You might find yourself running out of space, especially if you have more than one iOS device and use iCloud for email and document storage. Here are some tips for optimizing your iPhone and iPad backups. Turn on iCloud backups from your iOS device. To back up an iOS device to iCloud, you need to first turn on this feature. Back up from a Mac: You can do this from iTunes when the device is connected to your Mac. Click the device’s name, then the Summary tab. In the Backups section, under Automatically Back Up, choose the iCloud option.
I recommend you check Encrypt iPhone Backup, because this will also store your passwords; you’ll need to enter a password to do this. Back up from an iPhone or iPad: You can also turn on iCloud backups from your iOS device. Storage & Backup, then toggle the iCloud Backup switch on. As the above screenshot says, your device will automatically back up your camera roll, accounts, documents and settings content when it is plugged in, locked, and connected to Wi-Fi.
Back up manually: You may also want to back up your iOS device manually to iCloud, for instance when you’re on the road and haven’t backed up in a while or when you’ve been working away from a power source. To do this on your iOS device, tap Back Up Now just below the toggle switch; if you’re connected to Wi-Fi, your iOS device will back up. Note that Apple says if you don’t back up your device for 180 days or more, the company will delete your device’s iCloud backup files.
Say you’ve got a 64GB iPhone. How can you back up all that content to a 5GB iCloud account, You can’t, and you don’t. Apple also stores the most recent 1,000 photos from your Photo Stream, if that iCloud feature is turned on. These images don’t count against your storage quota, but they will only remain in iCloud storage for 30 days, since you’re expected to download them to your computer.
It can “Restore all your photos, videos and contacts onto your new phone with a few clicks.” The app can also create and restore on-demand snapshots of your phone (that is: photos, videos, and contacts). With pCloud, all captured photos and videos on your iPhone will be automatically backed up.
You can get up to 20 GB of free space by inviting friends (1 GB per friend). Livedrive is a UK-based cloud storage service. It offers backup and sync products, as well as a “Pro Suite” that combines both of them. It has an iOS app to access files from your iPhone or iPad, as well as to back up photos and videos. You can also stream your movies and music from the Livedrive app. Tresorit is one of the most secure cloud storage services out there, and their iOS app is no different.
It uses the same end-to-end encryption as their desktop clients. It’s able to back up photos and videos. It gives users 3 GB for free to start with. SurDoc offers an almost unbelievable 100 GB of free cloud storage with auto backup for photos, videos, and contacts. The iOS app can restore contacts to your phone, but not photos or videos. CloudMe is a European cloud service that has desktop and mobile apps. The iOS app has a camera upload feature. You can back up pictures, videos, or both.
Plus it can recover previous versions of files with the “Recover Deleted” setting. SOS can back up your phone’s photos and videos, but it must be run manually. There’s no free storage, but it can back up an unlimited number of mobile devices (with unlimited storage space, to boot). ElephantDrive has backup and sync features all in one product.
With the iOS app, you can back up contacts and photos, and set it to only use Wi-Fi. You can also access files, make them available offline, and share files via links. MiMedia can upload all your photos and videos as you take them, or you can choose which photos and videos to upload.
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