How to back up your iPhone or iPad before updating to iOS 9

How to back up your iPhone or iPad before updating to iOS 9

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-to-back-up-iphone-ipad-icloud-itunes-ios-9' title="How to back up your iPhone or iPad before updating to iOS 9"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/09/icloud_back_up_initiate_iphone_5s_hero.jpg?itok=mDEwYxVf' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">Always have a backup before updating your operating system.</p> <p>Getting ready for iOS 9? It's always a good idea to make sure you've backed up your iPhone and iPad first. While you likely won't see any data loss after an upgrade, software glitches can and do happen; additionally, when testing a beta, certain things may not work like they used to. As such, it's worth it to protect your data before you embark upon an update.</p> <p>Thankfully, backing your device up to iCloud or iTunes is easy enough and can give you peace of mind in knowing that if something does go wrong, all your data is protected. An iCloud backup is the easiest way to make sure your data is protected, though we recommend an encrypted iTunes backup before upgrading your operating system—it's the only backup that also stores your account passwords and Health data.</p>  <h2>How to make an encrypted backup of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes</h2> <ol><li>Connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer via USB.</li> <li>Open iTunes and click on the device icon in the tab bar.</li> <li>In the <strong>Summary</strong> section, scroll to <strong>Backups.</strong>

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</li> <li>Change the <strong>Automatically Back Up</strong> section to <strong>This computer</strong>, and click the box labeled Encrypt iPhone backups. You'll have to create a password to do so if you've never made an encrypted backup before.</li> <li>Under Manually Back Up and Restore, click <strong>Back Up Now</strong>.</li> </ol><h2>How to make a backup of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud</h2> <p>iCloud backups should automatically happen at least once a day: They trigger when your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is plugged in and on Wi-Fi. That said, here's how to make sure you have an up-to-the-minute backup solution.</p> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Settings app</strong> on your iPhone or iPad. </li> <li>Select <strong>iCloud</strong>.

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</li> <li>Tap <strong>Backup</strong>. </li> <li>Turn <strong>On</strong> iCloud backup under the <strong>Backup section</strong> if it isn't already — if it is, skip to step 5. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>Back Up Now</strong>.

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