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

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi Dave,

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:19:28 -0500, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>However, given the fact that you can easily download apps (purchased
>on the phone OTA) in iTunes to get the binaries on your machine; I
>think we're getting to the point of just an intellectual exercise
>discussion.

I agree, with the exception that I have got one app, that isn't
available by iStore anymore, but it still works regarding my needs,
even while parts of this app got broken by iOS updates. However, I found
a replacement for this app.

Assumed the apps were downloaded when you restored the backup of the
iPhone 4 on a 4S, this unlikely would be an anonymous restore, so at
least offend privacy.

>	Which has been a good one.

I agree.

It was not completely off-topic, since it pointed out, that we can't
say for sure how a restricted OS does a backup, but we can say for sure
what happens, if we backup and restore a Linux install.

Last but not least, if we don't want to use the cloud directly from the
iOS device, we need iTunes to backup to a computer and unlikely could
do this using a Linux app.

If a backup to the cloud is wanted, I wouldn't use an external computer
at all, since this could be done from the iOS device directly.

Regards,
Ralf