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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
This may just be me, but I've never thought that the backup/restore on any iPad device actually restores anything but the programs, settings and passwords. Not the database of the programs itself. Not any information that you could load through the 'file share' option on that device.
Since most apps aren't actually owned by iTunes, the info isn't going to be transferred.
I don't think 'backup' is meant to keep a clone of the iThing. I have a handful of iThings, and have never come across the backup restoring everything. Just the apps and settings.
But if there's a way around that, I'd love to hear it. It's a real PITA to have to reload libraries and other data.
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iTunes only shows content that was loaded using iTunes File Sharing (or at least in the app’s internal folder designated for iTunes File Sharing). Mind, these actually get restored by iCloud/encrypted iTunes backup restore for me.
The backup over iTunes/iCloud depends on the app.
Apps can categorize the data they’re using into user data and downloadable data. I’m not familiar with the exact jargon but at least that’s my understanding based on my favorite comic app (ComicGlass) which gives me two main folders for comic storage: [Documents] and [Downloads]. User data [Documents] gets backed up to iCloud/iTunes. Downloadable data [Downloads] does NOT.
If the app categorizes ebooks as user data (e.g. Marvin, Kobo), the ebooks get backed up to iCloud/iTunes via normal device backup. If the app categorizes ebooks as downloadable data (e.g. Kindle, Comixology), then the ebooks do NOT get backed up to iCloud/iTunes.
Not sure where MapleRead falls. From posts here though, it seems like it might be similar to ComicGlass but you can’t choose to move/recategorize ebooks to/from user data and downloadable data.