Hi Arnold and all, Home screen arrangements are restored with either type of backup. BARD books are not saved in either kind of backup. The latest version of apps is copied to your device whether you use an iCloud or iTunes backup.
Best, Anna > On Sep 5, 2018, at 2:16 AM, Arnold Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I said in another message, I will be delighted if I am wrong about the > following. If one has any books saved in Kindle or Bard, they will not > restore from iClouth and will have to be downloaded again, they will be > restored from an encrypted backup. Also, any books in Voice Dream will not > restore from ICloud, unless the iCloud storage feature in Voice Dream is > enabled first. I hope Winston has gotten that feature to be more reliable now > than it once was, I have read many threads about how people's libraries got > all messed up by it. Again, it very well may be all right now. Any other > books, such as those in Learning Ally will not restore from iCloud, but > should from an encrypted backup. Finally, I know that music is not backed up > in ICloud. Your music library from Apple Music is there, but not any > downloads. Any music on your device from cd's on your hard drive that were on > the device will not be restored in an ICloud backup. If none of these things > matter, then an ICloud backup is fine. An ICloud backup surely is better > than nothing, if something goes wrong with your device when you are not near > your home computer and you have to restore it. > > Arnold Schmidt > > > Sent from Arnold's iPhone > > On Sep 4, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Anna Dresner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > Both types of backups back up all of the same information. If you restore > from a backup, even iTunes backups download your apps from the app store if > you restore from them, so there isn't a speed advantage in restoring from > iTunes either. I would suggest backing up with icloud on a regular basis and > doing an encrypted iTunes backup before you get a new device so that if you > have to restore from the backup, the iTunes one is available in case > something is wrong with the iCloud one. > > Best, > Anna > > >> On Sep 4, 2018, at 6:22 PM, 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I understand iCloud backups are getting close to encrypted iTunes backups. >> Is there still an advantage or advantages to encrypted iTunes backups? >> >> Thanks in advance. Keith >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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