An indispensable advice to carry out before installing iOS 7 is to make a backup copy to save all the data that we want and that we do not want to be erased under any circumstances.
As many of you don't know how to save a backup, here we explain the two ways to do it.
BEFORE INSTALLING IOS 7 WE MUST MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF OUR DEVICE:
This will serve to have all our applications, documents and information safe after the change of operating system and avoid any possible loss of information when installing iOS 7 (which does not usually happen but it is always good to prevent).
Backup can be done in iTunes and iCloud . We will explain the two procedures to you.
iTUNES Backup:
For us it is the best way to make a copy. To do this, we must follow these simple steps:
- Connect our iPhone or iPad to our Mac or Windows via USB.
- Open iTunes and, in the upper left part of the program screen, click on the icon of our device.
- Once clicked, from the Summary tab, click on Make copy now.
- To verify that the backup has been made, we will open the Preferences of iTunes and select the Devices tab. It will display the name of the device along with the date and time the backup was made.
After following these simple steps we will have a backup copy of our device made on our computer, which we can recover at any time.
Backup to iCLOUD :
On the other hand, we have the option of making the backup copy directly from our device using the iCLOUD service. To do this we must follow these steps:
- We follow the route Settings > iCloud > Storage and copy.
- If we have the iCloud Backup option activated, as long as our device is plugged into the electrical network, locked and connected to a Wi-Fi network, an automatic backup of it will be made and stored in the cloud .
- We can also make a backup at any time we want by clicking on « Make a backup now «.
Backup copies from iCLOUD will include everything that we have activated in this service. As an example, I will give you our screen of the data that we want to be included in the backup copies made through this service:
At APPerlas we always recommend making a copy in iTunes and another in iCloud, whenever possible and always before installing iOS 7.
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