My elderly Dad's sole Apple device (iPhone 8 iPhone SE) went through the laundry, and is D-E-D dead. We can no longer get into his iCloud account, and we never set up iCloud Recovery Keys nor a 2nd ...

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 ...

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Make sure Apple Watch and old iPhone are updated and synced to iCloud > back up old phone > set up new phone. When asked to use Apple Watch, select Continue > keep devices close > follow on-screen ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Why would you bother to back up your iMessages? After all, they’re all stored in iCloud these days, right? Well, yes your messages are all stored in iCloud, but ...

Apple's iCloud service keeps your data synced across devices. Free storage is limited, so managing it is key. Learn to delete unnecessary photos, videos, backups, and files from iCloud Drive and ...

So I've always tried to follow the 3-2-1 rule for personal backups (3 copies of the data, 2 backups, 1 backup off-site). My NAS crashed a couple of years ago, right around the same time as a house ...

Although it is not a requirement to back up any of your devices, there are plenty of practical reasons why you should. Having an iCloud backup can make it easier to move all your data to a new iPad, ...