Preferred method of backup?

[eclipse01]

Just wondering if most of you use cloud for full backup, if so...

-Do you pay for the enhanced space for the monthy fee?
-Do you backup more then one device on the cloud?

Or do you use Itunes for backup?

I have just my Ipad and Iphone on my Icloud, I use prime photos to store all my photos so photo backup is turned off, but I still seem to get storage space issues and REALLY don't want to pay monthly for more storage.

 

[rui no onna]

For a measly $0.99 per month for 50GB (add'l 45GB) on iCloud, I figured might as well. My primary backup is via iTunes but it's good to have iCloud as an alternative.

And yep, I've got 2x iPhones and 2x iPads that get backed up on the same iCloud account. I use iCloud Photo Library so backup size is around 1.5-2GB per device.

 

[noobinator]

Google Photos allows me to store my whole icloud backup using the free space only.

 

[nburwell]

I primarily use iCloud to back up everything. I can't remember the last time I used iTunes to back up my data. I also pay for the 50GB plan ($.99/month) since I have two iPhone's and an iPad that get backed up to the cloud. I try to offload my pictures once in a while to my MBP, but for the most part they are also backed up to iCloud.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Just wondering if most of you use cloud for full backup, if so...

-Do you pay for the enhanced space for the monthy fee?
-Do you backup more then one device on the cloud?

Or do you use Itunes for backup?

I have just my Ipad and Iphone on my Icloud, I use prime photos to store all my photos so photo backup is turned off, but I still seem to get storage space issues and REALLY don't want to pay monthly for more storage.

I let my iPhone back up to the Cloud while sleeping and once every two weeks I also back it up via iTunes.

If replacing my iPhone I always use the encrypted iTunes to do the restore, it is quick and complete!

 

[eyoungren]

-Do you pay for the enhanced space for the monthy fee?

No.

-Do you backup more then one device on the cloud?

Yes. (1) iPhone 5, (1) iPhone 6s+ and (1) iPad Air 2.

Or do you use Itunes for backup?

Yes.

Periodically I back up to iCloud. It's easy to stay under the limit because for the most part I don't back up app data. Anything of value on my phone is stored elsewhere. Photos backed up to Dropbox, calendars are Google, Contacts are Google, app data I don't care about, email is IMAP, music is stored in Google Play Music and I don't care about text messages.

95% of my photos are either screen caps or garbage pics taken to show something to someone else. They mean nothing. The pics that do matter I remove from my phone shortly after they are taken.

So, quite literally I could lose everything on my phone and it wouldn't matter. Since my iPad and my iPhone 5 are secondary devices anything on those devices matters even less.

I use iTunes to make backups when I expect to do something serious, such as before a jailbreak or a restore.

 

[bufffilm]

Backup to local computer, the free 5gb iCloud acct is used strictly for contacts backup and misc small stuff.

 

[rugmankc]

iTunes, CrashPlan, Carbon Copy Cloner

Also, manually copy to an external Lacie HD

I don't use the iCloud backup for much since it also takes up my MB storage space

 

[its Dale]

$12 a year is not bad at all. I havent needed more than 5gb so far though...

 

[cynics]

iTunes back up and iCloud for both my iPad and iPhone.

I pay for the 50gb iCloud storage. That way I can keep all my photos on my Mac, on my NAS in a TM backup and in the cloud. No need to worry to much about losing them.

 

[getrealbro]

Just wondering if most of you use cloud for full backup, if so...

-Do you pay for the enhanced space for the monthy fee?
-Do you backup more then one device on the cloud?

Or do you use Itunes for backup?...

Since we live in a 3rd world country (AKA rural USA) our internet options are low bandwidth (256kB), capped or both. So we avoid iCloud for all but the most necessary items — email, contacts, notes, etc..

Instead we use our iMac as both a Backup and App server. I periodically download the app updates with iTunes and then sync them wirelessly to our various iOS devices - 3 iPhones and an iPad. This reduces the bandwidth/time needed to download app updates by 1/4. And it assures that if we need to restore from backup it will contain ALL of the data on our iOS devices and it will take much less time than a download from iCloud.

—GetRealBro

 

[Applejuiced]

Im old school.
I just plug in to my computer and create periodical backups with my local iTunes library.

 

[CTHarrryH]

Both for iPhone and iPad. Every night to iCloud. Every week or so to iTunes. haven't had to add storage to iCloud

 

[eclipse01]

Im old school.
I just plug in to my computer and create periodical backups with my local iTunes library.

You think that is old school, I used to (for a long time) drag and drop my photos into a folder, then sync via itunes.

 

[BigMcGuire]

iCloud backup is turned off. I have a Mac Mini with iTunes that I backup my iPad and iPhone to. Google Photos is where photo storage goes to. You can set iTunes so it will automatically back up over wifi so I rarely have to connect them physically to the computer.

 

[iphonehype]

iCloud. I don't have to think about it or do anything!

 

[Shirasaki]

I use both iCloud and iTunes backup. I think both are complementary.
I also buy 50GB storage as it just costs me a tiny bit comparing Dropbox fee or OneDrive fee to expand storage.
I only have one iPhone actively using but it takes me 6GB for an iCloud backup. I am not really sure why but I believe there must be something related to app data backup.

 

[joeblow7777]

Encrypted backup via iTunes on my PC.

 

[steve62388]

Encrypted backup via iTunes on my PC.

Yep, same. Except for being on my Mac.

And that's the way it'll stay until Apple offers an encrypted cloud backup where they don't have a key.

 

[pika2000]

I use both iTunes and iCloud backup (I paid the 99c a month tier).
iTunes backup is quicker when I am in front of my Mac containing the backup. But having 1 backup is not enough. You have to have two backups on two different medium (in this case, local and cloud). Considering the inexpensive price, I picked iCloud.
I have my old iPhone 5, my 6S, and my iPad mini 2 backed up this way.

As for photos, iCloud makes it seamless to backup and enjoy my photos across my Apple devices.

 

[Devyn89]

I have one iPhone and an iPad that I back up to iCloud as well as my photos. I pay $1.29 Canadian a month for 50GB of cloud data.

 

[Fuyuanhuihaoxiao]

Well, mainly use iTunes

 

[Will22]

For £0.79 a month I use iCloud, no hassle and no need to do anything.

 

[BearBert]

I only use iTunes.

 

[Fuyuanhuihaoxiao]

I only use iTunes.

same here