XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-04-14 17:26, Marion wrote:   
   > On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:56:27 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >> I remember once that I did a factory reset on an old phone, intending to   
   >> install the same things for another account. I could not install again   
   >> some of the apps because the Android version was old, and they no longer   
   >> had those apps in G Play.   
   >   
   > I can concur with Carlos, and pretty much everyone in the world, in that   
   > we've all, at times, reset a PC or mobile device w/o having EVERYTHING   
   > backed up prior. We've learned from all those mistakes over time.   
   >   
   > For example, on Windows, I save every install where it belongs.   
   >   (e.g., c:\installers\shells\android\adb)   
   >   
   > I then install each & every program where it belongs.   
   >   (e.g., c:\apps\shells\android\adb)   
   >   
   > And of course, I add a shortcut to the taskbar menu where it belongs.   
   >   (e.g., menus > shells > android > adb.lnk   
   >   
   > And, for some programs, I keep data where it belongs, but that's harder.   
   >   (e.g., c:\data\shells\android\adb)   
   >   
   > To back up the installers is as simply as copying "installers".   
   > It's the same with most operating systems not designed by Apple.   
   >   
   > With Android, the google play store replacement app saves the installer.   
   > Even Android saves the installer (so it's actually auto-saved twice).   
   >   
   > That allows plenty of backup & restore strategies for the user.   
   >   
   > The main point of this offshoot though is that if you *want* to back up   
   > your Android APKs, you can (and in fact, it's mostly done already for you).   
   >   
   > Same with Linux & Windows.   
   >   
   > But on iOS, you can't.   
   > And that's bad.   
      
   And you never once mention the importance of backing up one's DATA.   
      
   Apps can be (usually) be installed from the same source you got them in   
   the first place, but the data you create, accumulate and store in those   
   apps can't be recovered from anywhere.   
      
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