[Backup question] 2 iphone with same icloud/appleid

So i have 2 iphone using one apple id or icloud.


I would like to know what happened if i backup the data from both devices to icloud.


Does the backup merge or it will overwrites depend on the last backup?


Thanks and Regards

iPhone 5c, iOS 10

Posted on Mar 13, 2019 10:35 PM

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Mar 14, 2019 4:55 AM in response to Michael Black

That isn't true. Both of my iPhones had the same name for a while—I only changed the names so that I could tell them apart in settings—separate backups were made even when the names were identical. The backups are done by some unique identifier (maybe IMEI?), it doesn't seem to matter what the names of the devices are when listed in General > About > Name.

Mar 14, 2019 4:06 AM in response to h3llblaz3nnn

Each iPhone will have its own backup in iCloud. You'll be able to tell the backups apart, when viewing them on your phones, because one of them will state "This iPhone"—see the included screenshot. I also have two iPhones using the same Apple ID and my backup screen shows separate backups for each phone. I've renamed my iPhones to better tell them apart when viewing screens that contain information about both phones.


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