Restore of backup in itunes didnt restore as expected.

[ranjb]

Hi

I am using the latest version of itunes on my Mac and recently did a backup and restore as i wanted to upgrade my ipad from 5.1.1 to 6 and i also wanted to JB it.

With itunes i have created a number of different profiles as I have an ipad, my wife as an iphone4 and also i have an ipod. So there are 4 profiles i have created and these are all stored on the local drive under music, itunes.

So when i started i opened the profile which i believed was my ipad profile. Itunes picked up the ipad and i performed a backup to computer. I then upgraded the software via itunes, performed the JB but found none of my most recent apps were on there, it was like it only did a settings backup as my mail, some folders and other settings were on there. So i went back into itunes and did a restore from backup, i didnt receive any errors when i did the restore but once the process was finished i still didnt have all my apps.

On investigation i looked in my itunes folder for the ipad profile and when i did a search for ipa files i found none in there. I then tried to run another backup but still they didnt appear in there.

I a trying to understand what i am doing wrong or whether itunes isnt working properly for me to do a backup, i am not receiving any errors back when performing a backup and unsure what is wrong here. I have checked the size of the folder and its only 100mb so i know its not backing up the apps, my ibooks as i have GB in there.

Any advice on this would be most appreciated. When i did my wifes iphone upgrade on here itunes profile, i had none of these issues.

Is there a way i can reinialise that profile and then try performing another backup to see if it works or would i be better deleting that profile and starting again?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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[goofy8275]

So your apps are no longer in your iTunes library?

Regards.
From the iPad of Goofy8275, iPadForums.net user

 

[Jamiew]

i done the same done a jailbreak didnt really understand it all restored my ipad and tried to back up fron the backup i just done before jailbreak.

lost everything all my apps photos all my internet bookmarks etc still dont no what i have done wrong and fix it tried numerous resores wtc but nothing is there nothing stored directly on the pc so i can maybe look copy from there etc its a real pain.

 

[ranjb]

So your apps are no longer in your iTunes library?

Regards.
From the iPad of Goofy8275, iPadForums.net user

No not in the itunes library for the ipad profile. If i access my wifes iphone profile all of her apps are there.

Its like they something wrong with the profile i have created for the ipad.

I am probably going to recreate the profile, try another backup and see what happens but thought i would ask the question in case some one says "have you tried this?"

Thanks

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