Very nicely explained at the right speed. It cleared up some foggy stuff for me about “backup” and “iCloud”. I plant to ensure my devices are properly backed up.

@Go12Go

11 ай бұрын

Apple makes it complex and their back ups are MORONIC, the whole set up makes no sense and could be so much easier!

Very well explained, thank you. I personally find it very tiering, to have to think about all this stuff. With iCloud, apple totally lost its "easy to use" argument. I find it very badly laid out in regards of user experience. It feels like its spread all over the place and the user has no clue what is synced, stored, backed up or deleted right out from using the device itself. For me that was always a reason to use Apple, but now I feel like using windows/linux/android again - googling and watching youtube just to understand how the OS works and "thinks" in the background and figure out the right settings 🤢

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

I can feel your frustrations @Michael Knight, but I still think Apple is more user friendly than the rest. I think technology is moving so fast, it can be hard to keep up. Especially with all the cloud services and options. I'm not a huge windows/linux/android user obviously, but let me know if you find any of it more intuitive! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Omg! This is the best, video on ICloud backup I have seen!!!! You explanations are very clear, you are showing screen shots, and where you refer to information extra. The video is clear and the sound is clear. You refered to a number of videos, that I need to watch, my photos are so messed up between my new windows 11 laptop, my old windows 10 laptop and Icloud. Now I see in the Photos app their is an actually Icloud Photos. I will be watching all your videos, and recommending you. Thank you

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this was helpful for you @Vadec! There certainly are many more videos to watch! Thank you for your support! It is very well appreciated! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Great information Joe, thanks. Makes it all understandable.

Excellent explanation of many things I've been wondering about. Thanks!!!

@Learnwithjoel

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your continued support @Daniel Clooney! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Thank you sir , very well said.

Dude great video. I was really worried that my photos and messages weren’t gonna be included. In my iCloud backup but now knowing that my iCloud photos is turned off it will make it into the backup.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @Derek Mc! So are you doing a manual backup through iTunes or Finder directly to your computer? Yeah according to Apple's support article, the photos and iMessages are not included in the backup, so might as well be safe than sorry! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

This is explained perfectly! Make sure to subscribe- best teacher I’ve seen so far on KZread! 😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I appreciate that so much @Jade Jones! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Super helpful! Much appreciated. This helped calm my panic. Ha!

Really well presented, many thanks .

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome @Bob Ramsay! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Hey Joel, thanks for the great videos. Stating that iCloud is only for iPhones and iPads and not for Macs is simply not true. This statement probably confused a lot of people watching this video. I use iCloud to sync my macs everyday - specially the desktop and documents folders. Everything I do on my Mac mini and MacBook Air (email, iMessages, Numbers, everything!) is synced across all my devices via iCloud.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @CAM Tech! Thanks for the continued support! I surely doesn't disagree that iCloud can't be used with a Mac and it doesn't sync files, because it does. In this video specifically i tried to focus on the feature of "iCloud Backup" option in the settings and not the syncing aspect of iCloud. Yes iCloud syncs certain content within all Apple Devices, but the specific feature of "iCloud Backup" option is not a feature that is able to be used on a Mac. It's only for iPhone and iPad. My biggest point to be made is that iCloud does not backup your Mac. I hope that helps clarify! Thanks for watching and thoughtful contribution! All views are always welcome!

@ChrisMitchells_FlyingCameras

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel Hey Joel, after learning more about this (thanks to your video) I now understand what you are talking about. Thank you for this. I’m a recent apple convert so there has been a bit of a learning curve. I enjoy your work so please keep making the Apple videos!

Thank you for this very clear helpful video.

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome @Etik. Hash. Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use the THANKS button! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

You’ve helped me so much! Thank you!!

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help @King Kent! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Excellent! Thank you so much!

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome @tickityBO02! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Hi Joel - GREAT STUFF!!! I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your channel and have since subscribed. Do you also recommend backing up your iPhone/iPad to your MacBook Pro or iMac? I have always kept iCloud Backup turned off on my devices, but am now re-thinking things since watching your video. Thoughts?

Extremely informative excellent presentation.

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your kind words @Harry Berger! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

This was so helpful! My iPad storage is full and I was just about to delete the messages from my iPad because they are on my phone, but I don’t want to lose them.

@Go12Go

11 ай бұрын

Apple makes it complex and their back ups system is MORONIC, the whole set up makes no sense and could be so much easier!

I love all the information you provide on your channel. I have to listen slowly over and again to get it. Is there a quick fast way to backup the iCloud? I need all my pictures.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the kind words @Esthetician Patti! Backups can be a little misleading in my opinion...Is your primary goal to backup your photos? Are you using iCloud or iCloud Photos? Keep in mind that if you're using iCloud Photos, the pictures are not included in the iCloud Backup. I have a video that I'll reference down below that may be help: How to BACKUP iCLOUD PHOTOS! Options for your Mac, iPhone and iPad! Cloud or No Cloud! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oouOvM6ShZmYpNY.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@PatriciaHebert

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel yes, I need all of my pictures. Can you please tell me how to clean up the iCloud account and put my pictures on my MacBook? Thanks 🙏🏽

I'm confused about the back up specifically for photos. I want to back up my photos on iCloud so I can delete them on my device and have more storage on my phone for new photos. But, if I delete the photos from my device and it also deletes in the iCloud then what's the point of having an iCloud?? That's a little frustrating.

@nkauhnuxiong9488

6 ай бұрын

My problem too!!!

@twinkleseverino2127

5 ай бұрын

SAMEEEEEE

@LubiBegum-gd2bc

2 ай бұрын

That’s what I thought as well

@mmalithefather1472

4 сағат бұрын

It is a complete RIP OFF!!! iCloud is 100% pointless and I don’t understand why so many people worship iPhone so much. My advice is get a laptop and put ALL of your photos and videos on that laptop. The delete your photos and free up more space.

🍻👏🍻👏 1:25 ICloud is only for iPhone & iPad not for MACBOOK 💻❌ *6:30** Old phone iPhone 6 data should be there* *12:08** Have a hard drive as well* 😮 what I already was planning to do

Hi, thanks a lot for the video. I have one doubt. At 7:45 minutes of the video, total backup is 1,45 gb whereas details of the apps which listed down are very small sizes. Same issue I also have, what’s the reason for that?

thank you save my life

Thank you!

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome @Palma Lee Stephens! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use the THANKS button! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Great video! Just subbed. As a clarifying question, if "Backups" are taking up most of the iCloud storage, that is when I look at the usage bar half of it "backups" with docs and photos not taking up nearly as much; what's a good solution to free up that space. Thanks so much!

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub @A. E.! So really you need to figure out what's actually being backed up. There's no real good way to actually look within a backup and see what's in it, you just have options to choose what you're backing up. Here's what I would do. Delete the backup for your iPhone or iPad, which ever one it is and then verify what Apps and content you actually want backed up. Keep in mind that you can delete a backup anytime assuming that you have not lost any information and everything is still on your device. Backup is just a safety net. The annoying part about the backups is let's say that you have a iCloud backup from 3 months ago...the only way to see what's within that backup is to take a device, delete everything on it and the restore it from that iCloud backup that was 3 months old. Most people do not do that as then you would lose everything currently, unless you have another backup. This is why I like to keep a spare older iPhone or iPad around to restore to older backups if I absolutely need to see what's actually in it and recover something. I hope that helps and makes sense! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Thank you for this video! Does icloud backup content that you imported? Such as music or an audiobook from a CD?

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @Michelle M. Great question! is the music or audiobook copied and synced to your device using iTunes or the Finder? Regardless, for that type of content it should be backed up. My only hesitation would be if you're using a subscription to a service like Apple Music or Spotify or something else where to content is always there for you as it's tied to your subscription with that service. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Although it’s annoying they only had 5gb at the beginning, I’m fine with the price of the other upgrade options. $1-$4 for 50gb or 200gb is good enough for most devices

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

I agree @GOAT. I believe Apple's reasoning is that they just give you 5GB to sync simple things that don't take up a lot of space like Calendars, Contacts and Notes. It's definitely not designed to sync everything. The pricing is very comparable to other big tech companies. Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Thank you! If you can do an in-depth video about forgetting apple IDs and passwords and how to recover them, that would be very helpful

@Resist4

2 жыл бұрын

If there was a way to recover forgotten passwords then your accounts could easily be hacked.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @TM Ray! This topic is totally on my list after I finish my backup videos. Apple ID's can often be harder than they need to be! Stay tuned! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and so greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily Apple does have some pretty good security measures in place for accessing accounts, but if there's a will, there's a way!

@tlray3554

2 жыл бұрын

@@Resist4 No, I'm not looking for any loopholes or anything like that. I'm just wanting to get a full understanding of how the process should be when resetting passwords and what my options are.

Great stuff

@Learnwithjoel

9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU so much for watching @shawnjaswal4293! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

Well now I'm confused! So with backup on and photos selected, it doesn't back up my photos...right? What happens when photos option is turned off? Is the photo option just a sync option? And from what you say, one still needs a "wired" option (ief sync to an MacBook) to actually save iPhone content--practically everyone I know would be mortified to have their iPhone pictures / videos lost!

I'm barely learning about iCloud. It's so confusing. Especially because it's same name, same location but function differently. Help me understand. So, Basically I can either have Messages in iCloud or messages in iCloud Backup but NOT in both? Also If my messages ARE NOT included in an iCloud backup once I restore my device from iCloud back up, can I get the messages from iCloud back in my phone somehow? Then the only purpose to use/have my messages in iCloud is to be able to see them in all my devices and that's it? But if something happens to my phone those messages (which by default are NOT in iCloud backup) are not going to download to my phone? Now... if we talk about voice memos, notes, calendars or contacts does the process work the same way? If I have them in iCloud I CANNOT back it up in iCloud Backup? Can I restore them/download them to my phone somehow if I first do a restore from iCloud back up?

THANK YOU! Android phone user converting to Apple soon. : o )

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome @Hugo Rojas! Hope to see you back really soon with a new Apple device! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

This is enlightening. Thank you. But please, does icloud store app data like telgram videos that is/cannot be saved tk gallery?

@Learnwithjoel

9 ай бұрын

Hi @anjolaoluwa2783! I can't really speak on this as I don't use telegram app at all. I searched on their website for anything related to iCloud, backup, or videos, but did not did find much. Maybe someone else has some knowledge about it. Have you tried contacting their support? telegram.org/support THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

It’s not so simple to get in contact with Apple so I thought I’d try KZread. I backed up my iPhone 6s last night to prepare to transfer to iPhone 13 My photos are my prized possession when it comes to my phone, I have about 95GB (so my phone DID say) When I went to the iCloud backup screen and went to photos to turn them on, I *turned off* the option to ‘upload to photo stream’ My photos storage has now went down to 52GB And all of a sudden, the 128GB I was using, has now drastically decreased to 70?! Therefore I just wanted confirmation of turning off ‘upload to photo stream’ won’t affect any photo being missed out of the backup, considering the amount my storage dropped 😳 Please help if you know! Many Thanks!

Am I understanding correctly that if I leave on the messages in iCloud toggle and the iCloud photos toggle then those are not backed up only synced? If I get a new phone and want to restore with a full backup, I would be better to turn those off and do a backup instead then. That would then include them on the new phone? Is this correct?

WOW!! Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. So what if I have 5,000 photos on my icloud and want to keep only the ones of my dog (about 200 photos), is it possible to copy those 200 photos to a jump drive? thanks

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your kind words @Scott McCarthy! So to answer you question, yes you could copy those 200 photos to a jump drive. They do make special flash drives that can actually plug directly into your iPhone! I have a video that I speak and show this a little in that I will link below and I will also leave a link to where you can find more info on Amazon about it. How to BACKUP iCLOUD PHOTOS! Options for your Mac, iPhone and iPad! Cloud or No Cloud! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oouOvM6ShZmYpNY.html SanDisk 128GB iXpand Flash Drive Go for iPhone and iPad amzn.to/3AEKvoE Other Tech Gadgets www.amazon.com/shop/joelfeld Other things to consider... If you're using iCloud Photos, remember that it syncs that information to all devices. So if you have a Mac computer, iPad, or Windows PC that you're syncing iCloud Photos with and you copy those 200 dog photos out of iCloud and delete it from iCloud, it will delete on all other devices. Also if you are using iCloud Photos and have a computer with it syncing, the photos would already be on your computer and you could copy them to a flash drive from there too. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

Hey Joel, Thanks for the informative video.. I have a question here. Can we backup - Only WHATSAPP data, on ICloud? Also - with the SAMSUNG SWITCH App; we can actually transfer the entire data from IPhone / IOS to an Android Device.. I have succesfully transferred my WhatsApp data but only to the extent of 93%. Can we backup the "WhatsApp data ONLY" through Itunes as well? Or through ICloud and then export it to Samsung ?

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Great question @Sourabh Suri! Yes you can! WhatsApp does allow you to toggle on iCloud as an option to backup all of your content from that app. On the iPhone, you'll need to go to: Settings > Chats > Chat Backup This will backup your chat history and media to iCloud and you can choose the appropriate settings in there to include videos, have auto backups and encrypt it. You certainly could backup your device to your computer, but then you would be restoring your whole device instead of just WhatsApp. There is an option it looks like to "Move Chats to Android", but I'm not familiar with that at all. This is about all I know for WhatsApp. You may need to reach out to their support for further guidance! I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Great explanation. i lost a Photo i accidentally deleted before iealaized it was not backed up with my backup. If I temporarily turn off iPhoto backup, will my iPhone backup to iCloud or iTunes. then include my photos?

@glmccready

Жыл бұрын

Is there an easier way to backup iCloud photos to my pc?

Nice vid! My backup is 50GB, but when I go to see what is using that space, it’s only a few gigabytes, what could use all that space? I use imessage frequently, could that be it?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

A couple questions @Johannes Pettersen. When you say your backup is 50GB, are you referring to your whole iCloud that you're subscribed to is 50GB, or when you go and look at your storage to manage, the backup says that it's using 50GB of let's say 200GB? If that's the case, backups can include backups from older devices and all of your devices that use the same Apple ID. If there is nothing you need to recover and your current device has everything you need, you could potentially delete all of your iCloud Backups to regain that space back and then your device will just create a new iCloud Backup from the point that it's currently at. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

How can I back up my messages then? What happens if I turn off the messages button in iCloud ? Will my messages be deleted?

Hey. so let's say I get a virus on my iPhone, that virus will be synced on my iCloud account, so the only thing I would have that wouldn't be encrypted would be the recent backup... so this leads me to my question- how can I actually "back up" my iPhone photos and not just sync? Is there another company you suggest for iPhone photos backup? Like 'data deposit box' maybe??

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @S. In all of my time, i've never seen a "virus" on any iPhone or iPad. What I have seen is one of two things: 1. User clicks on a link and that link then auto adds a subscribed calendar of bad content on their device. This can easily be removed by going into the Settings > Calendar > Accounts and finding a possible bad calendar and deleting it. 2. A profile gets installed on your iPhone or iPad. Now a profile is usually a set of restrictions or software that is behind the scenes that is either tracking or gathering information about your device. It for sure is not good to have it on there if you did not personally put it on intentionally. These are usually located in: Settings > General > Profiles or VPN & Device Management and this is where it can be removed. Depending on what iOS you're running that last piece will either show "Profiles" or "VPN & Device Management". Now as far as iCloud Photo backup, it's always good to have a physical backup to a computer, but if you don't have a computer, then you need to have some other sort of external drive or cloud solution to back up your photos. I will be making some upcoming videos regarding backing up your iCloud photos, so stay tuned! I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Hello. Does the iMac have to connected to internet via Wi- Fi? I've been trying to back up to iCloud for 5 days and it seems to be extremely slow. I do have a lot on my iMac though. Will it back up if my iMac is hard wired to internet ? Thanks

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @MEL E! Yes your iMac would have to be connected to the internet to upload and work with any cloud solution like iCloud. However, what exactly are you trying to backup to iCloud for 5 days? I'm guessing that you probably are connected to the internet, unless you watched and commented on this video from a different device. Are you syncing your Desktop and Documents folders? If you are and you have a large amount of files there, it could take time. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

I have lots of music that is on my iphone that I did not purchase from apple. If i sync to the cloud, will it save all these songs from my phone as well?

iCloud backup will not backup photos but I’m not going to lose them even if i lost my phone because photos already on the iCloud right?!

my gopro app is located on the phones backups and it takes almost 50gb, when I turn it off nothing changes, could. you please help me with that, cheers

JOEL- i have leaned a lot about apple -icloud. Got rid of my laptops and utilize only ipad-have two. Love the one that has 1tb of memory. One question for you i have approx. 35000 photos of scuba diving days-living in the Poconos have a lot of animal photos and videos and now discovered that some of my photos in a folder titled ALBUMS on my ipad and cannot bring up this folder on either ipad-but when tap on a photo it asks what to do with it and i click on ADD TO ALBUM which brings up the missing folder. I may not asking this question correctly.-what i am trying to do is round up all my photos into one place. Right now i am using windows onecare as my main storage folder as it allows me separate my photos into sub-folders and renaming every photo the way i want. Please advise best method to locate the missing contains approx. 8000 photos.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @Irwin Spector! I have a few clarifying questions to help you further... You only have an iPad right now? Nothing else? Are you using iCloud Photos and purchasing additional storage? It sounds like you may have synced the iPad with your laptop that you got rid of? Did you copy and sync those pictures from that folder called Albums from your laptop through iTunes by chance? If your main goal is to only have an iPad...I highly suggest that you're using a cloud service of some sort. Especially if your photos are important to you, (which I'd love to see some scuba diving photos!) Apple iCloud, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive all have options for cloud storage to backup up certain content. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@irwinspector2395

2 жыл бұрын

Yes only two ipads

@irwinspector2395

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very for your advice. Been tie with our community boards action most owners want to i resolve them and create a new one (which i am in favor of. I will be running again . How can i send some to you? I just purchase a new back up drive from Apple has 5tb memory . Hopefully it will store all my photos and videos. I just opened my iCloud account and trying to move some from the recent folder to the proper labeled ones.

Hi Joel I was getting really frustrated with back ups constantly taking up my storage, so I spoke to an apple technician who said just switch it off and rely on cloud sync. On my iPhone settings I toggle the apps which I want synced to iCloud, like messages photos etc My question is, if I was to factory reset Or lose my phone, my data would still be available on my iCloud from which I can retrieve everything right? If that’s the case, then of what use is the backup?

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Great question @Thomas Buxton! If you have syncing turned on for Photos, iMessage, Safari, Keychain and any other items that are available and important to you, then in theory, yes you wouldn't really need an iCloud Backup. In your scenario above, if you were to lose or reset your iPhone, you would just log into a new iPhone with your Apple ID/iCloud Account and it will download a fresh copy of all of that content that you were syncing. Now some things that could be nice within a backup are settings like: The Favorites in your Phone App The layout/folder organization of all of your apps Custom Ringtones and other device settings I'll be honest, for me, I don't ever restore a new device from an iCloud Backup. I sync all of my content and whenever I get a new device, it is a way to force me to start fresh and download only apps of what I actually need and use. It is a pain that all of the ringtones and other settings have to be redone, but that's the price I'm willing to deal with. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Hey Joel, I am planning on getting my new phone in 10 days. I am confused. My iCloud backup was 70.6gb before i enabled icloud photos. My photos are almost 50gb so when i turned it on, now my backup is the same but photos are shown independently as 50gb. Once I get my new phone, Will i be seamlessly able to get all 120gb of data with just signing in to my iCloud account? Or do i need to do something different to get my photos.

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Great question @Zaki Rathore! So the beauty and convenience of cloud services like iCloud is just like you are saying. The moment you get your new iPhone and sign in with your iCloud Account, it will start to sync and download all of your iCloud Photos, iMessages, Contacts, Calendars, Safari Bookmarks, etc. Assuming that is where all of your information is synced, it will just magically show up! Keep in mind iCloud Photos is not part of iCloud Backup, so don't expect the numbers to add up and match. Just get your new iPhone, sign in with your iCloud Account and toggle on all the syncing options that you had previously. Depending on how much content you have, definitely be on WiFi, as it could take a while! I have a few other videos related to iCloud and syncing that may be helpful that I'll link down below for reference: Understanding iCloud Syncing - BEGINNERS GUIDE 101 kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4atyrqGptifaaQ.html Understanding iCLOUD PHOTOS - Syncing iPhones, iPads, and Apple Computers IN-DEPTH kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z22NzMabmJS3aJs.html Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHuhsI98XZm9Z6Q.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Sir do icloud backups for whatsApp chats get delted if not updated timely

Hi! Can I delete the camera roll from my backup? I don't save photos on icloud and I don't want my photos saved on icloud via the backup.

Hi Joel . So iMacs don’t back up to iCloud even if iCloud is turned on? Thanks

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

They do not @MEL E! Make sure you have a good solid backup solution for your Mac! I have a video that discusses this if you haven't seen already that i'll link down below: BACKUP YOUR MAC! - IN-DEPTH look at Apple Time Machine and many ways to save and recover your files! kzread.info/dash/bejne/foyglrOkotbeeLQ.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Does iCloud backup on phone iOS also has encrypted backup option like on iTunes? Or encrypted backups are only performed by computer?

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @Sir Fa! There is no option to toggle encryption on or off for an iCloud backup, however according to Apple, iCloud backup is always encrypted. I will link a few articles below where Apple states this: Backup methods for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136 About encrypted backups on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220 I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

can i merge two backups from two devices together in one device? or choose what data i want from a specific backup to be restored? in my case i have one phone with WhatsApp conversations and i want to move them to my other phone. i backed up my old phone (although i just want WhatsApp conversations from it). i watched tutorials on the internet, and they say format the recipient phone then restore the backup from the old phone.. but i want the data on the other phone. i dont want to format it or have it stored in some other back up that i wont be able to reach unless i restore it (and delete the other backup that has the WhatsApp convos in it)

@thejewelybubbles

Жыл бұрын

omg please tell me you got some clarification on this??? this is EXACTLY my issue and it is all stressing me out!!

@zainabdookhy2480

Жыл бұрын

​@@thejewelybubblessorry i just saw your comment. I ended up buying a software that transferred my WhatsApp convos to the other phone

does it backup the pictures or i shall use icloudphotos with it??

Question; if I am trying to clean out my photos, do I delete them from my phone or my laptop. Since they are using both iCloud's storage.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @Luis Garcia! iCloud is turning into a broad term. It can sync different pieces of information. So if you have iCloud Photos turned on within all of your, then yes, if you delete them on your iPhone, it would delete on your Laptop as well vice versa. Are you looking to free up space on a device or on iCloud? I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

So I noticed when I clicked manage storage --> backups --> my iphone --> there is a tab called 'photo library' this is taking over 100 GB for me, but when I go back to the icloud storage page, underneath backups, there is a 90GB file called photos, what is the difference between 'photo library' and 'photos', cuz now my 200 GB is almost finished

@karrannigam

Жыл бұрын

‘photo library’ includes photos plus videos, slow-mo’s too, while ‘photos’ includes only the pictures/photos.

I have an iphone with icloud backup , I got new iphone and I transfered data directly between phones , when new iphone activated , I went to icloud backups , I found new backup file for the new iphone with approximately same size of old phone backup , but it shown last back up is ( Never ) ; how this come ?

So is it storing to your hard drive as well as the cloud?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Hi @Christian Tyler, iCloud Backup would only be storing its backup to the Cloud. It wouldn't be saving any of that to your computer. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Whenever I back up my ICloud (IPhone), it says completed backup (in a quick time of 1/2 minutes) but yet nothing backs up The storage and ICloud storage remains the same

@Learnwithjoel

9 ай бұрын

Hi @Muhammad-ql9sf. What options do you have set to backup, and what are you expecting that should backup that isn't? THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

I just want to reset my phone and restore with same device Is it possible?

Joel and all, How can I bring a „non-Apple“ Files APP into iCloud?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Hi @Wayne Schenet, Do you have an example of a non-Apple Files App you're trying to put into iCloud? You can put a lot of different files into iCloud Drive, but Apple does say to avoid the following file types: *Avoid storing app folders, libraries, .tmp, .vmdk, .vmware, .vbox, .vm, and .pvm files in iCloud Drive. Info found on Apple's link below: Access and manage your files in iCloud Drive support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104 Thank you for your continued support! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

my iphone is disabled but is on the same account w my mac&ipad can i backup it through the icloud if i buy storage now ? if i look at the device through the ipad it says that icloud is turned on

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @Honeybee! So usually it's disabled because there was a passcode put on the device. You would need to know that passcode once it's not disabled. iCloud and the other devices unfortunately won't be able to help you. If you have an iCloud backup and the device for sure is yours there is hope though...It can be a process though... Whenever a device is disabled, you can do what's called a DFU restore. You'll have to google this, I don't have a video on it yet. When you do this, it bypasses the device being disabled, but restores the device and wipes everything off of it. When you turn it back on though, it's left with an activation lock associated with the Apple ID/iCloud account that was logged in, so as long as you know your iCloud email and password, you're good to go! I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@Honeybee578

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel thank you so much for answering omg !! i had so many photos & nothing was backed up idc about the phone bc im going to buy the 13 so people suggested hacking it but im scared what do u think ? r there any other options for getting the photos out ?

So what I don’t get is if I don’t back up say the video game and I got to lvl 100 and I switch phones if I download that game again will I still be on 100

@Learnwithjoel

7 ай бұрын

Fantastic question @dakotaprice-williams1276! Many times with any of the games, it can be linked with Game Center. So make sure that if there's an option for that within the settings of the game, to turn that on. Also keep in mind that not all games upload and save information to iCloud. It really depends on the developer who created the app. Most do, but I have seem some that don't. I will also say that some games do not sync from different devices. For example, I have one game that syncs on my iPhone or iPad, but I can get that same game on the Apple TV and Mac, and for whatever reason, the progress does not sync. I hope that helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

I guess the one thing that confuses me is on where certain data is actually stored. For example on your account, Netflix. Once you log into Netflix on a new phone, all data should be there because Netflix has that data. So why does apple need to back it up

@Learnwithjoel

10 ай бұрын

Great question @tyler4351! I think it depends on the App. Netflix's app on the iPhone doesn't really have any customization or anything. You have your different profiles and Netflix seems to store your watch history on their servers, so would you lose anything if you didn't include Netflix within an iCloud Backup, probably not. However there are some apps that do backup data to iCloud. For example WhatsApp. This app specifically says within the settings: "Back up your chat history and media to iCloud so if you lose your iPhone or switch to a new one, your chat history is safe. You can restore your chat history and media when you reinstall WhatsApp." I think it all depends on how the apps are created by developers. I guess I would say all apps are not all created equal or have the same purpose to an iCloud backup for some apps could be pretty useless. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

I am still confused..If my photos and messages are not on in icloud..when the phone does a back-up does it save the images there so if I needed to restore it the photos would be retrieved.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @Home Richards! Yes let me clarify... If you have the options for iCloud Photos turned off and iMessages turned off in iCloud settings on your iPhone or iPad, those Photos and messages would then be included in the iCloud Backup. If you have the options for iCloud Photos and iMessages turned on, that means they're syncing among all of your devices and according to Apple, they would not be included in the iCloud backup. I'll link their Support article below: What does iCloud back up? support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428 I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@kevmiller6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel syncing I totally lol at Apple , they say "back up" its not as you know. It doesn't back up your photos and Docs in the "cloud " Apple gives you in the fine print a *** that it won't, totally pointless as most folks want to free up space on their cells do to space and think the "cloud " saves them, they don't. apple screws you all ways they can. Users have to come up with their own work arounds. So in long not short, if you run over your cell, you better have a real back up somewhere as when you goes buy another cell the pics and doc's won't be in their fancy "cloud".

So just to be clear: If I delete a backup it wont bother the current state of my device, it'll just delete the space that the backup is taking up?? I recently got an iPad for school and drawing purposes and I had no idea that it syncs up backups together. I desperately need the space and I'm not willing to pay a subscription. Please respond, I've been looking for days.

@fionaguzman3080

2 жыл бұрын

Hi was this clarified?

@coffeebythemoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@fionaguzman3080 I had to find out on my own. You can delete whatever backup in your phone/iPad and it won’t mess with what you currently have. What I did was turn off automatic backups, since that builds up, and I deleted my backups. After that I did another current backup and I haven’t messed with it until I want to update it. Hope this helps. You can ask me questions if you want.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry @Meiroogh and @Fiona Guzman! Playing catchup on comments! And thanks @Meiroogh for adding to the conversation! I love when other viewers offer help too! You are correct! If you delete the iCloud Backup, it will just re-create a new backup with the way your device is currently, unless you turn it off. It really comes down to if you need/want the iCloud Backup. It's really designed to restore your device to a previous state with all the content. I know that the backups can take up quite a bit of space depending on what you have on the device, so I would say that if you need to offload content or files and you don't want it in the cloud, you should check out Sandisk's iXpand flash drives! I made another video where I discuss these that I'll link down below, but long story short, you can plug directly into your iPhone/iPad and use it just like an external hard drive! How to BACKUP iCLOUD PHOTOS! Options for your Mac, iPhone and iPad! Cloud or No Cloud! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oouOvM6ShZmYpNY.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry @Meiroogh and @Fiona Guzman! Playing catchup on comments! And thanks @Meiroogh for adding to the conversation! I love when other viewers offer help too! You are correct! If you delete the iCloud Backup, it will just re-create a new backup with the way your device is currently, unless you turn it off. It really comes down to if you need/want the iCloud Backup. It's really designed to restore your device to a previous state with all the content. I know that the backups can take up quite a bit of space depending on what you have on the device, so I would say that if you need to offload content or files and you don't want it in the cloud, you should check out Sandisk's iXpand flash drives! I made another video where I discuss these that I'll link down below, but long story short, you can plug directly into your iPhone/iPad and use it just like an external hard drive! How to BACKUP iCLOUD PHOTOS! Options for your Mac, iPhone and iPad! Cloud or No Cloud! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oouOvM6ShZmYpNY.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Great video but, I was hoping you would mention music.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good call @Joel Pointer! I guess it would depend on what Music Service? Apple Music, KZread Music, Amazon Music. I don't see much documentation on this from Apple other than that anything purchased like Music will always have your purchase history backed up, but really, it's just keeping a history of your past purchases in my opinion. I think many companies are relying on users to subscribe to their streaming services and then in that case, content will always be there for you. I do know that if you have music copied from a computer and you sync that to the iPhone or iPad and then backup up to a computer and not iCloud, it will be included...but as far as iCloud is concerned, I think it depends. I currently see KZread Music and Amazon Music as options in the iCloud Backup settings, but no Apple Music. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

how come the backup is 2.9 g and the your photos is 6g??doesnt the backup really backup all photos ?6m:21s of the video

Will my backups be deleted if i miss a subscribed payment?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Great question @Akheem Cox! I haven't actually been in that situation as it auto deducts every month. If I were to guess, they'll probably notify and email you letting you know the payment isn't working and I would also guess you have a short period of time to access your information, so I would certainly pay if you need your data back. The sad reality is many users, including myself store the majority of personal documents in these cloud systems which really makes you tied to paying into their service. This goes for any big tech company that you're using cloud storage for. I'll link below the terms of iCloud from Apple's Website. If you do a search for the word "payment" you can quickly find their couple paragraphs that discuss what happens when you don't pay. Apple Legal Terms that no-one reads: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/en/terms.html I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

Hi bro I have a one question about viber deleted messages is it possible to get it back from the iCloud back up ? It will b so grateful if u kindly plz let me know about this thank you

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @Amrit Grg! Are you looking to recover deleted text messages? As far the iMessages being backed up in iCloud Backup depends. If you have iMessages turned on within the iCloud Settings on your device, then according to Apple, the messages are not included in iCloud Backup. I will link that article below: What does iCloud back up? support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428 There are some software solutions on the market that may help however. EaseUS is a great recovery software for recovering content that was deleted from an iPhone. Tenorshare is another good one as well as iMyFone. www.easeus.com www.tenorshare.net www.imyfone.com/iphone-data-recovery/ I'd check them out if that's your main goal I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@amritgrg9429

2 жыл бұрын

To b honest it’s about cheating on me so I wanna get back all those deleted viber messages thanks

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

@@amritgrg9429 Ah...sorry to hear that. I've been in those shoes before unfortunately. Now this is a different story as looking at Viber now, that's a third party messaging app, so it could be in iCloud Backup.. You may have two options if you're lucky....1. Email the company and see if they can provide a record. 2. Hope that you have an iCloud Backup and if you do, it would require you to wipe your device and restore it to a previous date prior to the messages being deleted. Sometimes it's helpful to have an old iPhone or iPad and use that to wipe and restore from a previous iCloud Backup. The crappy part is that when you need to recover something from an iCloud Backup, it's all or nothing. You can't pick and choose. So you'll need to wipe some device, log in with your iCloud account and choose to restore from an iCloud Backup and hope that there's one to restore from. Best of luck and I hope this helps!

@amritgrg9429

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal anyway I will try my best

SO if I have 25Gb of photos and videos on my iphone, can I throw some of them into free 5Gb of Icloud?

So it doesn't backup your MacBook? I'm learning but it gets so confusing. What ever happened to Apple stuff being simple?

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya @Dan! It took a while for it to all just click and make sense for me, and it's often hard to keep up with it all, so I can fully relate! But yes, iCloud does not backup your MacBook. I'm working some upcoming videos in regards to backing up Macs, Photos and such that may be helpful! Stay tuned! I hope that helps! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and so greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@Resist4

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel how about a Time Machine video? I'd like to know if I can use one 2TB external hard drive to Time Machine backup an older MacBook Pro and my new M1 MacBook Pro.

I have a Mac Mini M1, a Mac Studio M1 and a 27" Mac and All Three Are Backed Up On Apple's iCloud. This Information Is Correct Because I Lost A Folder Yesterday That Dated back To May of 2013 (11 years) And iCloud Had It. So I KNOW it Works. Also, Not Myself, But My 87 Year Old Mother Does Not Pay For Storage and The Free 5gb From Apple Is Sufficient. Shes Not Running A Third World Country From Home LOL!

I want to Know about backing up iCloud backup

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Hi @Ben G! Are you saying you want to backup your actual iCloud Backup? My first instinct would be that this would not be possible as your iCloud Backup lives out on Apples servers, and we as consumers would have no way to access that. Unless you're trying to do something else, let me know! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

@Guapogiboy

Жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel I guess I should have been clear, I don't want to back up my iCloud backup, I want to get a backup of my photo library, THEN delete the photos from iCloud to free up the 200 GB storage, since most of the files used are media/photos. I can't just keep buying more and more space, when I have external storage device that can archive my photos. I see that you can download the photos from my iCloud 1000 items at a time which then gets zipped. This is quite tedious but not impossible. I don't need to keep years and years of photos on my iCloud once my 200 gb gets filled I empty it. Then on my Mac, I dump all the photos I get into a library. Which I separate by year. I create a new library file for each year. It seems that apple is making this process quite difficult to deter those who can't be bothered to just keep buying more and more space..... Little does apple know I'm not phased.

Is it ok if you delete your backup?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can safely delete the iCloud backup @I_killed_cupid Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

5GB is useless 100% agree , even Google is giving 15GB free for ages Lift your game up @Apple

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

Totally @V Verma! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

Will your iCloud storage go down if you turn off your backup?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Well kind of, @I_killed_cupid. If you just turn off the backup, it will stop storing additional information. To free up usage of iCloud storage you would need to delete the iCloud Backups, which will not do any harm to the current data on your device. It's purely there to restore information if your current device gets lost/stolen/broken. Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

how do i get permanently deleted imessages back?

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

Hi @Angela Larson, Well the only way to possible get a permanently deleted iMessage back would be to restore from a backup, but that also would only work if you have iCloud Backup backing up iMessages. Also keep in mind, whenever you restore an iCloud Backup, it will wipe and delete everything currently on your device and replace it with what's in the backup. This is why it's helpful to keep an older device (if possible) to restore a backup to so you don't disrupt your current device. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

I have 5 GB of 50 GB(from storage plan iCloud +) used and 105 GB of 128 GB of iPhone storage used. I’ve deleted long videos, message attachments and taken off apps to backup. If I press backup now it starts to backup but stops randomly due to not enough storage available. I’ve made sure my phone is updated and charged and it still doesn’t work. What do I do?

Realize that if you purchase iCloud and sync any device, it's not really a copy. It's in the cloud, they own it, and you can merely access it from your devices. If you ever want to cancel iCloud, it remains there for 30 days and poof! Especially if you have an older device, good luck getting Apple to take the time to physically put the data back on your computer. Computer is old, so their 15 minute rule. Seems nobody, even senior advisors, knows how to do it. Every one of them tells you something different to where you're fearful of emptying the trash. Many will be rude, treat you like a pain, sigh, and even hang up when you request a survey. So better think carefully if you really want them to own your data and memories forever. Because of them, I'm almost out of space on my computer. Only had a sliver used on my huge external drive. Not anymore.

apple should move with the time and offer atleast 128gb of icloud free. 5 gb is nothing

Wow this is shocking, so with icloud backup & sync turned on, Apple does not backup your (arguably) most important information, that being your photo's/video.. So lets say someone gains access to one of your devices and/or is stolen, & they delete all your photo's & video, thats it you're sol? What's the point of the backup if you are coming from manual backup looking to offload? It should be called 'iSync' not 'backup'..

I'm so lost....LOL

@Learnwithjoel

Жыл бұрын

I can relate, it can be confusing! Hang in there @Jacob Borders! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

syncing is not a back up, if I drop my cell into that bucket, poof my 27,000 pics are gone in iCloud , pointless. even if you delete your photos off your cell to free up space, poof they're gone as well from your Apple "cloud ". Apple in their wisdom feel this is actually a "back up" its not.

@Learnwithjoel

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree @Kev Miller! Syncing is not a back up. It really comes down to the scenario of "what if" and then "what do I do". If you are not using any cloud service to "back up" your photos, then if you lose a phone, you're 100% relying on recovering the data from the phone itself or a manual backup to a computer. However some users don't have a computer or access to one, so the a cloud option may be their only alternative. I do not like that they market a backup with photos especially, like you said, it's really only syncing them. If you delete one, it deletes it everywhere and then it's gone assuming you don't recover it from the 30 days they give you...so yeah, it's helpful, but a little confusing too. Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

@kevmiller6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@Learnwithjoel good response and you bet I subscribe and thumbs up

Just be careful to save everything to another location if you decide to stop using iCloud for your Notes. Because Apple will delete it ALL without a recycle bin.

this didn't tell me shit.... bottom line do I need it or not!?!?

Jesus Iv been using mac since I was 11 now 48 have always found mac super easy and fantastic to use. But they could not have made this backup process (especially when involving iCloud) any more painful confusing and difficult it’s a joke!! This explanation is still not clear in part!!!!! Loads of people offer same advice as u and u all say diff stuff re what’s backup and what’s not, which says all of u are not so sure urself either hahaha. I got my own solution I can’t trust utube for once on this.. utterly ridiculous shit job by mac..

I backed up my Icloud data to my Mac (supposedly-following the instructions) however I cannot find it on my macbook. Agree with @michaelknight141 on his points.