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If you back up the iPad locally, will it back up Procreate data? I would expect it to...

• sillysaurusx 3y ago
  I don’t think we can without unlocking the iPad, and there seems to be no way of doing that with a busted screen. Kind of an oof failure mode.
  • hedora 3y ago
    If iCloud backup is on, and your friend didn't explicitly disable it for Procreate, then the data should be available for restore via iCloud: https://doncorgi.com/blog/procreate-icloud-backup/ https://doncorgi.com/blog/procreate-icloud-backup/ I think you can see the last backed-up day (but not list of apps for other devices) somewhere on iCloud.com or in settings on some other iPhone/iPad on their account. Alternatively, you could try restoring to a new/temporary old iPad. The external monitor + keyboard suggestions in sibling comments could be combined with this advice (or other backup procedures in the article I linked), assuming backup is disabled.
    • sillysaurusx 3y ago
      I somehow experienced data loss with procreate at one point, but maybe it was some weird accident. You’re right that procreate seems to advertise iCloud sync. All I know is it didn’t work when I needed it most, so I was leery of just blindly trusting it when the data is currently sitting on my table. Thank you for pointing that out.