Restoring your iPad via iTunes

If you need to restore your iPad from a previous backup stored in iTunes the process is very simple. I will keep this short and sweet and hopefully you will be on your way to restoring your iPad in a matter of minutes.

• Connect your iPad to your computer via the USB cable.


• Open iTunes on your computer with your iPad connect via the USB cable.


• In the left panel of iTunes select your iPad, it should be under ‘Devices’.


• Right click on your device in the left panel, in the dropdown menu select ‘Restore from Backup’.


• A dialog box will appear with a list of previous backups, choose your backup.


• With your backup selected press the ‘Restore’ button.

Note:

If you have been backing-up your iPad to iTunes and you restore it from a previous backup, if you did not have ‘Encrypt Local Backup’ checkmarked then your passwords will not be restored. For more information please see this post on Total iPad.

More information can be found on the Apple website.