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

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:08:33 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>I'm still trying to talk her into an Android...

First ensure for what purpose the iPhone is used. Android can't keep up
with iOS. I for example use my iPad for real-time audio productions.
You can make real-time audio productions with Linux, but not with the
Linux based Android. Android is not real-time capable. Android might
have more weak points, so first check if Android is able to replace iOS
for her needs.

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:39:48 -0500, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>On 03/10/2016 09:26 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:00:17 -0500, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:  
>>>> and seemingly such a backup doesn't really backup the binaries, I
>>>> guess just the purchases and data gets stored..  
>>>
>>> 	If I'm understanding you correctly.... iTunes does backup
>>> the binaries of the applications you have on your device.  
>>
>> This was my thought too, but seemingly iTunes Windows/Vbox only
>> stores the binaries of applications that were downloaded by iTunes
>> Windows/Vbox. The binaries of apps that were downloaded by Wifi by
>> the iPad or by another Windows/Vbox are not backuped, just the
>> purchase information is backuped.  
>
>	What you need to do there then, once the iOS device is
>	connected, in 
>the File menu (might be Edit) you should see Devices. In the sub-menu
>of that, you should see an option to Transfer Purchases. This should
>copy the downloaded apps to the computer.

No, it does copy the purchase information, not the binaries.

I do notice this regarding the sizes of my old Vbox XP's iTunes were I
purchased apps using iTunes and the space used by apps on my iPad, so
the binaries are downloaded by iTunes and comparison with my new Vbox
Win7's iTunes, were I tried to backup the binaries, let alone how quick
purchase information is synced.

You can see that after syncing purchases.

iTunes: Settings > Apps

  Above the list with apps for file sharing, there is the list of
  apps that provides a 'sort by' box, there are the apps listed and you
  can chose 'Install', 'Remove' etc. or take a look at the section with
  'My Apps'. This shows the binaries once stored, since downloaded from
  the Internet on your computer. In my case 2 apps from 359 apps. The
  apps use >26GB on the iPad, but the Vbox winos7.qcow virtual drive is
  just around 19GB small and most of this is used by Windows 7.
  
  Were should be the location were all the backuped binaries are stored
  by iTunes?

Regards,
Ralf