there. But when I launch Time Machine I dont see any previous content. I haven't performed a Time Machine back-up yet.
What would be the best way to proceed? I dont want previous back ups to get wiped. Also, I take it connecting via wired Ethernet would speed up what initial back-up I might perform as much on my computer has changed in two years.

mrhifi wrote:
Hi,
Just reconnected a TC after a 2 year hiatus. I can connect as a shared disk and see the the contents of the TC which includes a sparsebundle - so I know content is there. But when I launch Time Machine I dont see any previous content. I haven't performed a Time Machine back-up yet.
What would be the best way to proceed?
What's changed in those 2 years? Any hardware repairs, especially a new logic board?
If not, try Repairing the backups, per #A5 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
If that doesn't help, try the Browse... option, per #E2 there.
I dont want previous back ups to get wiped.
2 year old backups? That makes me wonder if you deleted things from your Mac, counting on Time Machine to keep the backups indefinitely. If so, see #20 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
After that long, Time Machine will almost certainly do a new, full backup. That, of course, will take a lot of space, so if there isn't enough room on your TC, it will have to delete old backups, perhaps a LOT of them, to make room. Depending on the sizes, it may delete all but the most recent one, then fail because there still isn't enough room.
See how much space is available on the TC. If that's less than 120% of the amount of data on your Mac (or the estimated size of a full backup under the exclusions box in +Time Machine Preferences > Options,+ backups will have to be deleted. How many is impossible to predict.
Also, I take it connecting via wired Ethernet would speed up what initial back-up I might perform as much on my computer has changed in two years.
Yes, absolutely!
If old backups have to be deleted, that can be an excruciatingly slow process, even via Ethernet. Because of the way sparse bundles work, TM must mount it, delete the oldest backup, dismount it, compact it, then mount it again to see if that made enough space. If not, repeat, repeat, repeat . . .
So, if it looks like a lot of old backups will have to go, and you really don't want that to happen, your best bet is to connect a USB or FireWire disk directly to your iMac and start backing-up to it. That's much faster and more reliable anyway. You should still be able to see and restore from the old backups via the Browse... option.
By the way, please click +My Settings+ at the right of this page, and update your Mac and OSX specs. I'm assuming you're still on the iMac, but clearly not 10.4.5 )

I am new with iMac and I am trying to copy some file from my external HDD but it does not let me also I can't delete anything from this HDD using the finder. Can somebody help me , please?

I am new with iMac and I am trying to copy some file from my external HDD that a used with my PC but it does not let me also I can't delete anything from this HDD using the finder. Can somebody help me , please?

No, unfortunately, when you format a drive, it will erase all the contents. So you will need to find a temporary "storage" place to put the stuff using a PC so you have access to it. Then reformat using Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities). If only using with mac, format Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and use GUID Partition scheme under Partitions/Options. After formatting, you can drag the files back.

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