Note, though, that none of the above
applies to the Mail app, which should
always optimize its use of on–device
storage so it takes up very little space,
mostly accessing your mailboxes live from
their servers.
5
Use iCloud Drive
Anything you store in iCloud Drive is
not normally held offline in your device’s
storage, but accessed from the cloud, so it
effectively takes up no space.
Open Pages, Numbers or Keynote, for
example, and tap the chevron at the top
left of the screen until you reach the
Locations screen, then tap Browse. If
you tap iCloud Drive, then tap Create
Document, your new file lives in the cloud
and, except while you’re working on it,
takes up no space on your device. If you
instead tap On My iPhone (or iPad), the
document is created in your device
storage; it takes up space, but can be
edited even when you can’t get online.
To move a document between the
two locations later, long–press it and
choose Move. Remember that, as well
as browsing within relevant apps, you
can see and rearrange all your iCloud
Drive content in the Files app.
>>> Neither iCloud backups
nor backups to your Mac
include everything. For more
details, see bit.ly/apple-backupsmob.
When you enable encryption for
a local backup (to your Mac), more
personal data is included: see bit.ly/
apple-encryptbackup. Note that if
you forget the password you set,nobody can decrypt your local
backup. In contrast to this, iCloud
backups are encrypted on Apple’s
servers, but Apple can decrypt them.
It will only do so at your specific
request if you get locked out of
your stuff, or if it has received a valid
order from law enforcement or the
security services.What’s in my backup?
1
Connect to your Mac
Unless you’ve previously set up your
device to sync via Wi–Fi, connect it with
a USB cable. Previously, it would appear
in iTunes; in Catalina, look in the left
sidebar of a Finder window. Select
Trust on both devices.
2
Make a local backup
The right–hand pane shows the
contents of your device. You can sync
media to it from your Mac: see bit.ly/
apple-findersync. To back it up, select
the second option under Backups. Check
Encrypt and click Apply.3
Restore from backup
Switch back to iCloud backup to
keep that going. To erase and restore a
device from your local backup later,
connect it and click Restore iPhone (or
iPad). You’ll need to turn off Find My,
using your Apple ID password.HOW TO Back up your device to iCloud (on a Mac)
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