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Some good reasons for plugging in are: Transferring photos off the device (image capture) Backing up to encrypted iTunes (AFAIK the only way to fully back up
by 0x0 8y ago
Some good reasons for plugging in are:
Transferring photos off the device (image capture)
Backing up to encrypted iTunes (AFAIK the only way to fully back up everything including wifi passwords and health data)
iOS development in xcode
Charging
USB tethering instead of wifi tethering
Pushing mp3 files on to the device via iTunes
- dwighttk 8y agoiOS development and USB tethering are the only two that require plugging in. Everything else is available wirelessly (and tethering is too.)
- saagarjha 8y agoYou can debug iOS (and tvOS, since Apple TV 4K doesn’t have a USB port) apps wirelessly now.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoIt’s a bit laggy and buggy, though. For now hardwired debugging is more reliable.
- 0x0 8y agoI have tried and given up, it does not work very well at all.
- reaperducer 8y agoWeb development, too. If you plug an iOS device into a Mac running Safari, you can do extra special things.
- djrogers 8y ago-> Backing up to encrypted iTunes (AFAIK the only way to fully back up everything including wifi passwords and health data) Nope, iCloud backup or WiFi iTunes backup can do this as well
- 0x0 8y agoBut if you also have a ton of photos and videos in your camera roll and want to preserve those, a local iTunes backup is the only way to do that without paying for extra iCloud storage. Some people are also reluctant to store backups in the cloud in general for valid security concerns. WiFi iTunes backup has never worked properly for me even on 802.11ac, timing out and failing to complete more often than it works.