We keep a lot of data on our iPhones, which is why backup is extremely important. Apple gave us two options for backup, iCloud and Mac/PC. In this article, we will cover the topic: How to backup iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to Mac/PC, in our next article, we will discuss the other method.
Authorize your Mac/PC using the same Apple ID that you have used to download application in the App Store. Note: Apple ID can be authorized on 5 devices. If you have more than 5 devices, you can de-authorized one of it. Launch iTunes on the menu bar, and click Store — Authorize this Computer.
Enter your Apple ID and wait until a popup message appears and tells you that the authorization was successful and the information of the amount of computers, which are able to be authorized by the same Apple ID. Launch the iTunes software on Mac/PC. Plug your iPhone to your Mac/PC by using data cable of iPhone. Wait until the iPhone is detected by iTunes, tap “Trust” when the pop up message appears.
On the Summary panel, click Backup Now. If there’s a question whether you want to transfer all applications that you have bought, Click Back Up Apps. Wait until the process is finished. Where is the back up files stored, When the process is finished, it means the iTunes software backed up everything from your iPhone: contents, settings, applications, etc. Where are the backup files stored,
It’s stored in a specific folder. You can replace “username” with your user name that you have on your PC. This backup file by default cannot be opened or extracted. It can only be used for “restore from backup” to your iPhone. On iTunes, click your iPhone and on summary panel check the checkbox Encrypt iPhone Backup, then enter a new password for the encryption.
• If there’s a question whether you want to transfer all applications that you have bought, Click Back Up Apps. • Wait until the process is finished and your iPhone has been backed up completely. By choosing Encrypt iPhone Backup, when we are going to restore from backup, we will be asked for the password first. The password is the one you have created on the encrypt backup file data before. It will make our backup file safer, and because you will be the only person that knows the password.
There are, of course, other ways to go about doing this, in fact, iBackupBot itself contains a direct restore option for individual assets like Messages, but I’ve found this method to be among the most reliable. Most importantly, this tutorial can also be completed from start to finish using the trial version of iBackupBot. BackupBot comes with a functional free trial. The software is not free, but you can trial it and use it for free to do everything contained in this tutorial.
If you wish to pay, you can always register your copy of iBackupBot if you choose to do so. You can download iBackupBot using this link. In this tutorial, I will be focusing solely on the Mac version, but the basic principals of this guide are platform independent. As a note of reassurance, I understand that the website for iBackupBot is very low quality and looks like the type of site that would try to scam you.
I can tell you that I have personally used iBackupBot, downloaded it from the website linked, and have followed every step of this tutorial with no problems whatsoever from spam or malware. You’ll need the latest version of iTunes installed on your device to follow this tutorial. Tunes is what we’ll be using to perform the necessary backups and restores to your iOS device.
If you’re not running the latest version of iTunes, it’s possible that you could run into problems. The first thing you’ll need to do is perform a full backup using iTunes. If you’re currently using iCloud backup, you’ll need to connect your device to your Mac with a USB cable, launch iTunes, and switch to iTunes backups a.k.a This computer.
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