My computer crashed, had to reinstall itunes so cant sync my ipod touch 4g. How do I back up all my apps and music so that I can update to ios5?
Hi my computer crashed, so had to reinstall itunes now I cant sync my ipod touch 4g. How do I back up all my apps and music so that I can update to ios5?
Thanks
Ben
- Transfer iTuns purchases:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
- Transfer other music by using a third-party program lke one of those discussed here:
Copy music from Ipod to new computer...: Apple Support Communities
- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right-clicking on the iPOd under Devices in iTunes and selecting Back Up.
- Restore the iPod from that backup. That should also get you the update.
- If in the USA, you can also redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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Hi NYYJMM,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may want to reset your iPod nano and then sync again. If the issue persists, restore your iPod and try again. See these articles for the steps:
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Hey leafxxx,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The following resource provides troubleshooting steps if your iPhone is not displayed in iTunes when connected:
Apple - Support - iPhone - iTunes Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/
For more detailed instructions, see this article:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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Hy i'm an italian user and i've a question. if i lost itunes and i must reinstall it i will lose all my apps and music??
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
You'll keep your purchased music and apps. Also, if iTunes was damaged, maybe the iTunes library is in your Music folder will all your data -
i have just plugged my i phone 4s into my computer and it automatically synced with i tunes, i tunes for some reason removed all the apps and backed up my phone automatically. ive gone to put my apps back on and its showing me an automatic flash up message saying, i tunes could not upload ibooks onto your device,it must be authorised. Im signed in and im also authorised, ive de authorised and authorised my account now twice.ive deleted the app i books as i read it could be out of date now and still it wont let me sync my apps. its letting me sync some apps that i bought on my new phone and not my 3, i also had an old e mail address registered with these apps and this account but hotmail deleted it for some random security reason. i have also bought an i pad recently and that works fine with my i tunes.can anybody help me as i have an i phone 4s now with nothing on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this new i tunes is crap!!!!!!!!!!!!! never had problems before,all i did was change my e mail address last time and everything was fine with the old version!!
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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I have upgraded my iTunes for Windows and I have lost all my apps and music
I have upgraded my iTunes for Windows and I have lost all my apps and music.
Although i signed in with my iTunes account, i can see only 5 apps (that i downloaded in the last 2-3 days), although on my iPad and iPhone i have more than 100 apps.
If i connect my devices to iTunes, the syncronisation will be made the other way, from iTunes to iPhone/iPad, so i will lose everything.
1. How can i restore these apps from the iCloud back-ups from my devices to my iTunes? Or any other method possible?
2. If you can also give me a suggestion about how to find my music playlists, that would save me from a lot of useless work on creating them again.
Thank you!Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
In the unlikely event that all the media has been inexplicably and permanently removed from your computer, see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
When you get it all working make a backup!
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I cant sync my ipod touch to itunes
I bought a new laptop and now i cant sync my ipod touch 4 to itunes please help me solve my problem
You have to do the following to make this your new syncing computer;
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities -
How can i transfer ALL my apps and music back to itunes
idont know how to transfer all my apps and music back to my itunes after my friend wiped the computer out. HHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLPPPPP
iTunes purchases by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
- For other music you will need a third-party program like one of those discussed here:
Copy music from Ipod to new computer...: Apple Support Communities
- Then connct the iPod to the computr and make a backup by right clicking on the Pod under devices in iTunes and select Backu Up
- Restore from that backup.
Note the backup does not contain apps, music and other synced items. -
My windows got corrupt and i lost my itunes with it,now i need to save all my apps and music on my ipad.......please help me i dont have back up of apps or music can i save it.....
Hey there Shomail,
It sounds like you are wanting to copy your content from your iPad to your computer. You can trasnfer your iTunes purchases from the device to the computer with the following article:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
To transfer iTunes Store purchases from your device to a computer, follow these steps:
Connect your device to the computer. If it is synced with another iTunes library, the following dialog may appear:
Click the Transfer Purchases button.
Important: Clicking Erase and Sync will delete any existing content currently on your device. The content will be replaced with whatever existing content is in the current iTunes library your device is connected to. If there is no content in the iTunes library, nothing will be synced to your device, and your device will be empty.
Please note that this feature works only for items that were purchased on the iTunes Store. Any items imported from audio CDs or acquired from other sources will not copy from your device to the iTunes library. Please see this article for more details.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
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hello i just came back from the apple store and they had to restore my phone and i just downloaded all my apps and music back but my photos that are on icloud i only got 80 out of 768 back. what do i do to get all of them back?
If you tried to restore to your iCloud backup and your photos didn't fully restore, first go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup and make sure it isn't still in the process of restoring.
If the restore is complete and all your photos weren't restored, all you can do is try restoring the backup again. You might try the solution posted by ezjules in this discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19518589#19518589. This involves opening the photos app after the phone restarts and you provide the passwords for your Apple IDs, then leaving it open for the remainder of the restore process. -
I have lost all my apps and music off my iphone how do i get it off itunes on to my iphone
i did an update on my iphone and all my apps and music have gone how do i get them off itunes back on to my iph
Contact iTunes support & request they add the lost music to your iTunes download queue:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
Apps, you can re-download for free. -
What is restoring and why do i 'have' to restore to connect to iTunes and can I really get all my stuff back because I have a homework essay saved on my notepad and all my apps and music. Help I don't know what to do!
Unless this program will get the iPod out of recovery mode
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
You will have to restore and thus erase the iPod. If you stuff is in a backup y can restore from backup. Otherwise it is lost.
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