ITunes backing up my iPad.

My iTunes account was deleted so i can't back up my iPad to anything because other wise I have to reset it. I have a mac with iTunes so I how can I now back up my iPad without restoring it?

Those two articles that I linked to should help, the should let you sync to a new computer and copy your content from your iPad.
If you have photos on your iPad that were originally synced from a computer then you will need a third-party app on your iPadsuch as Simple Transfer which can copy them off via your wifi network. But as photos are 'optimised' when they are synced to the iPad, any that you then copy back to a computer may not be exactly the same as they originally were on your computer.
To copy photos to your computer that were taken with the iPad, copied to it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites then see this page - on a PC you can use the windows camera wizard

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    That's too bad.  Thanks for sharing.
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