Home folder on external drive for iOS device backup

[ddmiller (Doug Miller)]

@Lucas043

So you are confident that a corrupt or for whatever reason unavailable iCloud backup is not an issue (or let’s say very unlikely)

I have never had an issue with an iCloud backup. I think I’ve done about 6 or 7 restores from iCloud. The last two time I bought a new phone, I used the new Quick Start direct device transfer method, but I had an issue with my last device (13 Pro) that required a factory reset and restore, which I did from iCloud, and before that I restored all of my new iPhones and iPads from an iCloud backup.

I will say that I will do a computer backup before I do the factory reset (if I can) as a “just in case”, but I have never needed it.

[Lucas043]

SInce I am backing up for the whole family, I just had the idea of using an old outdated Mini dedicated to that task. thank you for your post.