Itunes prep before fresh OS

Manbatius · 2 Nov 2012 at 23:30

Hi all,

I want to be able to back up itunes before I format my w7 machine and install a fresh install of W8.

I have tried this before when I updated a pc and it sort of worked.

However my iphone 3gs is dead (wont charge, home button and microphone broke)
So the back up on my pc I cannot loose as my phone may be unfixable.

Any guide on how to back up itunes (music not important i have this elsewhere) but everything else to do with the iphone!

Thanks all,

Davey

JAzz · 3 Nov 2012 at 01:05

I usually just copy the iTunes folders in the My Music folder, install iTunes on the new comp and then just copy and paste that folder in there. All my iPhone and iPad backups as well as all my apps then show up on iTunes.

demonix · 3 Nov 2012 at 16:04

Just copy the iTunes folder in my music and copy it back one you've done the install of windows 8.

Also you should de-authorise the computer before doing that fresh install of windows 8.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Nov 2012 at 16:11

If only you had iTunes Match / iTunes iCloud you wouldn't have needed to do a backup as once you logged in everything would be there ready to stream across all your devices.

UnworthyBean · 3 Nov 2012 at 16:19

If its a local backup of the phone, You'll find the backup in AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup.

Manbatius · 3 Nov 2012 at 22:05

Thanks all,

I did a combination of the above, including the app data part.
As it is i managed to extract my contacts/ notes from my iphone back up first and that was the main thing.

Will only look into restoring my back ups and installing itunes if i get my iphone fixed.

Someone mentioned de authorising account thats the mistake i didnt do last time!

Also I disabled I cloud, prefer having my own data, though saying that skydrive has somehow got some of my photos, impressive as i have none on this pc and have not used it (that im aware of!)