You can only have automatic backups set to either iCloud or iTunes, but
you can always do a manual backup. I have automatic backups set to use
iCloud, but I periodically go in and perform a manual encrypted backup
to my PC using iTunes.
On 08/23/2014 09:17 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
Thank you, that helps. My only other question: will enabling local
backups do anything to iCloud? As I recall, you have to choose one or
the other, you can't do both at once. I've relied soely on iCloud
backups for years, so maybe this has changed and I missed it.
On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Alex,
I would do an encrypted backup via iTunes and restore from it when
your iPhones come back.
It is not recommended to restore an iPhone backup to an iPod Touch.
Yes, both devices run iOS, but the hardware is very different and
according to Apple "*Restoring an iPhone backup to an iPod touch may
result in unexpected behavior on the iPod touch (such as the device
resetting repeatedly)."*
**
*Here is a short article where this comes from and while the support
article is from 2009, I have seen newere references that this is still
the same.*
**
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2624?viewlocale=en_US
As for restoring your iPhone 5 backup to an iPhone 4 this should not
be a problem.
Also, Mark recently replied to one of my posts where I mentioned the
encrypted backup and he pointed out that in his opinion a regular
backup also backed up passwords and all of the same information. This
is, however, not the case. The main difference between a regular and
an encrypted backup si that the encrypted backup also backs up your
keychain and allows it to be restored to a different device. If you
don't encrypt the backup the keychain will restore to the same device,
but not to a new device. Mark, if you read this I suggest you start
using the encrypted backup option especially since you said you are
starting to like how keychain works. If you get a new iPhone at some
point and you don't encrypt your backup you'll not get that data
restored. Here is an Apple support article which explains in detail
what is backed up and what is not:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
Regards,
Sieghard
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<mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected]]*On
Behalf Of*Alex Hall
*Sent:*Saturday, August 23, 2014 6:17 AM
*To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:*A Few Backup Questions
Hi all,
I'll be taking advantage of the recently announced program to get a
free battery replacement for my iPhone5. There's no Apple Store
nearby, though, so I'll be sending my device to Apple and will
therefore be without it for up to ten days. My mother, who got her
phone at the same time I did, will be doing the same thing. I have an
iPod Touch I can use; if we take turns, we can each use the Touch
while our phones are away, and activate an old flip phone for actually
making phone calls and texting non-iCloud people. All that said, here
are my questions regarding backing up our phones, and later, getting
them back.
1. Can an iPhone5 iCloud backup be restored to the iPod Touch? That
way whoever is using the iPod can have their apps and data without
having to manually download everything.
2. Is there anything special about backing up with iTunes, or will an
iCloud backup be fine for restoring when the iPhones come back?
3. There's a chance I can use an iPhone4 instead of the iPod. Will
backups work on that (see question 1)?
4. Is there anything else I need to know about backups for this situation?
Thanks for any help/information anyone can offer. I'll send a separate
email soon with details on the battery replacement program for anyone
interested.
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