Bought a iPad pro today, so it asked me if I want to restore from iCloud. I say yes. All it does it seems is move the apps I had downloaded. No passwords, no pdfs I had in iBooks. I thought it would be wonderful like time machine. What am I doing wrong? thx
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That's how it's designed. Passwords, books in iBooks, and media in Music and Video aren't part of iCloud backup.
Glad you like the iPad Pro. As far as iBooks, you should consider turning on iCloud Drive for use with iBooks.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205751
This will upload any PDF or ePub you add to iBooks to iCloud, and then the next time you get a new device, you can download them to your new device from iCloud.
iCloud backups are identical to an encrypted backup in iTunes. (OP used iCloud backup)
As far as I can tell, encrypted backup in iTunes contains passwords, while iCloud backup doesn't.
I understand that and wish not to step on anyone's toes here.
So why no passwords brought over unless the is a setting to do encrypted iCloud backups and the OP was not using it.
I prefer using the iCloud automatically but when I know I am getting a new device or need to do a restore, I prefer an encrypted iTunes backup, it is done in minutes and there is no waiting.
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That is just plain not so. Encrypted backup will not only move your passwords but all of your health information. Sounds like all iCloud backup are encrypted.
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So where are his passwords?
What passwords is he referring to? I've had my passwords save and move over via restore from iCloud. I also use Keychain, which probably also makes a difference.
I have no idea which passwords. Mine are always brought over and I do not use Keychain.
That's weird, because mine don't unless I use Keychain. It's annoying, too, because I always have to approve from another device whenever I upgrade.