Guides
Owning your Apple data
Plain-English guides on why iCloud alone isn't a backup, what really happens when Apple locks an account, and how to keep a copy of your data that's genuinely yours.
Is iCloud a backup? No, and here's what to do instead
Sync is not backup. The three ways iCloud can still lose your data, and what a real second copy looks like.
What happens when Apple locks your iCloud account
Why accounts get locked, what people actually lose, real cases, and how to make a lockout a non-event.
How to back up iCloud to Immich (the missing half)
iOS throttles Immich's background sync, and Immich says don't rely on it alone. Mirror from iCloud itself, continuously.