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Does the new backup overrite the old backup?

Posted on Jun 5, 2023 10:30 AM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2023 10:51 AM

iCloud backups are incremental. The backup reflects only the current state of the device. So, yes. old backups are overwritten as there is only one device backup in iCloud.

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Jun 5, 2023 10:51 AM in response to Arby68

iCloud backups are incremental. The backup reflects only the current state of the device. So, yes. old backups are overwritten as there is only one device backup in iCloud.

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Jun 2, 2024 7:56 AM in response to Arby68

Buck up icloud

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