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iPhone Backup

Hello,


I am wanting to backup my iPhone's data, without backing up it's media. All of my media is backed up through Amazon.


How am I able to keep the photos on my iPhone, but not sync the media to iCloud backup, in order to maintain my latest backups?

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 5:37 AM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2019 7:18 AM

iCloud backup doesn’t include information already stored in iCloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Mail, Notes, Voice Memosshared photosiCloud Photos*, Health data, call history, and files you store in iCloud Drive.


*-If you had turned on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. 

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Dec 20, 2019 7:18 AM in response to msaluta

iCloud backup doesn’t include information already stored in iCloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Mail, Notes, Voice Memosshared photosiCloud Photos*, Health data, call history, and files you store in iCloud Drive.


*-If you had turned on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. 

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