Is there a way to back up an iPad using something like Time Machine?

I have had a MBP for a few years now and I love it. One of the features I really like is Time Machine. I just purchased the new iPad and have filled my 64 GB to the brim. I would like to back it up to my laptop or portable HD and recover all the data just as I would using time machine. So in case it is lost, stolen or broken I could restore it onto a new device as was before. Is there an app for this? Thanks in advance for the help.

Photos taken on the iPad will always be synced with iTunes along with contacts, bookmarks and notes created on the iPad.  However, if you have synced this iPad with a different computer which has transfered its photos to iPad, a different iTunes will not transfer or backup these to the new computer. Same goes with music which has not been purchased in iTunes but synced from another computer, such as ripped CD's.
Apple assumes your using one iTunes to sync with multiple devices. Not the other way around. This is the advantage of iCloud, as long as your using the one apple ID you can sync from the cloud to multiple devices without being tethered to one machine.
But if you have synced this iPad with a different iTunes or computer and have put iTunes Purchased music onto it, then you will get a warning like the one below, giving you the option of syncing this music into the current iTunes if the computer is authorised with the same apple ID... In other words; if your using the same apple ID on two different computers to make iTunes purchases.
Once again, Apple assumes your using one Apple ID and not mixing and matching with another persons account. If you would like to share music which is not purchased through iTunes you are free to do so, but you cannot use a regular "iPad sync with iTunes" as the conduit to do so, you should use a hard drive or even an iPod in Disk Use Mode to merge iTunes content from one computer onto you primary apple computer for syncing.
For more information about how to transfer all music content from one computer to another click here
For more information about transfering purchased music using iOS devices click here.
I hope that isn't too much to process. Feel free to ask any more questions :]

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