How do I turn off repeated alert for iPad Backup?

Sparkgapper wrote:

This is exactly the crux of the matter, either back up to iCloud or back up to Mac are the ONLY choices which is the total reason for this post. There is no, at least I can't find it, choice to turn off backup itself.

WGB

Edit…. okay, so the question was completely changed again (third time?) (while entering this reply), and is unrelated to the iPad.

Delete the backups on the Mac. Shut off the Wi-Fi and the other two related settings, and don’t cable the iPad to the Mac for backups. Otherwise, connect the iPad once a month or two, and sync it. (And it’ll get backed up to the Mac.)

Previous (now incorrect) reply…

Please confirm the following details…

…The data on this iPad has no value?

…Was (is?) this iPad managed or supervised by an IT organization?

…iCloud backup is disabled as described above, and with no backups performed to or enabled to Mac or PC?

…No iCloud backups are present, whether completed or partial?

View and manage iCloud device backups - Apple Support

You can't back up a Mac to iCloud.

Are you talking about a Mac or your watch?

Are you saying you have no data, no information at all that you think is worthy of making a backup in case disaster strikes?

Sparkgapper wrote:

Guess this is another of the Apple imbeded bugs that no one knows how to fix.

might as well archive this as unsolvable.

Ignoring all the help that people are trying to give you without so much as asking a clarifying question doesn't mean that this is an Apple bug or that it is an unsolvable problem. It means that more work is required to understand the issue. If you don't want to do that work, that's absolutely fine. There are many times I'm happier to live with a niggling annoyance rather than take the time to learn how to fix it. But don't mistake where the problem lies.

Sparkgapper wrote:

My goof AGAIN! I thought I had put the iPad to Mac in there somewhere.

Anyway, this is about an iPad back not a Mac and that is the reason the iPad is shown first in the ABOUT section at the bottom.

Sorry about taking so long but have been extremely busy with being hijacked and working to clear it or at least get something usable.

tks

WGB

If you’re using iCloud for iPad backups, turn it off.

If you’re using a Mac or PC, stop making backups.

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

To disable iCloud backups:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

…annoyance rather than take the time to learn how to fix it…

OP is elsewhere unhappy about intrusive and immersion-breaking ads in free games.

Around this thread, I’d expect that resetting the Finder settings mentioned earlier will clear this:

Particularly, these two, and quite possibly including the third ☑️ depending on local preferences:

Else-thread, an Apple Arcade subscription is money paid to reduce gaming-related annoyances. Because personally, I game to distract myself from, well, annoyances. And yes, macOS getting chatty about an iPad that doesn’t ever need backups would also be an annoyance.

KiltedTim wrote:

You can't back up a Mac to iCloud.

Are you talking about a Mac or your watch?

The OP's tag line reads "iPad, iPadOS 18" – so maybe they're talking about an iPad, but posted their question in the iMac forum.

MrHoffman wrote:

OP is elsewhere unhappy about intrusive and immersion-breaking ads in free games.

And they were given good suggestions on how to deal with that as well.