can i actually see the information...photos, old email, old documents from an i cloud back up without having to download it onto my iMac or iPad? I want to look at the information on my desk top with no downloading...
OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
No. iCloud only backs up iOS devices in full. The contents of an iCloud iOS device backup cannot be browsed and can only be restore back to an iOS device in full.
There are certain item you can view. For example, I use Pages, and I can view what documents I have within that app by going to System Preferences > iCloud > Manage. But it is the only programme that I use that enables viewing (for what it's worth).
That is NOT viewing the contents of an iCloud backup, which is what BPLynch asked.
What you describe is simply viewing what documents are stored in iCloud apps that use the "Documents in the Cloud" feature.
iCloud only backs up iOS devices. Saving a document to iCloud from an iCloud-enabled app is NOT a backup.
My method after long hours on the web has boiled down to this...
/User/username/ library/Application Supprt/mobilesync/ then the hodge podge that is the info the im looking for. its getting harded and harder not to throw my comp out the window...i need to catch a break.
Would it help that one of the external drives was the original drives foe my iMac when i bought in'08? I put a 2 terabyte HD into my baby by my self and it's worked like a charm, minus the fact that i really need these emails...so...theres that.
i just realized that im replying to a discussion from last week...sweet!
iCloud help
