Hello everyone and welcome back! This is Paul from TechLink and in todays video, I want
to show you how to backup your iPhone or iPad, using iCloud. I'm also going to reveal a very
important thing that no on tells you. Something that you definitely need to know about iCloud
backups, so make sure to watch through the whole video to find out what this is about,
before you even start using this service.
Now, if you are using an iPhone or iPad, you should backup your device on a regular basis
because it's a straightforward method and the best option to restore data if your device
is replaced, lost, or stolen, which lets face it, happens to all of us and quite often.
So if you are looking to backup your data on your iPhone or iPad, there's actually two
ways to chose from.
The first and the one I'm going to describe in this video is the iCloud backup, which
is automatically encrypted and saved in the cloud, and you can create and access it from
any location with a Wi-Fi connection.
On the other hand, you can do a Computer-based backup which is created and kept on your Mac
or PC. In this case the encryption is optional, and you must connect your device to your computer
to restore it. But this is a topic for another video. Or if you are interested, you can check
out my other video where I talk about how to back your iPhone locally in an alternative
way.
So I'm gonna go ahead and show you how to make an iCloud backup of your iPhone or iPad
without using a computer.
Now, the first thing you want to do is Connect your iOS device to a Wi-Fi network. This is
important as it wont work over your mobile data.
You then need to launch the setting app and tap on the name of your profile or your profile
picture. You will see there's an iCloud tab which you need to select and in here you have
to scroll down to iCloud backup.
And you will see a switch, which you can toggle on and off. Now, what this does, when is in
the green position, it will automatically backup your device every day, as long as the
screen is locked and it's linked to a power source and a Wi-Fi network. So the only thing
you need to worry about is making sure you have enough available space on iCloud. Now,
If you just started using Apple devices, know that you get 5 gigs of iCloud storage for
free. However, this is really not that much nowadays. but the good news is you can purchase
50 gigs of storage for only 99 p a month.
But lets assume you want to backup your device manually. You can do so by simply tapping
on this "backup now" button. This should take a few minutes or longer, based on the speed
of your WIFI connection and once its completed, you will see underneath, the date and time
of your last backup.
Now, a really important thing, that most iCloud users tend to ignore is that, Apple has a
policy to delete unused iCloud backups, a hundred and eighty days after you disable
these backups or stop using them. And I don't think there's anything wrong with this, its
just that Apple, fails to warn people that their backups are about to be automatically
deleted.
Like it happened to this guy here, who lost years of drawings and other data, because
he ignored this Apple policy. So, my advice, Don't be like Erin! At least till Apple starts
notifying their users that their iCloud backup is about to expire, if you decide to stop
using their service, you should set a reminder to yourself, that you need to move your data
to another device or cloud service, within a hundred and eighty days. Or better yet,
if you have enough storage on your computer, you should use the method I described in one
of my previous videos, which I'm going to link in the description down below.
And that's pretty much all you need to know on the iCloud backups. If you have any questions,
let me know in the comment section. Also, if you enjoyed it, please give it a thumbs
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for watching and I'll see you next time!