What happens if you click the X on the top right, will itunes backsup with encryption? or not?


Click "Encrypt Backups" will backup with encryption

Click "Don't Encrypt" will backup without encryption

what about clicking top right hand X???????????????????

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Dec 30, 2023 10:15 AM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2023 3:03 AM

Typically that would cancel the current operation, with no decision being made. I would expect you to get that prompt again the next time iTunes wanted to start backing up. When choosing to encrypt backups there should be a second dialog where you enter the encryption password, so it would odd if encryption were somehow enabled without that step.


See Disable iOS backup encryption - Apple Community for some further background.


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Dec 31, 2023 3:03 AM in response to PichuWong

Typically that would cancel the current operation, with no decision being made. I would expect you to get that prompt again the next time iTunes wanted to start backing up. When choosing to encrypt backups there should be a second dialog where you enter the encryption password, so it would odd if encryption were somehow enabled without that step.


See Disable iOS backup encryption - Apple Community for some further background.


tt2

Dec 31, 2023 7:30 AM in response to PichuWong

  1. Yes. I left out the word "be" after "would" in error.
  2. To be fair it would also be odd if backup commenced, with or without encryption if you simply close out the dialog. The convention is that this cancels or aborts any proposed activity. But it is just that, a convention.


To be clear I'm not currently in a position to test out this scenario, and it isn't anything I've explicitly tested in the past. I assume you're asking the question because something unexpected happened to you when faced with this dialog.


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