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[Pink2]

I have an iPhone 7+ now and I won’t be able to update it to iOS 16. The last time I did this both new and old phones had to be on same iOS so will I still be able to restore from backup? If not will my iCloud stuff still get put on new phone? I am getting the pro max.

 

[Oridus]

iOS 16. New iPhone always launches with the newest iOS of that year.

You should have no issue with data transfer.

 

[max2]

iOS 16.0

 

[russell_314]

I have an iPhone 7+ now and I won’t be able to update it to iOS 16. The last time I did this both new and old phones had to be on same iOS so will I still be able to restore from backup? If not will my iCloud stuff still get put on new phone? I am getting the pro max.

Just make sure you have a Recents iCloud backup. Look in settings and see what is backed up. If you don’t have enough iCloud storage and don’t want to buy more Apple is letting people store back ups temporarily to transfer over. You shouldn’t have any problems.

This being said before you wipe the old phone verify everything transferred over. After you verify that then verify it again. You can never be too careful

 

[Pink2]

Just make sure you have a Recents iCloud backup. Look in settings and see what is backed up. If you don’t have enough iCloud storage and don’t want to buy more Apple is letting people store back ups temporarily to transfer over. You shouldn’t have any problems.

This being said before you wipe the old phone verify everything transferred over. After you verify that then verify it again. You can never be too careful

Thank you. I do use iCloud backup. I’ll double check everything is selected that I want.

 

[jagolden]

Why use the cloud? Do you have to? I much prefer my back-ups local, and one reason is the cost of cloud storage.

 

[russell_314]

Thank you. I do use iCloud backup. I’ll double check everything is selected that I want.

I’m speaking from experience as someone who lost irreplaceable vacation pictures.

 

[Pink2]

Why use the cloud? Do you have to? I much prefer my back-ups local, and one reason is the cost of cloud storage.

I actually do both. iCloud every night and local periodically. On free iCloud storage.

 

[russell_314]

Why use the cloud? Do you have to? I much prefer my back-ups local, and one reason is the cost of cloud storage.

Local is possibly more private but it’s also likely less frequent. Cloud backup is every day. I don’t know anyone that would stick to a daily back up routine. Most people who do local back ups might do one every few weeks so if they lose the phone on day 14 that’s 14 days of lost data. Also many people won’t even do that. Cloud back up is something you don’t have to think about and that’s the best part I think.

As to the price it’s $1 per month for me so that’s $12 per year. Who here has it spent more than that for a random phone case or a couple cups of coffee. It’s well worth it not to lose your data. Of course everyone is different and perhaps some people don’t have as much important data on their phone so it may not be important for them.

I’d say the only reason for local backups is if you’re somebody important. Like a government wants your information important

 

[eyoungren]

I have an iPhone 7+ now and I won’t be able to update it to iOS 16. The last time I did this both new and old phones had to be on same iOS so will I still be able to restore from backup? If not will my iCloud stuff still get put on new phone? I am getting the pro max.

If you are restoring from a backup that was on an older version of iOS to an iDevice running a NEWER version of iOS then it's no problem. It's only a problem if you are trying to go the other way. You can fudge it if both devices are on the same version, but different point releases. Say restoring a 15.6 backup to a device running 15.1.

That said, Apple has things down now. When you go to set up the new phone you won't even have to worry about that. You will be given the option during the new phone's setup to transfer all your data from the old phone to the new. iOS will walk you through that. That's how I transferred my daughter's old data from her 6+ to an SE 2020.

 

[Wildkraut]

iPhone OS 1.0 remastered

 

[jagolden]

If you are restoring from a backup that was on an older version of iOS to an iDevice running a NEWER version of iOS then it's no problem. It's only a problem if you are trying to go the other way. You can fudge it if both devices are on the same version, but different point releases. Say restoring a 15.6 backup to a device running 15.1.

That said, Apple has things down now. When you go to set up the new phone you won't even have to worry about that. You will be given the option during the new phone's setup to transfer all your data from the old phone to the new. iOS will walk you through that. That's how I transferred my daughter's old data from her 6+ to an SE 2020.

Can you tell me or suggest a good cloud supplier, please?

 

[jagolden]

I do back up every two weeks overall. Photo’s, most mportabt whenever I plug in which is pretty much daily.

 

[eyoungren]

Can you tell me or suggest a good cloud supplier, please?

Well, for whole phone backups there really is only one and that's Apple's iCloud. You can pay for additional storage monthly if you like. Apple won't allow you to make iPhone backups directly from the phone to another cloud provider.

But for other things there is Dropbox, Box, Sync, Google Photos and One Drive. All are good, I have accounts for all of those. But I do use Dropbox the most. I've been with Dropbox since 2011. When I take a pic, I just open Dropbox and it will upload. That means it's accessible by every device I have that is capable of running Dropbox or that can access a device running Dropbox.

All of the ones I named above are good, it's just my preference is Dropbox because I've been with them so long. Some of the others (Box in particular) limit how many MBs you can transfer per file if you aren't a paying customer. Dropbox has never done this, although they've done other things people aren't happy with.