If you’re curious as to what exactly iCloud backs up on your iPhone or iPad, here’s what you need to know. When you go to back up your iPhone, you have a couple of choices. You can either back up your ...

Most of us take our iPhones everywhere. They carry essential data like photos, videos, text messages, and app data. But iPhones can get lost or damaged, and while that can be terribly painful, you can ...

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Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Why would you bother to back up your iMessages? After all, they’re all stored in iCloud these days, right? Well, yes your messages are all stored in iCloud, but ...

You should always have a current backup of your iPad so that if it's lost, stolen, or damaged, you can restore all of your data and apps to a fresh device. Backing up to Apple's iCloud is easy and ...

Backing up your iPhone to iCloud is the best way to keep its data safe and secure. You can always be at peace knowing your data is always recoverable, even if ...

Automatic backups of your iPad on iTunes or iCloud are nearly effortless, but so are manual backups that you create on demand. Manual backups only require a Wi-Fi connection, sufficient battery power ...

We all understand the importance of backing up our Mac, even if we aren’t already doing so. A backup protects your data if your Mac fails or is stolen, or if a software update breaks something you ...

When iPhone first launched, backing up data was a cumbersome process that required users to transfer their files to a Mac or PC via iTunes. Apple has since moved to the cloud with iCloud, providing an ...

Thanks to Apple's iCloud, keeping an always up-to-date backup of your iPhone or iPad on Apple's servers is nearly effortless. Ditto for restoring an iOS device from an iCloud backup. If you're a Mac ...