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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by justinclift on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @06:40PM (#43274329)
> I will of course just remove everything from iCloud at that point.

The iPhone's backup utility doesn't seem to support anything other than iCloud, so you'd probably have to individually set up some kind of automated scheduling that (no idea how) for your main apps.

Not sure if you'd be able to backup system stuff though. :(

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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by GeekyBear on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @08:06PM (#43274930)
On a Mac, creating encrypted local backups of your iOS device is built into MacOS.

On Windows, you create an encrypted local backup of your iOS device using iTunes.

It backs up everything. OS, Apps, and data.

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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by volemo on Thursday March 06, 2025 @03:34AM (#43277850)
> It backs up everything. OS, Apps, and data.

I’m not claiming you’re wrong, but I think the backup includes the list of apps and versions and excludes data that can be easily downloaded from AppStore.

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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by int_19h on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:21AM (#43287541)
The cloud backup does (its description says as much!), but the local one genuinely seems to be an image that includes the binaries.
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by treesknees on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @06:46PM (#43274378)
It's not automated but you can certainly still use iTunes to create a local encrypted backup of the entire phone, apps, and data. Works over USB and Wirelessly on the same network. People who decide not to use iCloud can certainly still keep their data safe.
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by int_19h on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:22AM (#43287545)
On a Mac, at least, by default it backs up to a location that then gets included into Mac's own Time Machine backup, if that is set up.
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by ohgr on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @06:45PM (#43274375)
I don't backup my phone anyway. There's nothing I can't replace in about 30 minutes work.
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by lang4d on Thursday March 06, 2025 @08:26AM (#43279923)
Do you save photos and messages somewhere?
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by ninalanyon on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:51PM (#43283754)
Doesn't Syncthing work on Apple machines?
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