I got a replacement ipad. how do I restore it from a previous backup on icloud?

I am trying to restore a previous backup on icloud from a previous ipad2 (that got dropped and shattered). How do I do this? It is not letting me select the backup to restore. I had to upgrade the iOS from 6.0 to 6.1.3. Any help is appreciated.

Are you sure you have a backup in icloud? It wont let you select one until after the restore has been started.
Once you go though the setup process during the restore, it will prompt you for your apple id, it has to be the same one that's assciated with the icloud backup.
How to back up and restore (iCloud and iTunes)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

Similar Messages

  • HT4859 how do i retreive contacts from a previous backup in icloud?

    How do i retrieve contacts from a privious backup in icloud?

    Are you sure you have a backup in icloud? It wont let you select one until after the restore has been started.
    Once you go though the setup process during the restore, it will prompt you for your apple id, it has to be the same one that's assciated with the icloud backup.
    How to back up and restore (iCloud and iTunes)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

  • 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
    -Griff W. 

  • How do I restore files from time machine backups made before reformatting macbook air?

    How do I restore files from time machine backups made before reformatting macbook air?

    The section titled "Restoring data from Time Machine backups" in the following may help: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

  • Find my iPhone keeps erasing my phone after I found it and restored it from a previous backup.  How do I stop it from erasing it over and over again?

    A few days ago I lost my phone while it was in Airplane mode and initiated a remote wipe from Find my iPhone.  I recovered my phone (still in airplane mode) and immediately backed it up.  Once that was done, I took it out of airplane mode and let Find my iPhone wipe it.  After the wipe, I restored it from my previous back up, but every time the phone connects to a cellular network or just to wifi, it gets wiped again.  This occurs even if I have location services and Find my Iphone turned off on the phone!  I tried removing the phone from my device list in Find my iPhone, but that still didn't help.
    The phone currently has IOS 6 on it.  I'm downloading IOS 7 to see if that makes any difference.  Anyone have any ideas in the meantime?

    It is probably still worth while taking it to an Apple store for a possible OOW replacement and let them make the decision, as it was broken before the OP took the back off.
    See note below...

  • How can I restore contacts from a previous back up?

    I accidentally erased my contacts from my iPhone. I can see previous backups on my iTunes preferences. But the only option is to delete them. Does anyone know how to restore one of those backups?

    The iphone is designed to be synced to your computer regularly.  have you failed to sync your contacts to your computer?

  • My contact list has disappeared. how do I restore it from a past backup?

    My contact list on my iPod touch just disappeared today... for no reason that I can figure out. No other apps seem to have been affected.
    I tried sync-ing to my computer, but that didn't change anything.
    I would like to find out if I can get ahold of the old contact list (from the previous sync, which was a couple months ago, I think); AND, do I have to go back to that version of everything on my iPod, or can I just grab the contact list only and put it back on my iPod?
    I am okay with doing some computer-y things on my own (for example, updating the operating system a while back), but I do not have a lot of self-confidence about these sorts of things, so if you do have an idea about how to fix this, I'll need step-by-step instructions (rather than a general "go back to your old backup" sort of thing).
    Thanks!

    That's perfectly OK . . .
    We're all just other Mac users here, helping each other find solutions.
    We'll all be here when you're rested and ready.

  • I lost my contacts - how to I restore them from my computer backup?

    I need to restore my contacts on my wife's iPhone. They mysteriously disappeared and I want to restore from her computer iTunes /backup - but when I plug the iPhone in - it begins to "backup". I'm afraid if I allow the "backup" to proceed it will wipe out the computer back-up and replace with her "empty" iPhone contacts.
    Can I simply "restore" the lost contacts from the computer?

    If you have them synced to a supported application on the computer. If the phone begins a backup as soon as you connect it, then you want to go into Settings in iTunes and turn off automatic syncing. From there, you can choose to either sync the contacts if you have them in Address Book, or Contacts, or Outlook, or restore them from iCloud, or if you have a backup of the phone, you can restore the phone to the last backup that had the contacts on it.

  • How do i restore contacts from a previous icloud backup?

    Somehow - half of my contacts have disappeared.
    I turned icoloud backup off , but the most recent backup is missing those contacts as well.
    i am pretty sure that the previous backup have the full contacts that i want to restore.
    Don't want to restore the entire phone.
    how can this be done ? will icloud drive help ?

    If you turned iCloud backup off and deleted the backup, you won't have an earlier iCloud backup to restore from.  Your most recent backup, if you didn't delete it, may have your contacts if it was made before the contacts were lost.  However, you have to follow this process to restore contacts from an iCloud backup: Recovering deleted iCloud contacts from an iCloud backup.  Otherwise the recovered contacts will be deleted as soon as your device reconnects to iCloud (making you think that they weren't included in the backup).

  • How do I restore iBooks from time machine backup?

    through the Genius Bar I had to erase my iMacs harddrive. So far I have reinstalled iTunes, which is over a TB in size, and Safari, mail and calendars restored automatically from iCloud.
    MY trouble is I can't find iBooks on the disc I used as a time machine backup. I had over a thousand items in iBooks and really need it back!  I was surprised it didnt back up when I plugged my iPad into iTunes and put everything from my iPad back to the computer.
    THanks!

    Back up all data before proceeding.
    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX
    Right-click or control-click the line and select
              Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Enter Time Machine and restore the selected item from a snapshot.
    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select
              Go ▹ Go to Folder...
    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

  • How do I restore bookmarks from an Acronis backup to a new disk?

    I am building a new computer and having trouble with Firefox.
    I am using a SSD C:\ drive and trying to put my programs on D:\ in order to save space on the SSD drive.
    I made a backup using Acronis True Image Home of my entire C:\ drive.
    I can't seem to get the bookmarks to restore from the backup. I have put it in the same folder but Firefox won't recognize it. I've tried renaming it to the same name as the folder created by Firefox and renaming the default but that doesn't work.
    I had Firefox create a brand new profile and when I look in he folder I see a folder named startupCache and a couple of others.
    In my old bookmarks folder I see six Cache files and a urlclassifier3.sqlite.
    How can I get the old bookmarks into my new Firefox profile?

    Yes, if I right click on a profile in the profile manager when I start Firefox it shows me the path to the profile. It is in the AppData\Roaming section.
    For the sake of brevity I haven't typed in the full path name, just enough to let you know where I am putting them, I hope.
    I put it there. No good.
    I just looked at the profile I restored to the AppData\Local section ( it seems Firefox puts a copy there too ) and merged the one that showed the Cache folders which came from my backup disk with the profile of the same name in the Roaming section.
    Still no go. No bookmarks showing up. If I click on the profile folder it shows the Cache files etc. are all there but it doesn't do anything.
    This has gotten very aggravating. All files seem to be where they should be but it doesn't work.

  • Entourage 2008 calendar deleted. How can i restore it from time machine backup?

    I have my Entourage 2008 calendar sync with ical. I accidentally deleted Entourage on the left column of ical, and it deleted the calendar on on Entourage. I want to restore the calendar. I have used time machine to backup my hard drive. I just don't know how or what to do.

    Quit iCal.
    In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder... from the menu bar, copy the text on the line below into the box that opens, and press return:
    ~/Library/Calendars
    Enter Time Machine and restore the selected folder from the last snapshot that was taken before the deletion. Relaunch iCal and test.

  • How Do You Restore Data From Time Machine Backup?

    Hi
         In my case I have a ORIGINAL Leopard Disc but ONLY an UPGRADE Snow Leopard disc. I'm installing a new hard drive in my Snow Leopard macbook pro and I have been using time machine for my backups. Am I correct in thinking I need to reinstall Leopard on the new drive THEN upgrade to Snow Leopard THEN use Time Machine to restore my data from the old drive? Seems a bit time consuming but I guess it's more of a fresh install?
    Many Thanks
    Jeff

    Hi Jeff,
    If you want the iLife package that came with Leopard, yes, that will work. If not, just need the SL installation before TM restore.
    If you have a HD available, the fastest/easiest would be to clone your existing internal to it, then install new HD and format/partition it, then clone back to it.

  • How to I restore iPhone from tape-based backup?

    Accidentally wrote over the wife's old iPhone 4S with nothing before checking the transfer to new iPhone 6.
    Can I restore her old iPhone from my tape backup system through iTunes?
    Thanks!

    Try this link http://www.notebooksapp.com/retrieve-older-itunes-backups-from-a-backup-disk/
    tt2

  • How to recover Safari bookmarks from a previous backup?

    Hello,
    After about six months, I had to do a complete factory restore to resolve a nasty 3G connectivity problem. The restore to factory settings was a pain but it worked. Most of my apps have desktop versions to store crucial data files, but I forgot to save my Safari bookmarks. Is there any way I can selectively go to the past backup data files and find my bookmark links? I don't want to restore to a past backup in case it reintroduces the same problem that messed up my 3G connectivity, though I am tempted.
    I tried opening some of the data backups in textedit but of course all I could see was code.
    Thanks for any help.
    Jim

    No, a backup and restore is either all or nothing. You can't selecte what to backup or to restore.
    Message was edited by: lllaass

Maybe you are looking for