Best way to backup an iphone to icloud on Linux (that works)

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 03/09/2016 03:39 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:09:13 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> I have a friend who has an iPhone that she wants to backup to her
>> computer.
>
> Hi,
>
> for an iPad I run iTunes on a Windows 7 guest in a Virtualbox host. I
> doubt that purchases could be stored/restored, when using a Linux app,
> since new versions of iOS even don't work with old versions of iTunes
> and seemingly such a backup doesn't really backup the binaries, I guess
> just the purchases and data gets stored. I suspect that Linux software
> only can access pics and videos, but neither app data, nor purchases.
> Consider to chose another host, if a shared directory between guest and
> host shouldn't matter that much, since the Virtualbox USB connection to
> at least my iPad, is a PITA, but the advantage of Virtualbox is the way
> sharing a folder works.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>
	Yes, best way is to back it up with iTunes on Windows or OSX. I'm 
fairly certain (haven't tested though) that VirtualBox should pass the 
USB phone connection through to the Windows guest fine.
	And if/when you do sync/backup with iTunes, be sure to choose the 
option to encrypt the backup. That allows the backup to save/restore you 
saved passwords as well.

	Another question, though, is what exactly does she want to back up? 
Does the free iCloud backup options not work in some manner?

	I'm all for using Linux for everything, but in this case, going with 
the Apple way may save headache...

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