Iphone backups don't showup

I have been backing up to icloud. My phone indicates I have recently backed up, today. When signed in to itunes only my manual backup to the computer shows, none of the icloud backups. Why? I need to restore to an older icloud backup.
Thanks in advance for your help.

You don't restore an iCloud backup that way, read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

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In the iTunes Summary screen, select "Encrypt iPhone backup" if you want to encrypt the information stored on your computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are indicated by a padlock icon, and a password is required to restore the information to iPhone. You may want to write down the password for your backup and store it in a safe place. If you use a Mac, when you set a password you can select to store the password in the keychain. With iOS 4 and later, you can transfer the iOS keychain backup to a new device if you encrypt the backup.
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Charles C n Miami wrote:
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caxx wrote:
Also very strange is that I don't have the folder "MobileSync" in /Library/Application Support/MobileSync on my computer. I can't find that folder anywhere.
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Click on the desktop, then hold Option and go to Finder menu Go and Library will be there (only when holding Option as it is hidden).

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thanks in advance
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You can open an alternate library by holding down shift when starting iTunes.
A GUID is a Globaly Unique IDentifier. I this case I the backup folders appear to be named bunch of numbers & letters probably meant to be unique. If your original library opens properly (and you haven't wiped the device) then you don't need to worry about restoring the iPhone backups from the previous system.
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