Reminder to backup iPhone to Macbook?

[nuyorican]

Anyone know if there's a way to do this?

Currently I back my Macbook up to an external SSD. Occasionally I'll get a little reminder pop-up saying 'this Mac hasn't been backed up in 20 days, plug in backup drive... etc'. I also back up my iPhone to this Mac, but generally forget to do it. Is there a way to get a reminder pop up for this too?

Now that I'm thinking about it, I guess the reminder would be better set on my phone.

[PushedDover]

surely just set the phone to back up to. the icloud ? Continues all the time in the background.

[nuyorican]

Ahh, should've mentioned: I don't use iCloud.

[DanL]

Add an event in your phone’s calendar, with an alert, that repeats every two weeks or at whatever period you want to make the backup. Set it for 9:30 am on a Saturday, or whenever works for you.

If you’ve backed it up already you can ignore it, if not it’ll be your reminder to do so. After the first one you might as well align the backup with the reminder, and from then on you can forget all about it until your phone pings at you.

[bitchstewie]

Just use iCloud or set a recurring reminder in Calendar to connect the phone to your MacBook.

Easy way and hard way and all that.

[geeks]

nuyorican said:

Ahh, should've mentioned: I don't use iCloud.

A question: why would you use Apple stuff and not bother with iCloud?

[nuyorican]

Ahh yes, Calendar. Thanks chaps.

[nuyorican]

geeks said:

A question: why would you use Apple stuff and not bother with iCloud?

Good question. I think I don't with my MBP because it's got a massive drive so assumed it would be expensive, when all I really use it for is browsing the internet. iPhone would make sense, but I'm a bit paranoid of security with personal photos/details in the cloud. Plus I generally hate subscriptions and avoid them at all costs.

[Ham_and_Jam]

There’s a built in REMINDERS App on your iPhone. It’s exact purpose is for the use you need

I have loads set and find it more useful than the calender.

[Ham_and_Jam]

geeks said:

A question: why would you use Apple stuff and not bother with iCloud?

I have several Apple devices abd don’t use iCloud. No real need.

I do use Onedrive though, more useful for me. Everyone’s needs are different.

[thebraketester]

Just use iCloud. The cost involved is small and it makes everything simple.

[nuyorican]

thebraketester said:

Just use iCloud. The cost involved is small and it makes everything simple.

I don't use iCloud.

[nuyorican]

Ham_and_Jam said:

There’s a built in REMINDERS App on your iPhone.

Brilliant. Thanks!

[eeLee]

If you have a NAS, you can TimeMachine onto that, automatically and all the time.
We have 4 MacBooks set to do this onto one of our Synology boxes. It's an elegant and permanent solution.

btw the MacBook will also bug you that you did not back up to an external drive. You'll get the notification top-right all the time. My other half hasn't backed up to her external drive for 947 days I don't know why she keeps it as a destination