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This chapter is from the book
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Backing Up Your iPhone
Like all things data related, it’s important to back up your iPhone’s data. If you ever need to restore your iPhone to solve a problem or replace your iPhone with a new one, having a current backup can get you back to where you want to be as quickly and easily as possible.
There are two places where you can back up your iPhone. You can back up to your iCloud account or to your computer. In fact, you can back up to both places for maximum protection.
Ideally, you’ll configure your iPhone to back up to iCloud so you can back up whenever your iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network that provides an Internet connection. Periodically, you can back up to your computer using the iTunes app.
To learn how to configure your iPhone to back up to your iCloud account, see “Configuring Your iCloud Back Up” in Chapter 3, “Setting Up and Using an Apple ID, iCloud, and Other Online Accounts.” With this enabled, your iPhone is backed up automatically. You can manually back up at any time as described in the following task.
Manually Backing Up Your iPhone to iCloud
To manually back up your iPhone to your iCloud account, do the following:
Tap Settings.
Tap your Apple ID account.
Tap iCloud.
Swipe up the screen.
Tap iCloud Backup.
Tap Back Up Now. Your iPhone’s data is backed up to iCloud. You can see the progress on the screen; however, you can continue using your iPhone because the process works in the background. You just need to start the manual back-up process, and then do whatever you want while it completes.
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