Re: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Vicki
Oh, okay. Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Sieghard Weitzel" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:14 PM Subject: RE: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications You can only do an encrypted backup

RE: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
You can only do an encrypted backup in iTunes and it backs up things like WiFi and app passwords and so on. At this point I think an iCloud backup is almost as good as an encrypted backup, but there might still be a few things the encrypted backup includes, not sure. Anyhow, in iTunes you just

Re: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hello Keith, It used to be true, but with its latest update, iTunes has stopped having an app store, and even when you restore from an iTunes backup, the apps are downloaded from the Internet rather than loaded from your computer. As a result, restoring from a backup isn't likely to be much

RE: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
Also, is it true that a restore from an iTunes backup is much faster and easier than from an iCloud backup? This is a question, not a statement But this has been my understanding, if someone can please confirm, I would appreciate hearing if it's true. Keith -Original Message- From:

Re: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Vicki
Backups have always confused me. If I do an ICloud backup on my phone or mini IPAD, it does not give me the options to encrypt. Do I need to do it on my computer and if so, how do I do it? Vicki - Original Message - From: "Woody Anna Dresner" To: "VIPhone Mailing

Re: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Encrypted backups save your HealthKit and password data, while unencrypted ones don't. iCloud backups also save this data, which they didn't used to do, so so they are now equivalent. However, either an iCloud or encrypted backup is better than an unencrypted backup. Best, Anna > On

Re: Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Harry Bell
Also, Johnathan Mosen in his ios 11 book says that nowadays there is little advantage in iTunes encrypted backups compared with iCloud backups so long as you use Keychain. Is this correct? Harry > On 20 Sep 2017, at 15:28, Chip Orange wrote: > > Hi Seighard, > > Why is

Why is an encrypted backup important?; was RE: iOS11 and Notifications

2017-09-20 Thread Chip Orange
Hi Seighard, Why is the encrypted part of your advice to make an encrypted backup important? I have made backups before this using iTunes, but I've never seen how to be sure they are encrypted, and don't know why (other than security) this may be important? Thanks, Chip -Original