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The most fearsome thing for any iPad user is to lose data unexpectedly. This is the worst thing that can happen to a person who has stored his important file on his device. To avoid losing data people make backups there are many software that allow making backups and then restoring them back. A very few of them are quality products. The most important thing is to make the backup properly so that you can keep your important and precious data safe. Due to these reasons it is important to make backups. When you have made a Backup of your iPad device, you might need to view its contents as you might need to check that you have made the backup of the right data. This guide will take you through the steps to view your iPad backup that you have made with the help of itunes or iCloud. We will use the dr.fone - Data Recovery (iOS) to complete this task.
Part 1. The Tool You Need for Accessing iPad Backup
iSkySoft Toolbox - iOS Data Recoveryis the best software due to its ease of usage and availability. The software supports a lot of unique functionalities that other backup and recovery software do not provide. Few of it very prominent features are following:
- It can recover data from iPhones along with the iPads. Along this, it not only recovering data from iTunes backup but also from the iCloud backups.
- It provides the support to recover the contacts, messages, pictures, videos, notes, etc, from the iPad device.
- It can recover any lost data either it be due to deletion, factory restore, failure in jail-breaking your device or broken device.
- You can easily preview your data that you want to recover before recovering it from the lost.
- It gives the user the option to choose the files according to their requirements that they want to recover.
Part 2. How to View iTunes Backup
While making backup, you end up with different options to choose from to make backup of your iPad device, the best of which is to use the software from the parent company, which, in this case, is iTunes. Now we will walk you through the proper steps to view and access the backup that you have made using the iTunes software. To view this backup, we will use iSkySoft Toolbox - iOS Data Recovery . Follow the below steps:
Step 1: Once you have installed dr.fone - iOS Toolkit properly, launch the software. On starting the software will show a screen that will display "Data Recovery" options to choose. Then it will display "Recover from iTunes Backup File". Select it and click on it to view the list of iTunes backups that you have recently made from the iTunes.
Step 2.Now the scanning process might take some time. After the scan is complete, you will see a list of files that are present in the backup that you have made earlier. You can completely view it here. Also, if you want to recover you can click the "Export to Mac" button to export the files you need to your computer.
Part 3. How to View iCloud Backup
To make a backup of your iPad important files on iCloud is a very wise choice to make. As the iCloud service is hosted remotely on the iCloud servers, and there are no chances that you might lose your backup files there. You can easily access these files from the iCloud server using the iSkysoft iPhone Toolbox and view them.
Step 1. Upon launching the software, please click "Data Recovery" options and then choose the option "Recover from iCloud Backup File". Upon clicking, it will ask for your Apple ID and password to log into your iCloud account. Remember that this software does not save your password or ID.
Step 2. Now that you have logged into you iCloud account, you can then view the list of the backup files that you have made using the iCloud services. Select the required backup that you want to restore. A download button will appear next to it. Click on the "Download" button to download it. It might take some time to download depending on the size of the file.
Step 3. After the download is complete, you will have to click on the "Scan Download" button right next to the file. Doing this, it will scan all the files that are present in the backup file. Upon completion of the scan, you will be easily able to view all the files that are in the backup. If you want to save the backup file to your local computer, you can select the files you need and then click the "Recover" button to export them.
Elva
staff Editor