I get it. I just never separated the two types of storage. I just treated or
thought them as iCloud and didn't go beyond that. I have noticed that some
apps have options in their settings to manage this behavior. Downcast is one
of these.
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From: "Grant Hardy" <grantha...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: iCloud question
The thing is, when a "backup" is done in iCloud my understanding is
that it's analogous to backing up in iTunes. All data (call records,
texts, favorites, app data, etc) is included in the backup. Unlike in
iTunes however, since you are dealing with very limited storage space
on iCloud the option is given to exclude certain application data from
a backup. Backups are used if for whatever reason you need to restore
your data to a new or wiped device, but they aren't synced to other
devices. Backups are not what I was referring to.
There's a separate feature in iCloud though, called 'Documents and
data'. This provides a way for apps to synchronize their documents and
data with the cloud so you can synchronize them with other devices.
Downcast for example can synchronize your subscriptions, playlists,
etc. between more than one device using the cloud, so you can add a
new subscription on your iPhone, and it'll be pushed to your iPad as
well. I was just interested to see that there's some data synced to (I
assume iCloud) that doesn't show up anywhere in the iCloud settings
and which you can't seem to delete. The Fleksy dictionary is one
example; your list of cities in the stock weather app is another
example. This is far from a big deal but it was a curiosity.
Grant
On 10/11/12, Damashe Thomas <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
I see. I was thinking that the reason this data was available on multiple
devices is due to the fact it was being backed up to iCloud. I thought
that
was why you have the option to use cellular to push data to the cloud if
wifi isn't available.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Hardy" <grantha...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: iCloud question
Hi Damashe, yes that is true, but that approach only works for
backups. There's another way iCloud can store app-specific data, and
it isn't in a backup. It's meant so that you can easily have the same
data on more than one device. It is this that I'm trying to find.
Grant
On 10/11/12, Damashe Thomas <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Grant,
If you g to steeings, iCloud, storage and backup, mange storage, then
select
a device name, you can view which apps are storing data in iCloud. You
will
get a shortened list of apps with the option to show all apps. On this
screen, you can enable or disable which apps store data in the cloud.
Fleksy
was on this list of apps that I looked at.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Hardy" <grantha...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:22 AM
Subject: iCloud question
Hi all,
An interesting observation about iCloud. I have discovered that there
are certain apps which store their data in iCloud but which you cannot
access from Settings/iCloud/Storage and Backup/Manage
Storage/Documents and Data. Fleksy is one example. The user dictionary
seems to be stored in iCloud but isn't listed anywhere. The native
weather app is another example that I can think of which stores your
favourite cities in iCloud.
This is hardly a big deal but it would be nice to know exactly what
data is stored in iCloud.
Cheers.
Grant
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