And by the way, one bit of good advice which wasn't clear to me until I migrated my

iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 - when you do a backup, it only backs up the stuff set to sync.

So basically transfer purchases, then do a backup, then set up your syncing setup and then do another backup which, depending on the aforementioned steps and what you have on your iPad, may or may not take longer.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on April 12th 2013 at 13:22:14

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I shouldn't have any worries syncing my ipad should I? I've not bothered before (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 12, 11:19:10
- Syncing really shouldn't take that long. Maybe because you leave it so long ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 12, 13:23:00
- In had the same problem of long backups, turned out to be a 'rogue' app.... (General Chat) - John in Texas, Apr 12, 11:33:23
  - Ah that makes sense. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 12, 11:38:00
- Do a backup, and transfer purchases from iPad to iTunes first (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 12, 11:23:16
  - Thanks for the advice. How do I do that? Just plug it into itunes on my lap top? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 12, 11:30:43
    - When ITunes picks up your iPad.. (General Chat) - mississauga_canary, Apr 12, 11:46:30
      - Actually that's only for the older iToons I think. In the new one you have to select (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 12, 13:20:25
      - Ok thanks. I'm going for it! (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 12, 11:58:49
        
        And by the way, one bit of good advice which wasn't clear to me until I migrated my (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 12, 13:22:14

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