Technology evolves and with it the technical requirements for devices to run certain software. If you are an Apple user, you already know this. From time to time, older devices no longer support the newer updates and gradually lose functionality until they are finally declared obsolete. The same thing happens with services and today we have another example. Apple announced that iCloud will no longer support backups for iPads and iPhones running iOS 8 or earlier.
iPhones and iPads with iOS 8 or earlier will not have iCloud backups
iOS 9 was a big change in 2015, the year it was officially launched. A big change especially at the level of iCloud since it was first integrated the CloudKit module for developers. This new API allowed developers more simplicity as they did not need their own infrastructure to store the data, but rather it was stored in Apple’s own cloud as well as an integration with iCloud to sync all the data. information between devices. Actually, Device backups could be stored in iCloud
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However, Apple is going to put an end to this trend in older software. A few hours ago, I announced to the developers that iCloud has stopped supporting backups of iPhone and iPad with operating systems equal to or earlier than iOS 8.
Applications and data stored in iCloud will be affected and the solution that Apple offers these users to make backup copies is as follows Physical backups can still be made on macOS and Windows computers. The reason for this support interruption? For Apple, it is clear:
This is to better align with our published minimum software requirements. Until this date, you will be able to use the service normally. Then your save data will be deleted unless you update to iOS 9 or later.
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