Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
You won't see the button or drop-down list if the iTunes sidebar is visible.
ChooseView
⇒
HideSidebar(orpress +Option+S)toclosethesidebarandrevealthebutton
or drop-down list.
3.
Click the Summary tab.
4.
In the Automatically Back Up section, click iCloud.
If you choose to back up to your computer, you can encrypt your backups with a password by select-
ing the Encrypt iPad Backup check box.
If anything goes wonky, or you get a new iPad, you can restore most (if not all) of your settings and
files that aren't synced with iCloud or iTunes on your computer. Or, if you've backed up an iPhone,
iPod touch, or another iPad, you can restore the new iPad from the older device's backup.
If you're using an iPad computer-free, here's how to enable backing up to iCloud from your iPad,
which we strongly suggest computer-free iPad users do without further delay:
1.
Tap Settings
⇒
iCloud
⇒
Storage & Backup.
2.
Tap iCloud Backup to switch it on (green).
Choosing this option means your iPad no longer backs up automatically if you con-
nect it to a computer.
If you are a computer-free iPad user, you don't care because you never connect your iPad to a com-
puter. But if you sync your iPad with your computer like many folks do, give some thought to which
option suits your needs. Restoring from a computer backup requires physical or Wi-Fi access to that
computer, but you don't need Internet access. Restoring from iCloud requires Internet access — and
can happen anywhere on Earth that has it.
One last thing to look at on the Backup section: If you want to password-protect your iPad backups
(your iPad creates a backup of its contents automatically every time you sync), be sure to also select
the Encrypt iPad Backup check box from the Backup area.
Backups are good; pick one or the other and move on.
