![]() Instead, a daemon runs at each end, and communicates with one another. The iPhone is not simply connected to the computer and exposed as an MTP or mass storage device. ![]() I have to admit, the way Apple does all of this is pretty smart and interesting. These are not huge projects, compilation takes a few minutes for each of them, on the Pi. To leverage all of this, you have to clone and compile the projects from a few Git repositories. That includes backing up wirelessly - you won’t have to connect the iPhone to the Raspberry Pi using a USB cable - rather, the two have to be on the same network around midnight and the backup will go on just fine over Wi-Fi (technically, over the network - you don’t need to connect the Raspberry Pi via wireless - Ethernet is more than fine as well). This article guides you on how to set up the Raspberry Pi so that the iPhone automatically backs up to it once every day (in the end, you get a script and you can adjust the interval there, of course). So today, it is about enabling another service on it, namely an iPhone backup server. Also, I want to migrate away from cloud as much as possible, that’s why I have set my own server for backing up the PC, for mail, calendar, contacts and a few other stuff, all using a Raspberry Pi. I don’t mind manually copying the photos every 6 months or so, as I do not take that many photos, but backing up all the rest can in no way fit under that measly 5GB. Since switching to an iPhone, backing up WhatsApp became a problem. When I was using Android, I did not have such a problem, as I manually copied the photos to the PC once in a while or automatically to Google Photos before Google borked the service, while the phone synced its settings with the Google account and WhatsApp was syncing up with a much beefier 20GB Google Drive account. Unfortunately, backing up the iPhone is not as simple as it seems - Apple only offers 5GB on iCloud, which is not enough for WhatsApp on its own, let alone the entire phone. The problem today is simple: I have an iPhone and want the peace of mind that it is always backed up should anything bad happen. As I said before, Raspberry Pi is a wonderful tiny device capable of a lot of stuff.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |