The downside of iCloud backups is (I suspect) most folks have the free
5GB of storage while most phones have a lot more than this to backup. I
imagine very few people can use iCloud backup without either paying for
more storage or stripping down what gets backed up to a bare minimum.
CB
On 12/13/14, 12:19 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
Regarding iPhone backups. The process is as follows. If you have your iDevice
set to use iCloud Backups, then it will automatically backup to iCloud when
your iDevice is plugged in to power and connected to WiFi. this is regardless
of whether you have Mavericks, Yosemite, Windows or even a computer for that
matter. You can manually tell it to backup to iCloud from within the iCloud
area of Settings on your iDevice. If you have enabled iTunes WiFi Sync, then
your iDevices will sync with your Mac when they are both connected to the same
WiFi network and iTunes is open on the Mac. This is done over the air so you
don’t need to tether it with your USB cable in order for this to occur.
Realize though, that this is just syncing, it’s not backing up to iCloud. If
you have set your iDevice to backup to that same Mac instead of to iCloud, then
backups should occur using WiFi Syncing to that Mac.
Hope this makes sense.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Dec 8, 2014, at 16:49, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello.
I am having problems with understanding Yosemite after coming from Mavericks.
For instance, my understanding was if you locked your I phone, you could back
it up to iCloud. However, this is not for me, as when I do it, I always get
the message that the process failed. However, if I use my Mac mini or I Mac to
do this, my I phone gets backed up.
Another thing I just discovered today was, that I don’t have to have my I phone
connected to any devices and I can back it up to my I Mac or my Mac mini
without having to connect it although initially I did connect it to a cable in
the first instance when I was instructed to do so.
A very nice thing I discovered was that the iCloud website was better when
sorting out my rules as before on Mavericks the process was rather complicated.
It’s so nice that Apple have worked to tidy things up now. I’m so glad that
braille is working at last on Yosemite as my Focus 40 would not connect via
bluetooth. Such a positive note for a good operating system.
Thank you.
Kawal.
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