Comment by echelon_musk
15 days ago
In case you don't already know, if you don't encrypt an iPhone backup with macOS first the backup won't contain _all_ of your data.
Apple says "Encrypted backups can include information that unencrypted backups don't" however the list they give is non-exhaustive. You might find yourself disappointed when trying to restore a non-encrypted backup that you've encrypted yourself in a disaster scenario.
Surely you can just open the archive and check whats in the backup yourself to satisfy that?
If it was that easy I wouldn't have bothered replying. Why don't you check in the backup and get back to me.
Because I dont own anything Apple, nor anything that doesnt give me full control over my stuff.
I assume that instead of educating me on how the backups are in a user unreadable format, you chose to make a snide remark and leave me to guess the truth.
Why would anyone trust a backup they cannot read themselves in an emergency?
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Thanks, will tell her to encrypt twice. Anyway, there is no critical info there, mainly photos.