Restoring backed up data to iPhone 4S

I have reset an iPhone 4S to factory settings by mistake. There should be a backup on the iMac. How do I restore it on the iPhone?
Thank you, Federico

If you had backed up the device to iTunes, connect the device, select it, and then select Restore Backup from the Summary page. Then select the dated backup.

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Please help me out. I connected my friend's iPhone to my iTunes and it offered to update the software on it. I decided to update as my friend had never than that before. And, now I am in trouble, cause all his data is gone. I mean all... before it was synchronizing it said that it was backing up the data ... does anyone know how to find this data? Because my iTunes has only the data for my iPhone ...
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Go to iTunes preferences. Is there a backup listed under the Devices tab for your friend's iPhone?
If so, your friend needs to restore his iPhone with iTunes from the backup for his iPhone.
When restoring, his iPhone will be erased and the firmware will be re-installed. After the firmware is re-installed, you will be prompted to restore the iPhone from an available backup - which is the default selection. If the backup for his iPhone is not selected, you can select it from the pop-up.
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Thank you randers4 and Eric Ross. The only problem is that i did this because of the following error:
"To: Clash of Clans. "When I first started on my iPad I didn't log in to game centre (but I thought I had). Then I downloaded it on my iPhone and followed the steps to register, and thus created two games...the one on my iPad which was far advanced and the one on my phone which I had played once but was registered. Now, whenever I play on my iPad it asks to sync with game centre (which I want to do so I don't lose my game but it will be overwritten with the phone game, which I dont want."
And i followed their advice which was:
"If you wish to start another game, you need to reset your device - please use this with caution as you will lose all data from the device.
In order to reset your device safely, please follow the steps below:
1) Go to settings
2) Go to iCloud
3) Go to Storage & BackUp
4) Go to "BackUp now"
5) Go back to settings and go to "general"
6) Go to "reset"
7) Go to "erase all content & settings"
After the reset is done and your device starts up again, it is very important that you do not load your back-up immediately.
8) Skip the Backup (click on "later")
9) Go to the App Store
10) Download Clash of Clans
11) Log in through Game Center and start a new game
12) Go back to settings / iCloud and load the back-up to get all your files back"
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What if i have skipped the "restore from icloud backup" during the set up assistant - is there any way to get it once the ipad is up and running?

Thank you randers4 and Eric Ross. The only problem is that i did this because of the following error:
"To: Clash of Clans. "When I first started on my iPad I didn't log in to game centre (but I thought I had). Then I downloaded it on my iPhone and followed the steps to register, and thus created two games...the one on my iPad which was far advanced and the one on my phone which I had played once but was registered. Now, whenever I play on my iPad it asks to sync with game centre (which I want to do so I don't lose my game but it will be overwritten with the phone game, which I dont want."
And i followed their advice which was:
"If you wish to start another game, you need to reset your device - please use this with caution as you will lose all data from the device.
In order to reset your device safely, please follow the steps below:
1) Go to settings
2) Go to iCloud
3) Go to Storage & BackUp
4) Go to "BackUp now"
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7) Go to "erase all content & settings"
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8) Skip the Backup (click on "later")
9) Go to the App Store
10) Download Clash of Clans
11) Log in through Game Center and start a new game
12) Go back to settings / iCloud and load the back-up to get all your files back"
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grutz wrote:
i have backed up all my files from my macbook on time machine, but now i want to put that data on to a macbook pro. When i open time machine on the pro, there's no data there.
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