I fully plan to restore my iPad 3 from my iPad 2's last iCloud backup and expect no issues. *knock on wood*
That's what I do everytime I get a new iDevice. Plug the old one into iTunes, right click, back up. Plug the new one into iTunes, right click, restore from back up.
Haven't had a problem yet.
Let me ask you....have you ever done this on a computer that is not the primary syncing computer?
I sync all my devices with my Mac Pro. But I'm travelling for this launch and will getting the new iPad while away. I will have my Macbook with me....but I don't sync my current iPad to it (since you can only sync with one library).
Can I, while I'm gone, plug the iPad 2 into my Macbook and do a backup? Then plug the new iPad into iTunes to restore it? All the while, making sure when I get back home that the new iPad will sync with my Mac Pro?
Thanks!
-Kevin
I haven't done it exactly like that, but I'm fairly confident it will work as long as you don't sync the iPad on the MacBook.
What you could do is today plug in your current iPad into your MacBook, make a backup, then right click and choose Restore from Backup and see if it shows you the backup file to choose from or not.
Can you, and Should you, restore from an Ipad 2 backup, for setting up the new ipad, or should you just set up from scratch?
Normally I would try to restore from iCloud but based on how hard it was to order on Apple's website last week I don't want to risk it taking forever. I've updated all my apps on my mac and hope to have it up and running a.s.a.p.
A progress bar will appear underneath the apps that are being downloaded. To prioritize the restore of a specific app, tap its icon. Restore will attempt to download the same version of the app that you had installed previously. If that version is no longer available, the latest version of the app will be restored.
I haven't done it exactly like that, but I'm fairly confident it will work as long as you don't sync the iPad on the MacBook.
What you could do is today plug in your current iPad into your MacBook, make a backup, then right click and choose Restore from Backup and see if it shows you the backup file to choose from or not.
How about restoring a new iPad from an iCloud backup from my iPhone 4S? I've never owned an iPad, and I was wondering if I could restore from a iPhone backup or not. Would you just set it up as a new device?
I'll be restoring from backup from my MBP. Isn't this the same as restoring from iCloud but much faster? If I have the option between the two I'm going to use the fastest. I'm a missing something backing up from MBP vs iCloud?