here's how to back up your iphone
use our clickable sections below to keep
track of what step you're on during this
tutorial
to back up with icloud tap the settings
icon on your phone
and select your username next
select icloud then icloud backup
and toggle it on if it is off
then select backup now
if you leave icloud backup on
your phone will backup your files daily
as long as you're
on wi-fi and connected to a battery
source
if you have run out of icloud storage
you will be prompted to upgrade your
storage space
to backup your iphone on an external
hard drive you'll need to make sure that
your phone is already backed up to your
computer
here's how to backup the files on a mac
first find the backup files
click the spotlight search button which
can be found on the upper right hand
corner of the finder window or press
command
shift g together with the finder window
open
and copy in the following text we've
also included this text in the
description below so you can copy it
that will take you to the folder where
your backups are stored
now that you've found where your backups
are hidden
you can copy them to an external drive
and delete the ones on your computer
make a copy of the folder and drag that
over to your external hard drive
to prevent corrupted data apple advises
copying the entire folder
now you can delete your copy