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That doesn't work so well with SSDs :( https://www.howtogeek.com/125521/htg-explains-why-deleted-files-can-be-recovered-and-how-you-can-prevent-it/ https://www

• causality0 6y ago
  A real computer can run automatic backups to a second local disk or over your home network. Even if you do feel like paying Apple for adequate iCloud backup storage you're consuming bandwidth and using large amounts of data.
  • vladvasiliu 6y ago
    You can do that with an iPhone too. You can do a full backup of the phone to the mac, encrypted, which also contains "sensitive" data, etc. Can be run over wifi if you don't want to bother with cables or via usb if the local wifi is shoddy. No need to pay Apple anything for any storage.
    • beagle3 6y ago
      But you can only restore an entire phone, likely losing all of your work since He last backup - was that yesterday or last month? And sometime around iOS 6 or 7 they killed the option to maintain multiple backups - so you can’t backup, restore older version, save data, return to latest.
    • HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
      >No need to pay Apple anything for any storage. Except the storage on the mac I back up to of course. Which I have no desire to buy.
    • causality0 6y ago
      But funny enough you can't do both. Your iDevice can automatically back up over the network or it can automatically back up to iCloud but using one of those means the other is manual-only.