2. Tap on “iCloud” and scroll to the bottom, tap on “Storage & Backup”-Inside here you can manage you storage space. Delete or turn off any app you wish to stop storing data for in cloud. This will help save space in iCloud. OS will show an estimated time for the backup to complete, and a progress bar to watch. Please remember you must have a WiFi connection before you can perform this backup.
If it is off, flick the iCloud Backup switch to green. Then tap “Back Up Now” to start the process. How long it takes depends on three factors - how fast your Internet is, how fast the Apple servers are currently going (never normally an issue), and how much data needs to be uploaded. For me, it runs between 10-15 minutes.
But you can start it, come out of it and lock the phone. You don’t need to keep staring at it all the time until the backup is finished. If you are the sort of person who has iTunes open all the time, you may want to use iCloud Backup through the desktop app. Again, that is easy to do.
Open iTunes and wait for your iOS device to sync with it (or attach the device to your computer with a cable). At the top of iTunes, you will then see an icon for your device. Your device screen may ask you to click an “allow” or “trust” button. Pull the device from the cable then reattach it. Maybe also use another USB port. Restart your computer and/or your iOS device.
Choose the iCloud option on the left. The “Encrypt iPhone backup” is only if you are backing up to the computer. So for iCloud, ticking the Encrypt box is not needed. The iOS device is encrypted by default. Now click “Back Up Now” on the right-hand side. You will now see at the top that it is backing up.
I should also point out here that if you choose to back up to your computer, the iCloud feature on your iOS device will switch off. The second way to back up your phone, other than manually pressing the button, is to automate the process. First make sure that iCloud is switched on. Make sure your iOS device is plugged into the charging cable. Ensure the device is locked.
Check to make sure the wifi connection is working fine. If you do these four things, Apple will automatically backup your phone to your iCloud account. For me, the backup happens during the night, because that’s when it’s locked and charging. A lot of people like to talk smack about iCloud, saying it’s the worst cloud service ever. Well it may not be the best when you stack it up against the likes of Dropbox and Google Drive. But for the purposes of backing up your iOS devices, it works like a charm.
How do I know that everything from my IPhone successfully backed up onto my computer via ITunes. Specifically photos and contacts, Max, you should have contacts and photos synced to you iCloud account, as well as have them saved in their respective Mac apps. Off hand I can't remember where the folder is located by default for you iOS backups. Try looking in your iTunes Media folder. Hmm, Pip, those issues are difficult for me to advise on. It looks like you need to call Apple and see if they can help you recover that lost data.
It seems that your text messages should have appeared if they were connected to your iCloud account, and same goes for passwords, if they were saved to your iCloud Keychain. Wish I could be of more help, but all I can suggest is calling Apple. Tunes is not clickable, why,
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