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                      Why can't you backup, then download?
                                        
My iPad [1] is low of charge, so I plug it into the Mac as I usually do in
such situations. As soon as I do, iTunes [2] pops up this message:

> There are purchased items on the iPad “Sean Conner's iPad” that have not
> been transferred to your iTunes library. You should transfer these items to
> your iTunes library before updating this iPad. Are you sure you want to
> continue?
> 

The “Cancel” button is highlighted, but I do have the option to hit the
“Continue” button.

Sigh.

How hard could it be to do this?

> There are purchased items on the iPad “Sean Conner's iPad” that have not
> been transferred to your iTunes library. This iPad will automatically be
> backed up before it is updated. Are you sure you want to continue?
> 

Because that is most likely what I want to do.

Usually when this happens, I hit “Cancel,” then backup the iPad, unplug it,
then plug it back in to get the new iPad software to download.

Or, short of that, why can't I backup the iPad while the new version of iOS
[3] downloads? I only have 36 minutes left (out of a 42-minute download) that
that's plenty of time to backup the iPad. But noooooooooooooooo! It is
incapable of doing this.

I thought Apple was better than this.

Update later today …

iTunes did a backup of the iPad anyway. What a poorly written warning.


[1] http://www.apple.com/ipad/
[2] http://www.apple.com/itunes/
[3] http://www.apple.com/ios/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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