Q: iPhone backup and passwords
Until recently I thought that backing up an iPhone to the computer via USB/ iTunes/ encryption was the only way to get passwords and other confidential data synced between the phone and my Mac.
Isn't this true?
I'm asking because I saw a piece on a Mac-oriented web site extolling the virtues of back up via iCloud, which I don't do because I want to have the aforementioned data on my phone.
Is this the case or not? That turning on iCloud sync disabled encryption and hence disables syncing Keychain data?
[I'm using a new iPhone 6+ and El Capitan].
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11), iMac late 2014
Posted on Mar 7, 2016 7:17 AM
I Will make my response short and sweet. I agree with everything that you said. I will add that I find many of Apple's support articles to be rather cryptic and confusing.
Posted on Mar 7, 2016 8:17 AM
