What's the point of iCould backup?

[xraytech]

Yes I do. I thought iCloud would completely cut the cord from my devices to my mac but it looks like I still need it. Originally I was going to backup everything from iPad and iPhone to iCloud, since Apple doesn't give iCloud storage per device basis, it's per account so even if I buy more storage it's still not enough for both iPad and iPhone.

Do you have a wifi?

 

[Votekinky06]

How long did it take for you to restore everything from iCloud? Assuming that not all your music were iTunes purchased.

15-20 minutes. Not a lot of iTunes music, maybe 200 songs, but a lot of photos, apps, text messages, etc. It really is quite fast and you can use your phone while it is loading everything.

 

[jordannelms]

since app data is backed up into the cloud now and apps can be downloaded when you do a restore from apples servers, how do you get rid of the apps from your mac now? Whenever i go to unsync apps in itunes, it states it will remove them from my device too? anyway we can get rid of the apps from our mac and keep them on our devices still? I think its pointless to sync apps with the mac if its not even backing up the data anymore.

This is what I want to know!