{"id":32903,"date":"2021-06-18T17:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32903"},"modified":"2021-06-29T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:44:51","slug":"why-doesnt-icloud-warn-before-deleting-backups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/why-doesnt-icloud-warn-before-deleting-backups\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Doesn’t iCloud Warn Before Deleting Backups?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erin Sparling<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Every drawing that I’ve ever done on my iPad is now lost, because I chose to use the iCloud backup service as a backup service.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

But even though everything worked as expected, my decade of work is unrecoverable, because \n@Apple\n does not proactively notify their customers of pending backup deletions. I would have gladly bought an iPad last fall had I known the choice was “keep using this or we erase it all”<\/p>\n

Or I could have done a local backup before erasing my device, had I known that iCloud Backup should have an asterisk next to the name.<\/p>\n

Or I could’ve exported all of the files. Or printed them. Or uploaded them to Dropbox or Backblaze… or even Flickr!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He had erased “the iPad and give it to a family member so that they can teach during a pandemic” and planned to restore from iCloud Backup later, unaware that iCloud deletes backups after 6 months, without telling you that it’s going to do this, and even if your account isn’t full.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n