4 ms·
I originally thought the same. However, manual transfers of custom tones to devices is still available. I have 12.7 and confirmed this. It is done the same way
by kup0 9y ago
I originally thought the same. However, manual transfers of custom tones to devices is still available. I have 12.7 and confirmed this. It is done the same way (see bottom part of article HT207955 from Apple https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207955 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207955).
The part that was removed is the ringtone store, not manual ringtone management.
A lot of tech headlines are getting this wrong, however.
Though, removing app backup might have a huge impact on backup/restore speed for even local iOS device backups which is very annoying. Especially if it doesn't remember the set of apps you had in the backup.
If I get a new device and have to manually download every single app again, to me that is a ridiculous change.
- gnicholas 9y agoYeah, I'm hoping/assuming that iTunes still remembers which apps you had loaded on your iPhone and where they were on the home screens. Otherwise I'll have to manually select and arrange every single app, which would be a nightmare. Thanks for the ringtone store correction.
- kup0 9y agoSure! I use custom ringtones too and was glad to find out I still can. I'm tempted to try out device backup with one of my iOS devices just for the heck of finding out first-hand how it is impacted.