Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.apps,rec.travel.europe,soc.history.medieval Subject: Re: back from the brink Date: 9 Apr 2015 16:13:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <553643483450280509.999995drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org> <090420151006022011%nospam@nospam.invalid> <462080671450287602.254821drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org> X-Trace: individual.net 2fYDrPy/jCkeaB/JRM6vjQWfPky+88pstYSii5aXJxyVM6DaRU Cancel-Lock: sha1:Slnqve4aW7eat0di3qSdGmpX8B8= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.ipad:48053 comp.sys.mac.apps:28637 On 2015-04-09, Erilar wrote: > nospam wrote: >> In article >> <553643483450280509.999995drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september. >>> , Erilar wrote: >> >>> I'm battling back from disaster-- almost all my apps on the iPad were wiped >>> clean of all data somewhere in the middle of the nasty battle with a new >>> computer with the worst OS I've ever had to deal with: Yosemite. I now have >>> to clear away the old posts here to get up to date before I leave home on >>> my yearly trip combo and have only Newstap on the iPad with me. >> >> only because itunes asked if you wanted to delete them and you said >> yes. you apparently did not migrate the old system to the new computer, >> so itunes saw it as a different computer. > > It WAS migrated by someone much more capable than I, but I did something > wrong on the backup attempt. The point is someone (you or your "more capable" helper) caused your data to be erased from the iPad by answering "yes" to the question "This will delete all data from your iPad. Are you sure?" It's not something that just happens on its own. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR