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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by hvgk on Saturday November 27, 2021 @04:56AM (#29358983)
Go to settings -> iCloud -> storage -> manage storage -> backups.

You can delete the old backups there. It does keep backups of old devices for some reason.

I tend to use this feature though as intended. I dropped my XR off down the front of Stanage Edge. When recovered it was badly damaged. Following Monday in an apple store I recovered the backup onto a new 12 and it was exactly as I’d left the XR configuration wise. Saved me hours of futzing.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by wrycoder on Saturday November 27, 2021 @10:44AM (#29360983)
At least it was just the XR!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanage_Edge

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by hvgk on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:55PM (#29362433)
That’s the one!

The XR did manage to upload all the photos to iCloud when we got in range of a cell tower. Also the rear glass didn’t break, only the screen. Apple replaced the screen under AppleCare and my daughter still has the phone.

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by kingcharles on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:14PM (#29361652)
LOL. My brother dropped his off the top of The Big One.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_One_(roller_coaster)

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Re:The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware (2020) by hvgk on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:56PM (#29362447)
Oops! I nearly lost my lunch on that one :)
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