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How to Backup Photos/Notes/Music for iPhone?
14 July 2017 Technology Manager of Test Dept.
Summary
Detailed steps about how to backup photos, notes, music, etc on iPhone. Help you stay away from data lost or devices replace.
Losing data like photos, memos, contacts on iPhone, iPad or iPod is very common for iOS users. At this moment, if we have the backup, we won’t be panic. All we need to do is to restore the backup. Backup will also help when our device is replaced, lost or damaged.
Apple provides 2 free and simple methods for you to make backup and store data for your iOS devices. They are iCloud and iTunes. iTunes may be famous for Apple’s music playing program. But actually, it can do more than you believed.
But what if you lost or delete some files before making backup, you may wonder whether they can be rescued. Get more about how to recover deleted contacts on iPhone, recover deleted photos and recover other data.
Introduction of Two Backup Methods
Backup with iCloud
- Saves backup in iCloud
- Offers up to 2TB of storage (first 5GB are free)
- Always encrypts your backups
- Creates/updates backup anywhere with WI-FI
Backup with iTunes
- Saves backup in PC
- Storage depends on the available storage of your PC
- Encrypted backup is available
- Need to create and use backup files with the PC
Backup with iCloud
Step 1: Connect your device to Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Go to Settings > Your Name > iCloud. Then please select the items you need to backup.
If you’re using iOS 10.2 or previous version, please go to Settings, then scroll down and click iCloud.
Step 3: Click iCloud Backup to check whether the backup has been turned on.
Once you process the iCloud backup, your phone or tablet will automatically upload the items you select without any need for you to get involved.
Backup with iTunes
Step 1: Launch iTunes and then connect target device to your computer.
Step 2: Follow the onscreen steps if you get message for device passcode or to Trust the computer.
Step 3: Select your device when it appears in iTunes.
Please select the backup destination and then you can encrypt the backup file if you need it.
Step 4: You can also make other settings in Options.
Step 5: Process the backup.
>>Create the backup but do not know how to restore? Click for more about how to restore iPhone with backup.
