XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Sure it can, if you bother to do regular backups to icloud and/or your   
   coumputer (using itunes or whatever apple has for your computer type).   
      
   The program code is downloaded fresh from the "app store", and you may   
   end up with a later version, possibly unwanted, but it's data and   
   settings are in your normal backups.   
      
   I'm surprised you didn't know this!   
      
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