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What are unrelated cost of switching to Linux you know?

2 anonandwhistle 4 8/18/2025, 3:24:21 PM

I just realized I need to use bigger storage of icloud for backups if I move to fully linux, Which costs yearly forever.. Because I cant backup via itunes in Linux and I dont trust any other software for encrypting the iphone locally.

What are costs you can share that costs because some software is not supported?

Comments (4)

grgergo · 1h ago

libimobiledevice[1]'s idevicebackup2 can backup iDevices the same way iTunes does.

[1]⋮ https://libimobiledevice.org/

anonandwhistle · 1h ago

Yes there are options but no way I can trust this with my phone data. :) I guess oone option would be cut the network, then backup.After that I nuke the linux? and restore from backup each time.

ecedeno · 1m ago

If this is a concern, you could use a VM without network access to make the backup

grgergo · 57m ago

It's encrypted/decrypted on the phone if you enable encryption (like iTunes).