Scenario
How do I backup my iPhone to my computer?
My iCloud storage is limited, so I want to backup my iPhone 12 to my Windows 10 computer. I'd like to backup photos, videos, SMS, contacts. Which tool do you prefer to backup an iPhone?
- Question from developer.apple.com
Why Backup my iPhone is important?
iPhone has become a common tool in our life. What we did with our iPhones could be stored as pictures and videos, yet the data is also faced with the risk of loss. Many possible reasons could lead to a data disaster, such as a white screen, dropping, and water damage. Consequently, important photos and files might disappear for some reason. Lots of users had been regretful when they lost their last iPhone.
In a word, the frequently happening data disasters have raised people’s awareness of data backup. It would be beneficial to develop a habit to create iPhone backup in advance. If you don't want to lose data anymore, you need to backup the iPhone to minimize the loss.
Choose a reliable and powerful iOS backup tool
Now you have known the terrible results of data disasters, you would need to choose a great and reliable iOS backup tool.
To back up an iPhone, it should provide complete protection on your device easily. On the other hand, there is a lot of data on my iPhone and you probably don’t want to backup all of them. you may just backup photos, videos, and contact. So an iPhone backup software should come with these basic properties:
1. It should be professional to backup all content on iPhone.
2. It needs to support choosing items when backup to save space on storage devices.
3. It should be easy to operate with a simple interface.
4. It should be clean so I won’t be bothered by advertising.
Method 1. Backup my iPhone to PC with AOMEI MBackupper?
After several tries, here we recommend the easiest way to backup my iPhone is by using AOMEI MBackupper. It is one of the best choices to backup an iPhone 12/11/X/8 to a computer.
Now, let's start to know how to use this application.
To backup iPhone
1. Connect iPhone to a computer with a USB cable. Tap Trust This Computer on the iPhone.
2. Launch and open AOMEI MBackupper on the connected computer. Click "Full Backup".
Note: You can click "Custom Backup" to selectively backup iPhone contacts, videos, pictures, messages, etc.
3. Click "Full Backup" when you see the program is launched.
4. Here, you can enable the backup and select the backup path. Then click "Start Backup".
Then wait for the process to get finished. To restore the backup image, you can run Full Backup and select "Full Restore".
Method 2. How to Backup my iPhone to iTunes
iTunes is an official tool. It was initially designed to manage the purchased music and videos. Now, it also provides a way to backup most data including settings on your iPhone in one folder. If you’re wondering how to backup my iPhone with iTunes, follow the steps below.
Note: iTunes only allows you to make a full backup of your iPhone, so you can’t preview and select data. And it requires you to erase all content on the target device when you restore the back image.
Step 1. Connect iPhone with your computer using a USB cable.
Step 2. Run iTunes, and make sure it detects your iPhone. Then click the phone-shape button.
Step 3. Click “Summary” on the sidebar. You can view some basic information about the connected iPhone.
Step 4. Choose “This computer” and click the “Back Up Now” button.
Method 3. How to Backup my iPhone to iCloud storage
iCloud is another official tool for Apple users. It is able to store content on your iPhone and keeps your data up to date across all Apple devices. And it just provides 5GB of free storage. And you may need to buy more storage if your iCloud is full.
1. Go to Settings, tap my name, select iCloud, and then iCloud Backup;
2. Toggle on iCloud Backup;
3. Tap Back Up Now to manually backup my iPhone to iCloud right away.
I could view the storage of iCloud backups by repeating step1, tapping Manage Storage, and then selecting Backups. To delete a backup, choose a backup from the list, then tap Delete Backup.
Conclusion
Compared with iTunes and iCloud, AOMEI MBackupper is a free professional iPhone backup application with easy operation and a simple interface. you can backup camera roll photos, videos, and other files like contacts, messages, and music within a few steps. And you will not be interrupted by ads using this software. Anyway, it’s not bad to choose these applications as your iPhone backup tool.