iCloud Backup from iPad and "On my iPad"

[itsa...@icloud.com]

Hello SMUGgers,

Am I correct in thinking that activating iCloud Backup for my iPad backs up all the data stored by apps in iCloud Drive (amongst other things), but EXCLUDES any documents stored using the Files app in “On my iPad” and that these latter files need to be backed up manually to external storage such as a USB drive or similar?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Stephen

[Sam - MacAmbulance]

I would assume the iCloud backup includes all local-only storage from the iPad, excluding any cloud storage. 

It should back up any app data, so if an a cloud app like Dropbox has made any folders available offline by storing them locally, they may be included too, or not if the Dropbox app is clever and excludes that local data specifically from a backup 

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[Stephen Watson]

Thanks Sam.

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On 11 Nov 2020, at 09:28, Sam - MacAmbulance <in...@macambulance.com> wrote:

I would assume the iCloud backup includes all local-only storage from the iPad, excluding any cloud storage. 

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[Jason Davies]

I have seen a few apps that very explicitly say a folder will not be backed up (e.g. goodReader)... from this I infer that the default is to include all data. After all, plenty of applications don't use iCloud, and you would expect them to have data backed up.

Cheers,
Jason

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Jason