Can I back up what I want to keep on an external hard drive, as far as apps,pictures, books etc, and then delete the entire iCloud ?
Can I back up apps, books, etc to an external hard drive and delete iCloud?
Can I back up apps, books, etc to an external hard drive and delete iCloud?
No. iPads cannot backup directly to a hard drive unless it's a wireless connected drive. However, everything you sync to iTunes and to iPhoto can be backed up when you backup your computer's hard drive.
No. iPads cannot backup directly to a hard drive unless it's a wireless connected drive. However, everything you sync to iTunes and to iPhoto can be backed up when you backup your computer's hard drive.
There are some wireless external hard drives that can be used with the iPad.
Best iPad External Hard Drive Storage Options
http://www.unlocktips.com/2012/11/best-ipad-mini-external-hard-drive-memory-stor age-options/
iPad Storage Solutions
http://www.ipadstoragesolutions.com/iPadWirelessStorage.php
SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive
http://www.sandisk.com/products/wireless/media-drive/
WD My Cloud
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1140
Another option:
Expand your iPad's storage capacity with HyperDrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1153935/hyperdrive.html
On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1160231/ipadhyperdrive.html
Cheers, Tom 😉
Thank you. I just really dislike icloud because before I figured it out, (still haven't) it downloaded stuff that I would never have even used after a couple of weeks and now it sits there, unused and not needed EVER, and I can't use it for anything else that I actually want to store. I don't even want to see that cloud on my computer because it's useless.
Thank you very much for your help. I just wanted to save photos on icloud and it has saved books I'll never read again. I teach school and have 3 iPads there that are in my name, although they belong to the school and so all student apps that I get have saved to my iCloud and just fill up more space.
I suggest you buy more storage space for iCloud.
iCloud- Storage upgrades and downgrades
Can I back up what I want to keep on an external hard drive, as far as apps,pictures, books etc, and then delete the entire iCloud ?