What's the difference between back up and syncing?
What's the difference between back-up and syncing?
iPhone 5, iOS 8.3
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What's the difference between back-up and syncing?
iPhone 5, iOS 8.3
backup is a carbon copy of the data on the ios device which can be required to the same device or a new device making it as the system was when the backup was taken
sync is keeping the list of contacts, mails, appointments and apps the same on a computer or icloud as on the ios device
this does not include app data such as game progress and scores and settings and the likes.
What's the difference between back up and syncing?