Multiple Back ups! Help
So I need to help my sister back up her phone. I've suggested she do the same for her iPad, since it's only safe. I'm concerned that if I back up her iPad after her phone, it will delete the first back up and save over that one.
Is it possible to have an iPad back up and an iPhone back up saved in iTunes?
Look at Mac Backup - Mac Backup Software, Hardware, and Guides for Your Mac
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/tp/backuphub.htm
You can use CarbonCopy Cloner @ http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html , or SuperDuper @ http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html , or IBackup @ http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/index.html , or Silverkeeper @ http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/ or the Restore function of Disk Utility included in OS X.
Use a firewire drive for 2 reasons: firewire data transfer is 2X faster than USB 2.0 drives, and firewire is bootable while USB is not.
Cheers, Tom
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