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 ...

iCloud and Google Drive are not backups. They sync. If you delete something or the file gets corrupted, it’s gone everywhere.

With portable devices, there’s always a risk of losing or damaging your hardware when you’re out and about. As such, it makes sense to make regular backups of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but in ...

Your iPhone's photos, contacts, messages and other data are precious commodities that shouldn't be siloed on a single device. Learn how to use iCloud Backup to protect your data from being deleted or ...

iCloud Photos is a fantastic feature for syncing large photo and video libraries across all your devices. Have a 300GB photo library? With an iCloud subscription and Optimize Storage, you don’t need a ...

iOS 16.3 appears to be impacting the iCloud Backup feature for some people who have upgraded to the new software, based on complaints on the MacRumors forums and the Apple Support communities.

Many situations could require you to restore your iPhone to factory condition, including corrupted operating files or other functional problems. Recovering from a restore isn't a difficult process, as ...

The two of us are in a much better working relationship now. I appreciate that we've found common ground, so I'd like to discuss something that has been weighing on my mind: iCloud iOS restores from ...

Starting next month, making a device backup over iCloud will require iOS 9 or later, Apple has informed some customers via email. New backups for iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier will no ...

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 ...

I have an iPhone 5 due to arrive shortly and I'm wondering if now is the time to "start clean" or "restore from iCloud backup" when I set it up? I'll say that I've never restored - ever - I've always ...