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I back up both my iPhone and iPad to my MacBook, not iCloud. Each time I connect, the iPhone backup setting sticks with "to this Mac" whereas each time my iPad Mini is connect, the setting defaults back to "to iCloud". I've signed out and back into iCloud on my MacBook, iPad but the setting still refuses to stick.
Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.0
Update:
A very helpful, methodical and brilliant Senior Advisor finally solved this issue. Here's the solution he walked me through:
Hope this helps others.
Update:
A very helpful, methodical and brilliant Senior Advisor finally solved this issue. Here's the solution he walked me through:
Hope this helps others.
Hey there huy lim,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're wanting to backup your device to iTunes, not iCloud. We're happy to provide some assistance.
You can turn off iCloud backups by going to Settings > [your name at the top] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.
You can backup to your computer by following the steps under the "How to back up with your computer" section here:
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
We hope this helps.
Have a great day!
Hi Brian_P7
Thanks for your response. My iPad is already currently being backed up to my Mac.
The issue I have is that each time I connect my iPad to my Mac, the setting goes automatically to the following:
So each time I have to manually set it to back up 'to this Mac' before I start the back up.
Hope this clarifies things. Thanks again!
Thank you for the reply huy lim!
Did you turn off iCloud Backup by following the steps outlined in our previous response? If not, we do recommend following those steps to turn it off and then closing/re-opening iTunes. Let us know if this helps.
If the issue persists, please contact us here: Get Support
Cheers!
Hi SnickZ.
The Settings > [your name at the top] > iCloud > iCloud Backup was already off. So I toggled it on and back off again. I am also using the Finder window to do the sync as it's no longer available in iTunes.
Thanks again!
I found another person who is experiencing the same issue as me.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250692699
Unfortunately, no one has replied to his post which was posted on Oct 2, 2019 12:37 AM
iPad Mini backup setting in iTunes keeps changing to iCloud
