That backup copies of our information are essential, we have already understood, but not all backup copies are the same. We can make a full backup of the operating system and we will know that the data will be safe, but we will also know that given the need to recover something very precise, the difficulty is more than considerable.
If we turn our attention to the Notes app, for example, being able to restore one that we mistakenly deleted on the iPhone requires a full restore of the phone, just as we would to transfer all our data from an iPhone to another . A resource we could use if the content of the note is really important, but quite a task. Fortunately, there is another way to create backup copies of Notes application very easily
A personalized backup according to our needs
If we talk about the Calendar or Contacts application, things change, since on Mac we can export the contents of these applications to specific backup files. Whether to vCards or directly to a calendar file, we have a clear way to protect backup very easy to recover in time of need. But what about grades?
In Notes the situation changes completely, but we also have a very simple way to make a full backup, very accessible and easy to restore. And the best thing is that we can use this system from our Mac, but also from our iPad and iPhone. How? Very easy, download our information from iCloud. We do like this:
- We enter privacy.apple.com.
- We enter our email, password and, if we have it activated, the two-factor authentication code.
- we play in Request a copy of your data.
- Here is a list of all the information we can download. At the moment, we are interested in marking icloud noteseven though iCloud Calendars and Reminders oh iCloud contacts it can also be interesting.
- we play To continue.
- We choose the size of the different files in which the information will be distributed (5 GB is a good choice).
- we play complete request.
From there we will receive an email with a summary of the information we have just requested and also a small notice that will tell us that “This process can take up to seven days.
Thus, after these seven days, we will receive an email with a link to download the data. Some data arrives in ZIP format and that we can unzip to see in detail. In this case, that of Notes, all with the the original texts and all attachments duly cataloged and stored in files.
It’s easy. With this we will have a clear, detailed and very easy to obtain a backup copy of content which in many cases is really important. A copy that, if necessary, we can restore without having to go through restores or anything similar, simply by copying and pasting the content into the Notes application.
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