Re: [apple-iphone] Upgrade to IOS 10

 

>>> I only see last backup, not any older ones.
>>> David
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>> Does iCloud keep more than one backup of any device?
>
> Manage Storage shows two backups of my iPhone. They both have the name of my iPhone, and under the first it says "This iPhone". If I try to delete the other one, it says "Do you want to turn off backup and delete all backup data for "<iPhone>" from iCloud?" I don't want to do either of those, so I don't know how I delete just the one backup.
> Brian

I always make certain that each of my devices has its own unique name: "iPad Baby Pro", "Jim's iPhone 6+", "Bonnie's iPhone 5S".

There is never any confusion over which device I am addressing, whether in iCloud or in iTunes.

If you really are backing up only a single iPhone, and you cannot tell which of the 2 entries with identical names is which in iCloud, I suggest you make an encrypted iTunes backup of that device, then turn off "Backup to iCloud", and delete the iCloud backups, then wait a day to be sure everything has been communicated between iPhone, iTunes, and iCloud, give your device a unique name, and then turn iCloud backup back on.

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