{"id":819,"date":"2017-03-20T07:55:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=819"},"modified":"2017-03-20T07:55:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:55:36","slug":"is-your-ipad-data-backed-up-make-sure-before-disaster-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=819","title":{"rendered":"Is your iPad data backed up? MAKE SURE before disaster strikes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had several students lately who have lost data because they had not correctly setup their backups &#8211; and then their iPads were either damaged or &#8220;the mysterious someone&#8221; reset their passcode.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ujDRo_QpTJU\/Ue9ExmTcorI\/AAAAAAAAArA\/8fDk7z7NpFE\/s1600\/panic%2Bbeaker.gif?resize=474%2C277\" width=\"474\" height=\"277\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right now, while you are thinking about it, check to make sure your data is being backed up:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Settings &#8211;&gt; iCloud &#8211;&gt; Backups ON<\/strong>. GO ahead and click the button to do a backup RIGHT NOW, since you&#8217;re there&#8230;&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drive &#8211;&gt; Settings &#8211;&gt; Photos.<\/strong>\u00a0 YES, automatically backup your Pix and Vids to Drive. The other settings involved are your call [ <em>they won&#8217;t make much difference since we are a Google school<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notability &#8211;&gt; Gear icon, bottom left &#8211;&gt; Autobackups &#8211;&gt; Google Drive<\/strong> should have a checkmark. If it doesn&#8217;t, select it. You&#8217;ll be prompted through the signon process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>ONCE MORE OPTIONAL THING YOU CAN DO:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Settings &#8211;&gt; iTunes. Sign in. The iPad Guy suggests using your personal AppleID [that way any music you buy will always be yours]. If you will never be buying music through iTunes, then it&#8217;s OK to use your MDS AppleID. [<em>AND you can switch accounts later if things change]<\/em>.\n<p>There IS an option to NOT have a credit card on the account &#8211; but you have to look for it on the screen where Apple asks for your credit card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This betters the odds of doing a simple restore-from-iCloud if your machine croaks, as opposed to setting up from scratch and having the download all your backups manually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had several students lately who have lost data because they had not correctly setup their backups &#8211; and then their iPads were either damaged or &#8220;the mysterious someone&#8221; reset their passcode. Right now, while you are thinking about it, check to make sure your data is being backed up: Settings &#8211;&gt; iCloud &#8211;&gt; Backups &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=819\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is your iPad data backed up? 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