How to backup iPhone to computer? [iCloud $ iTune]

When you set up an iCloud account, Apple gives you 5GB of storage space to store data. If you backup your iPhone to your computer with more than 5GB of content, you can buy more storage on iCloud. Today, in this article we will explain you how to backup iPhone to computer.

Quick Solution:

Open your phone settings and tap on your name with apple ID> iCloud> iCloud Backup> Turn on icloud Backup toggle and tab Back up now> Open icloud.com on pc> Login through Apple ID> photos icon>>Library>>photos>> Download.

◆ How to backup iPhone to computer in 2022?

  • Backup iPhone to computer using iCloud

iCloud is an extremely useful cloud computing that helps you back up, synchronize data, photos, contacts.

The benefits of backing up iPhone data to a computer with iCloud can include:

Makes it easy to set up a new device; help recover information on lost devices and store and protect data on iCloud.

Step 1: Go to settings and Select the Apple ID name.

Step 2 : Then you choose to go to iCloud.

Step 3: Next, select iCloud Backup.

Step 4: Select the switch to turn on iCloud Backup and click on “Back up Now”.

Step 5: Open your browser on computer and visit iCloud.com,

Steps 6: Login through your Apple ID and Password, now here you can see your data.

If you want to download any photos from iCloud,Click on the photos icon>>Library>>photos>> Download.

*Clicking through CTRL, you can select multiple photos at a time.

  • Backup iPhone to computer using iTunes

iTunes is one of the most popular apps among iPhone users. Before performing an iPhone backup on your computer using iTunes, you must download or, if available, update to the latest version of iTunes.

  1. Open iTunes and connect to iPhone with lightnight cable
  2. Click on the phone icon.
  3. Choose a storage location ( choose This Computer, which is to save the backup file to the computer) Done and click Backup now.
  4. Wait for iTunes to backup data.

If you want the phone to automatically back up iPhone to the computer when connected to it, select This Computer under the Automatically Back Up section and then click Apply to confirm the choice.

It’s important to remember that turning on the auto-backup option on your computer will disable iCloud backups from your iPhone. You can only choose one place for automatic backups to work.

◆ What is the difference between backing up iPhone to computer using iTunes and iCloud ?

When you back up through iTunes on your computer, you’ll get the most complete copy of all the data on your device. When you later want to restore, this iTunes backup will return your device to the same state.

When backing up on iTunes you will receive the most complete copy of all the data on the device.

With iCloud, only the most important data on your device will be backed up with your iCloud account. For example, iCloud backups don’t include music and videos, but iTunes backups do.

This allows you to save iCloud storage space and limit the need to upload or download large data. For most Apple device users in general and iPhone / iPad in particular, just backing up iCloud is enough, so backing up with iTunes is not necessary. However, before upgrading, jailbreaking or having any impact on your device, please back it up with iTunes, then if you want to restore this backup, just click Restore Backup in the Summary section.

◆ How to delete your iPhone backup to computer ?

After successfully saving the iPhone backup to your computer , to avoid junk files in your device, you can delete the backup files by:

  • On an iOS device:

Step 1: Do one of the following:

On iOS 11 or later: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups.

On iOS 10.3: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Storage, then tap Manage Storage.

On iOS 10.2 or earlier: Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage, then tap Manage Storage.

Step 2: Tap the name of the device whose backup you don’t need, then tap Delete Backup.

  • On Windows PC:

Open iCloud for Windows, then click Storage.

Click Backups on the left, select the iOS device whose backups you don’t need on the right, then click Delete.

If you don’t see Backups on the left, your iOS device doesn’t have an iCloud backup.

  • On Mac:

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences> click iCloud,>Manage.

Click Backups on the left, select the iOS device whose backups you don’t need on the right, then click Delete.

If you don’t see Backups on the left, your iOS device doesn’t have an iCloud backup.

◆ Conclusion

Above are 2 ways to backup iPhone to computer via iTunes and backup iCloud on iPhone. After using the backups, you can also delete them according to the instructions in section 4.

Hope the above article will help you to backup iPhone to computer easily.

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