Just wondering? Ever since i got my 5s, i have been using iCloud because it automatically set up that way and i never changed it, but I'm about to do a system restore to hopefully get rid of some other data and i was wondering what would be the best way to do this?
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Do you use iCloud or your computer to backup your iDevice?
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cool, i got another question. My storage on my phone has about 380 mb of photo storage but my iCloud storage for photos is 2.8 gb; why is that? Is it because i have more photos in my online storage instead on whats on my device? Im assuming thats the reason, so my next question is how do i manage the photos in my iCloud?
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Computer because it backs up absolutely everything. Plus iCloud doesn't allow enough storage for my backups anymore.
iCloud. It works better due to it being available anywhere. You never know if you'll have to do a restore where your information is not handy (like away from home).
I use both. iCloud for daily backups of key apps/services, my computer for occasional entire phone backups.
Note that iCloud isn't really a photo backup service. It's really a photo syncing service for recent images, thirty days or one thousand images if I recall correctly.
Since it appears you haven't bothered to do so, you should probably read Apple's page on iCloud
http://www.apple.com/icloud/
to get grasp on what iCloud does and doesn't do, as well pore over the various support documents at:
http://support.apple.com
Good luck.
Note that iCloud isn't really a photo backup service. It's really a photo syncing service for recent images, thirty days or one thousand images if I recall correctly.
Since it appears you haven't bothered to do so, you should probably read Apple's page on iCloud
http://www.apple.com/icloud/
to get grasp on what iCloud does and doesn't do, as well pore over the various support documents at:
http://support.apple.com
Good luck.
How many devices do you have (or data) that iCloud isn't able to provide enough back-up space? I have two iDevices and both are fully backed up.
Well my 32GB iPhone has less than a GB remaining. And my 16 GB iPad has about 3 or 4 GB remaining. I'm assuming it won't fit on a 5GB iCloud account.
both. i use icloud for everyday backups and i use itunes only when im performing an update or restore.
depends on what is filling the space. apps are not backed up when you restore from icloud you download all the apps. but the setup and all the app info is restored. music and books and such are not backed up and they need synced again from your computer. so both my iphone and ipad are full but backups are less then 4 gigs.
It depends on your data amount stored in your iPad and iPhone. If the apps are eating up your space, iCloud backup won't be influenced since it doesn't store apps.
If you have tons of photos, videos and music, duplicated on both units, then you need additional space.
I use iTunes for music, Picasa for pics/videos and iCloud for everything else.
iCloud is great for all of your apps and data, regardless of how many apps you have. Not so much for pictures videos and music.
iCloud is great for all of your apps and data, regardless of how many apps you have. Not so much for pictures videos and music.
I use iCloud. Once I get an iMac I plan on using both.
I want to off load my photos onto my future iMac and to Dropbox for easy access to them but I don't want to delete them off my phone until I have the Mac. I'm just a bit paranoid something will go wrong with Dropbox until then.
I want to off load my photos onto my future iMac and to Dropbox for easy access to them but I don't want to delete them off my phone until I have the Mac. I'm just a bit paranoid something will go wrong with Dropbox until then.