What password does itunes want to restore backup?
I am trying to restore my phone to a back up created on my computer, but iTunes is asking for a password, but when I put in my iTunes password it is telling me it is not correct? What password is it asking for?
You must have checked the Encrypt Backup option in iTunes at some time in the past. You need to enter the backup passcode that you entered the first time.
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I am using iphone 4 and just updated the software on my mac but wanted to restore my calender/contacts/messages after backup. itunes is requesting for a password to restore backup but it is not accepting any of my iphone passwords. what password does it require? If i cannot remember this then how do i continue backup without the password request?
If you have a corporate Exchange account set up on the phone, the administrators can require encrypted backups. Try using your Exchange password.
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Dear Sir,
I have forgotten my password of itunes, i have taken backup of contacts but is unable to restore . pls help i have my important data in back up.
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ThanksEncrypted backup?
Read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5162
If the backup you're trying to restore from is encrypted, you will not be able to use that backup if you can't remember the encrypted backup passcode.
If on a Mac, & you elected to save the passcode to your Keychain, you can recover the passcode from your Keychain. Otherwise, your backup data is unrecoverable.
While you can continue to sync/backup, if you can't remember it & want to remove it, you'll have to delete your existing backups, & restore your phone as a new device.
You delete your existing backups here: iTunes>Preferences>Devices. -
I got a new phone yesterday (cracked the screen on my old one) and now I need to restore data from itunes. Itunes is asking fior a password by I do not have an itunes password. what password is itunes looking for?
Hello agentlesley,
It sounds like your backup is encrypted. If you do not know that password, then you would have to set up your iPhone as a new device.
iTunes: About iOS backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G. -
Hey guys,
I just bought a new iPhone but i can't restore my backup files beacuse it keeps saying "itunes could not restore backup because the password was incorrect" but I really don't know where to put the password to restore it. I really have some files that are meaningful for me so I really need help. Any suggestions anyone?Select your iDevice in the iTunes.
Choose the Summary screen (tab) and scroll to the bottom of the screen.
Then un-select Encrypt iPhone backup.
iTunes will then prompt you to “Enter the password to unlock your iPhone backup”, enter the password you set originally. -
TS4036 what if i only want to restore my contact list from backup
what if i only want to restore my contact list from backup
Welcome to the Apple community.
Firstly, you cannot selectively restore content from your iCloud backup. Secondly, your contacts are not part of your iCloud backup. -
when i want to restore backup from icloud this message will appare on my iphone 4s *move your mobileme account to icloud* whats mainig of this message?
Apple has shutdown MobileMe. You have to switch over to iCloud.
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taking to long to update. what if i dnt want to restore it? what can i do because now when i switch oon it it says connect to itunes
I have very similar problem, have you resolved yours yet?
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Does iTunes offer a restore from other than current data on my pc? I've lost all my pictures because of lack of disk space on my pc.
Are you talking about restore of the iPhone from its backup, or something else? The first time you sync an iOS device on each calendar day iTunes will update the backup set for the device. If you remove data from the device and backup, then the backup of that data has gone. For this reason it actually makes sense to restore an iOS device periodically as, once used for a restore, the backup set is archived and a new one created.
Ideally you would have backed up these pictures somewhere. If you enabled it, you may find pictures in your Photo Stream.
In general you need to keep a backup copy of all your important files. iTunes will let you download most past purchases from the store but backing up other content is down to you. The user Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy suggests a way to do this for iTunes, but the same tool can be used to preserve other folders of data.
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I'm trying to transfer music from iTunes on an old PC (Windows Vista Home Basic) that uses an external storage device to store the files to a new PC (Windows 7 Starter) that will use that same external storage device. I am also dealing with the new iTunes 11. How can I accomplish this successfully? What folder does iTunes use to store the data in? I've tried several things. Home Sharing caused duplicates but not all songs or apps transfered. It is a large library! I've tried just setting the path in the Advanced Tab of iTunes preferences of the new computer with the external drive connected the same as the path when the external drive is connected to the old computer. This was the best solution so far but still a few artists missing and some apps. Any suggestions?
Here are typical layouts for the iTunes folders:
With iTunes 11 you might also have a Home Videos folder inside iTunes Media.
In the simplest cases you copy the entire iTunes folder from <User's Music> on the source computer to <User's Music> on the target machine, install iTunes, and it "just works"TM.
If the media folder (inside the red outline) has been split out to a separate location then you can copy the library folder (outside the red outline) as before and connect the drive holding the media so that it has exactly the same path as before. If the drive appears as D: on one system and E: on the other then the library won't be able to find the media.
The crucial file is iTunes Library.itl - this contains a record of the tracks that have been added to the library, ratings, play counts, playlists etc.
See also: Make a split library portable.
tt2 -
I want to email a photo through iPhoto but it says I need a password... I entered my password but it says it doesn't match - what password do they want and how do I fix? (Facebook and other social media iPhoto posts work - just email asking for password)
Your email password.
iPhoto '11: Email your photos
Open Mac Mail. From the Mac Mail menu bar click Mail > Preferences then select the General tab.
Make a selection from the: Default email reader pop up menu. -
Trying to download Adobe flash player. What password do they want?
mac book pro iOS 6.0.3 cannot download adobe flash player since it was posted "out of date". What password do they want?
Anthony1013 wrote:
mac book pro iOS 6.0.3 cannot download adobe flash player since it was posted "out of date". What password do they want?
Is this on your MacBook?
Or is this on your iDevice with iOS 6.03 or iOS 6.1?
Or something else? -
Where does itunes 11 store my backups in Windosw 7
Where does itunes 11 store my backups in Windows 7?
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What ports does iTunes update podcasts over?
Hiho
Lately I never succed in updating podcasts while using my 3G data ISP. I suspect they block ports. What ports does iTunes require to download new podcasts?
/peterHi Jan,
I am sure the Apple Doc is right.
The Doc was originally written for iChat 2 when you could only chat 1-1
Obviously with an eye on the future, and of the potential for the data traffic to get busy in some locations, allows for the extra ports allocation.
If you are in a 4 way Video chat then that would be 16 ports.
Now in iChat 2 Audio chats used to make use of the same four ports. But as 10 way Audio chats are possible it seems likely this has been changed in multichats to use all twenty ports.
( I am also sure that 16384-16403 is 20 ports )
10:01 AM Saturday; September 1, 2007
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Hi all, i backup up iphone in itunes but not realised it was password protected and now want to restore new handset from backup but keep asking me for password but no idea what it was,, pls help...
You are someone had to put a check in the box to encrypt your iPhone backup.
Warning: If you encrypt an iPhone backup in iTunes and then forget your password, you will not be able to restore from backup and your data will be unrecoverable. If you forget the password you can continue to do backups and use the device, however you will not be able to restore the encrypted backup to any device without the password. You do not need to enter the password for your backup each time you back up or sync.
If you cannot remember the password and want to start again, you will have to do a full software restore and when prompted by iTunes to select the backup to restore from, choose Set up as a new device.
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