How to Back up Your iPad

There are a lot of different ways to back things up from your iPad.  The method you choose depends largely on how you want to access your backup.  Here are some tips and directions for saving all of your iPad data.

To back up every single thing on your iPad: 

including documents, photos, videos, 3rd party application data, settings, and layout, use the iCloud Storage & Backup utility.

This method is very thorough, however, the backup is saved as a single entity.  This backup method can be used to restore your entire iPad should you have to reset it or get a new one for any reason.
iCloud Storage Backup should always be done in case of unforeseen emergencies, but should not be relied upon as a method to access specific files, photos, or videos from another device.

To make a complete iPad backup:

1. Tap Settings.
2. Tap iCloud settings
3. Tap Storage & Backup
4. Turn iCloud Backup slider to ON.

To retrieve the data later:

1. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap “Erase all content and settings.”
2. In the Setup Assistant, proceed to “Set up your device,” tap Restore from a Backup, then sign in to iCloud.
3. Proceed to “Choose backup,” then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.

To back up specific items to view on another device:

Here are some methods of backing up specific files.  

Use iCloud settings.  This method is simple for some things (like your Keynote and Pages documents) and not so simple for others (like your Notes, Keychain, and Videos).  This method will not back up data from your non-Apple Apps, such as Explain Everything or Educreations.  Click here for complete instructions and information.

Save files to Google Drive.   You can use the GoogleDrive App or the desktop version in Safari.  You can choose to share from many apps and move the files to Drive that way or you can upload from within Google Drive.  Files can be accessed from any computer or device.

Export files to DropBox.  Save files to DropBox from many iPad apps or upload files from your camera roll from within the DropBox app or from DropBox.com.   Here is a link to create an account if you don't already have one.

Please contact me if you want help with backing up iPads for you or your students.  sarahglatzMMS.youcanbook.me