iPhone Tips - How to backup iPhone XR, XS - DIY in 5 Ep97

We will cover backing up your iPhone XR or XS to the cloud, PC or Mac, a USB flash drive with an Apple Lighting connection. If these tips helped you, please give us a like and subscribe to the channel to get even more tech tips. Backup to iCloud Backing up your iPhone to the iCloud is a great option for most users. It doesn’t require another device and you can easily restore an iPhone from an iCloud backup should the need arise. You’ll need to make sure you are in an area with stable and reliable Wi-Fi, then go to Settings - Your Name - iCloud. Scroll down and choose iCloud Backup. Click Back Up Now to begin the backup! If you get an error saying the backup failed or could not be completed, this is usually because you don’t have enough iCloud storage to save all your backup files. If you need to purchase more, you can do that by going to Settings, Your Name, iCloud, then Manage Storage, Upgrade and select the storage plan you’d like to purchase. Another option, should you run into this error is to only backup certain content to iCloud which you can toggle off and on in iCloud settings. Another way to free up iCloud storage is to delete older backups by going to your iCloud settings, Manage Storage, Backups then select the backup you’d like to delete and click Delete Backup. Backup to a personal computer If you’d rather backup your iPhone to a personal computer, that’s simple enough as well using iTunes. This method can be done on either a Mac or a PC and doesn’t require you to purchase a storage plan. Make sure you update to the latest version of iTunes before beginning this process then connect your phone to your computer. Click ‘Trust’ on your iPhone screen to Trust this Computer and enter your phone password if prompted. In iTunes, click the device icon. On the summary screen, you should see a Backups category with a prompt to automatically backup your data to either iCloud or this computer or both. If you want to encrypt your iPhone backup data, you have that option here as well. You can also manually backup from this screen and see when your last backup to either the cloud or the computer was completed. Backup to a portable device Another, less well-known option, but potentially the most secure way to go, is to backup your phone to a portable device that only you hold in your possession. Because so many people have a hard time trusting the security of cloud storage or the reliability of iTunes backups, accessories like this are highly coveted. This one is the Kingston bolt and it’s a dual-purpose lightning/usb drive that allows you to backup or store data. It even comes with this handy keyring carrying case to bring it with you on the go and it’s Apple certified coming in a variety of different capacities. To backup to a Bolt, all you need to do is plug the Bolt into your iPhone and you will be prompted to download the Kingston Bolt app from the app store. Please note: every time you plug in the device, you’ll have to click “Allow” to allow the two devices to communicate. Once in the app, click on Transfer then All to backup your device. So that’s that. We all trust our phones with more data than we should and it’s dangerous to let your phone go alone. If you have another backup method you like to use, let us know in the comments and also how are you liking your shiny new iPhone XR, XS or XS Max? http://bit.ly/2IZQPyC Kingston Technology May 03, 2019 at 12:16PM