Already, some developers get around the problem of app deletion/reinstallation by housing scores and progress online via user accounts, but I’d sooner see Apple provide a simpler back-up process itself. What this most highlights, though, is the simple fact this kind of thing shouldn’t be necessary. And although it was brown trousers time during the restore process (which took well over an hour-seemingly, the iPhone did a total restore, with the CR back-up then adding specific files), it did enable some ‘lost’ scores and progress to be ‘rescued’. There’s no guarantee you’ll pick the right files, nor even that a game’s save data is within the Preferences folder, although this was the case with the games I tried. Overall, I’m impressed a developer has taken the time to figure out how to create partial back-ups, notably of game data, but the process leaves a lot to be desired (which isn’t really the fault of the dev). If your iPhone explodes, or-worse-you lose your Peggle saves, too bad.If something goes wrong, you can switch your copy back and do a full restore. I highly recommend you take a full copy of your back-up folder in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup before mucking about with partial back-ups.There is a workaround, however, using the shareware app MobileSyncBrowser, but it’s not for the faint-hearted… For a platform Apple’s pushing as the best solution for handheld gaming, it’s asinine that you cannot export and import videogame progress and save states. It’s like 1980s arcade games after the plug has been pulled, or cheap, miserly Nintendo DS games that lack a battery back-up in the cartridge, erasing progress and high scores when the device is powered down. Spend hours making headway in Peggle and then, for whatever reason, delete and reinstall Peggle (by accident, or through having a restore go wrong), and your progress is gone-you have to start again. IPhone and iPod touch don’t allow such things. Unless you use an uninstaller to remove an app or game from your Mac, you can usually pick up where you left off after a reinstall savvy Mac owners can also fiddle around with preferences, moving them between Macs to ensure consistency across machines in app environments or videogame progress. One of the dumbest decisions Apple made regarding iPhone and iPod touch is devices wiping all traces of an app when it’s deleted, but providing no means for saving preferences and progress.
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