Recovering a previous iTunes backup?

Alright, so I have had my iPod touch (4th gen) for a few years now and have taken fairly good care of it. Over the past summer (May-September 2013) I've taken many photos with it, written notes and events in the calander as well as using the other utulities on the iPod. Unfortunately, it started acting up in mid-October. The iPod was completely unfunctional; it kept resetting itself without even showing the unlock screen. The iPod would show the Apple logo (as if it was restarting) but then turn to a black screen that would stay on the screen from a few minutes to a few hours, then flash a white screen and start the whole process again. I took it to the Apple store to get it fixed, but to have it fixed all the data that was on it would be wiped clean. I told the Apple helper to go ahead and try to fix it, as it wasn't functional anyways and thankfully they restored it as if it was a new ipod!
Unfortunatly, the data that I had on that iPod had gone a few months worth without a backup, so I lost a lot of data I would like to get back. I know I should have been more frequent with the backups, but as I didn't I'd like to see if there is a way to recover information from a previous backup.
I do not know if its possible to recover an iTunes backup from a specific time, or specific backup. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know!
Thank you!

whitefiskerkarma wrote:
Unfortunatly, the data that I had on that iPod had gone a few months worth without a backup, so I lost a lot of data I would like to get back. I know I should have been more frequent with the backups, but as I didn't I'd like to see if there is a way to recover information from a previous backup.
I do not know if its possible to recover an iTunes backup from a specific time, or specific backup. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know!
Thank you!
You can recover from the last backup.
See this -> iOS: How to back up and restore your content

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