Usually, an Apple i. Cloud saves only the recent backup. Which means it can keep only one backup at the time. However, each time you perform a backup, your device/ i. OS merges the older backup with the new one. It saves all the data.
Do icloud backups overwrite?
Backups are overwritten by default. If you use i. Tunes on a Mac you can ‘archive’ a backup to preserve it (right click a list item in i. Tunes Preferences > Devices). On Windows i. Tunes you have to manually find the backup folder & rename it before it is overwritten., with i Cloud backup you get one backup & a new one will overwrite that.
However, each time you perform a backup, your device/ i. OS merges the older backup with the new one. It saves all the data. However, some users have reported having three i. Cloud back-ups at their accounts. When someone mentions that they want to delete their old backup, the very first thought came in peoples mind is, is he ok.
The backups are incremental. That doesn’t mean that you might not use up your i. Cloud space quickly though. You probably want to be selective about what gets backed up as indicated in the Managing your i. Cloud storage article referenced earlier in this thread.
How many backups does iCloud/iTunes keep?
Well, to keep it straight and simple, an Apple i. Cloud user can only make one backup for every single i, and os device. Every time when the backup is performed, the older back up of the respective device gets merged with the new one.
You can use that storage space for your i. Cloud backups, to keep your photos and videos stored in i. Cloud Photos, and your documents up to date in i, and cloud drive. Depending on the size of your backup and amount of content you keep in i. Cloud, you might run out of free space. You can buy more i. Cloud storage or delete content.
, with i Cloud backup you get one backup & a new one will overwrite that. Backups are overwritten by default. If you use i. Tunes on a Mac you can ‘archive’ a backup to preserve it (right click a list item in i. Tunes Preferences > Devices).
What is iCloud backup and how does it work?
When your device is backed up in i. Cloud, you can easily set up a new device or restore information on one you already have.
, i Cloud automatically backs up all of the data on your i. Phone or i. Pad every day, so long as the device is connected to Wi-Fi, turned on, locked, and connected to a power source. This makes it easy to restore a device if you need to wipe it or set up a brand new i. Phone or i. Pad with your existing data.
Is it possible to restore a previous iPhone backup from iCloud?
If you kept a parallel backup in i. Cloud you can still restore from that. If you have regular backups of your computer you can restore a previous i. Phone backup from the computer backup. I should add, if you have space available, i. Cloud will keep three normal backups per i. OS device, unlike i, and tunes. Good to know that.
How do I let iCloud automatically back up my device?
To let i. Cloud automatically back up your device, here’s what you need to do. If you disable or stop using i. Cloud Backup, your last backup is stored for 180 days. Make sure that i. Cloud Backup is turned on in Settings > [your name] > i. Cloud > i, and cloud backup.