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Backed up my iPad via cable to Mac Studio desktop. Specifically chose to backup all data, but did NOT choose encryption. Located backup via ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ ,but resulting documents and photos in numbered and lettered folders are all encoded. What do I need to do to restore the data so I can view it on my desktop?
Thanks!
iPad, iPadOS 17
Thanks razme209!
anyhelpgreatlyappreciated wrote:
Backed up my iPad via cable to Mac Studio desktop. Specifically chose to backup all data, but did NOT choose encryption. Located backup via ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ ,but resulting documents and photos in numbered and lettered folders are all encoded. What do I need to do to restore the data so I can view it on my desktop?
Thanks!
backup would need to restore back to your ipad, and can't be viewed, whatever isn't synced to the cloud, mail, itunes/finder is part of the backup.
Thanks Grant! Here's what I'm grappling with: I'm trying to transfer my current iPad files to a new iPad. I long ago maxed out the iCloud associated with my current device (nothing since then has been backed up), and am wondering what the best way is to get files I really want from the current iPad to the new one. These include a TON of pdf's from the Notability app and numerous Garage Band files. I thought of:
(1) sharing the files I want to keep from the iPad with my desktop computer in whatever way (?) is most efficient;
(2) deleting those files from the current iPad;
(3) deleting everything from the current contents of the iCloud that came from iPad so I can:
(4) back up the remaining content of the iPad to the now-empty iCloud;
(5) downloading that content from the iCloud to the new iPad, and finally,
(6) sharing back the files from step (1) from my desktop to the new iPad
I'm guessing this is not the most efficient solution to the problem. Is there a better way to accomplish this?
connect your OLD iPad to your Mac with a cable.
back up your iPad to your Mac. They are a backup BLOB -- you don't need to examine them on your Mac.
(if you want to KEEP your local passwords, you MUST encrypt the backup, otherwise it is not considered safe enough, and passwords will be omitted from the backup.)
connect your NEW iPad to your Mac with a cable.
Restore your files to your NEW iPad, and the new device will seem a lot like the old one -- in a good way!
if your iPad is working, share the original files from the device itself.
if your iPad is not working, restore EVERYTHING from the backup back to the iPad, and then share those files.
Thanks! I've been assuming "backup" would result in a copy of the file from my iPad on the Mac, but it seems I need to "share" instead of backup if that's my goal.
That's great!
post back if you have questions about doing that sharing. There are several ways to accomplish that.
So better to cull my files AFTER I put them on the new iPad via backup to my desktop, and then clean up iCloud so backing up to the cloud from my (new) iPad will be possible again...
And thanks for the tip about encryption!
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