I have two iPhones, when I back up one of them I have multiple dates of files when this as done. When I back up the other one there is only one file and that is the last date backed up, it appears to write over the same file, how I get back to another backup up file?
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I recommend iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor (for Mac) and iPhone Backup Extractor (for Windows).
Recover lost iPhone calendar events, contacts, photos, videos, SMS messages, notes, location data and app data from iTunes backup files.
Photo Stream and iCloud Backup are separate — your photos are stored in your iCloud Backup and many of them are duplicated and stored in Photo Stream (unless you deleted them from your camera roll in which case they're not duplicates).
The iCloud backup can be restored whole to your device. You can't restore parts of it — it's all or nothing.
However, there is a workaround:
- Make a backup of your new device to iTunes.
- Reset your device to factory settings and restore the iCloud backup.
- Use Image Capture or iPhoto/Aperture to import the photos.
- Reset your device to factory settings and restore the iTunes backup.
- Copy the photos back to your device.
Best Answer
By default iTunes doesn't work in the way you're expecting, and with good reason. iOS backups take quite a bit of space and most users would run our of storage space pretty quickly if each iOS backup was being kept (especially with multiple iOS devices).
While you can get around this default behaviour, it's quite a manual process and would require doing it each time you backup your iPhone.
As for your statement:
It's not clear exactly what is happening and how, but your best bet is to make sure you have a backup regime in place. Assuming you're on a Mac, then using Time Machine is a good example of this (but there are many options available - both for Mac and PC).
Once you have a backup regime in place, your backups will include your iPhone backups as well (unless you've specifically excluded them). In this way, if/when you need to go back to an older iPhone backup, you can.