Posted 23 October 2023

Easy way to Backup iphone on USB or Hard drive

I wanted to back up my iphone on USB (which one is good) and is there any easy way to do back up on hard drive?

If i do back up on these do i still need to have iCloud or not?
As i am paying apple monthly and storage is full so no backup has been made since last 2 months .

Suggestion is welcome. Thank you
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  1. Chiptivo's avatar
    Personally I'd sell your iPhone and start using a different device that allows for this with ease and no cost.
    The solution of paying more money to Apple for a cloud backup looks the only sensible way.
    Onlydongles's avatar
    Any suggestions how to o it on Android ? The free backups with ease?

    Thanks
  2. crevitz215's avatar
    for usability, I'd just increase the Apple subscription and continue using icloud to host backups.

    You could probably do a data cleanse on the files stored in iCloud, to clear up some space too? But, as I've done, purchasing the next tier just kicks that task way down the road
    bozo007's avatar
    This is probably the best solution. Most people don't realise how much digital junk they have collected.
  3. dipsylalapo's avatar
    You can local backups

    Some instructions - support.apple.com/en-…ios

    Check what you've selected to backup on iCloud and make sure you can backup the same via PC/Mac and you should be able to turn off iCloud backups
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