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MyPhoneExplorer is Windows only but works via wifi.
I'm thinking about switching to nextcloud / ente.io but this will take some time.
Another thing I'd like to check out is KDE connect.
I've never used Android, so the answers here are surprising. There's really no equivalent to iTunes/Finder that'll just back up your phone to a PC?
This is partly because Android apps may store data in one of several locations. In previous versions of Android it was possible for apps to store data in an arbitrary folder on the device (if the user granted the relevant permission). That resulted in it being quite difficult for the OS to identify which files and folders related to any single app. In more modern versions of Android, most apps are no longer allowed t…
Even then, I don't see why the PC can't back up the whole phone.
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What’s wrong with their built in support? https://support.google.com/android/answer/2819582?hl=en It doesn’t work like iCloud where everything is backed up - even private app data?
I am an Android guy but this is one of the things that iPhone does much much better.
The rest is lost, or I consider it that way.
If I have some special files I use autosync, but no "backup", just sync to the cloud