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I need to preserve some space on my hard drive and am currently backing up my iPhone to my computer. How do I switch from backing up to my Mac to backing up to iCloud? After I do it, I'm assuming I'd want to erase the old backup from my iPhone. How do I do that?
Thanks in advance!
Go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud and turn on iCloud Backup, then select 'Backup Now'. The initial backup will take a while depending on the amount of apps etc. on your phone. Once that backup is done you can delete the backup from your computer (I think that's what you meant by 'deleting old backup from iPhone?).
Go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud and turn on iCloud Backup, then select 'Backup Now'. The initial backup will take a while depending on the amount of apps etc. on your phone. Once that backup is done you can delete the backup from your computer (I think that's what you meant by 'deleting old backup from iPhone?).
If you have been backing up manually by connecting your phone to your computer and then initiating the backup manually, then nothing needs to change on your computer and you only have to turn on iCloud backups on your phone.
You do need to have enough iCloud storage which I'm sure you are aware of.
Great, thanks!
Do I need to change any settings on my computer, or can I change all the settings on my iPhone alone and then delete the backup that is on my computer?
Switching from computer backup of iPhone to iCloud backup of iPhone
