Hello,

I am trying to help my girlfriend backup her iPhone and Macbook.

I am a bit unfamiliar with the Apple ecosystem, and she’s still not very familiar with the technical aspects of it.

With my android and PC, it seems a bit more straightforward. Certain programs or services will backup everything, and I can restore it all exactly as it was at that time.

But the Apple webpage for iCloud Backup lists a bunch of things it backs up, meaning, it doesn’t backup everything?

I’m trying to figure out the best way to make backups of her phone and laptop so she can restore them exactly as they were when each backup was made.

Do iPhones and Macs have this type of option? Backing up everything, like taking an image of them at that point, including all apps, all files, all settings, every little thing, and then using that to restore them at a later date if needed?

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Any direction or guidance you might be able to provide is greatly appreciated.

I’ll update with any solutions or options for your opinions if I’m able to find any.

  • kaitco@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Couple questions: Does she “buy” music and/or movies and manually add those to her phone via something like iTunes? If no, then we don’t have to worry about extra things to backup manually. If yes, there’s more steps involved.

    Go to Settings (it’s a grey app with that name, you may need to search for it by pulling down from the Home Screen starting with your finger in the middle of the phone), and look at the top of Settings. Does it show her name and icon at the top?

    If Settings shows her name at the top, tap where it says her name. Scroll down a bit and find where it says her name and “This device”. Like mine would Kaitco’s iPhone and just below that it would say “This iPhone 15 Pro”.

    Tap that option. At the top, it should show things like Find My iPhone, iCloud Backup, and AppleCare & Warranty. iCloud Backup should be listed as On. Tap on iCloud Backup, and make sure that “Back Up this iPhone” and “Back Up Over Cellular” are both green and checked on.

    Then, tap on Back Up Now to ensure the latest backup is complete. Just below this setting, it should show the last backup date and time or Never if the phone had never been backed up.

    If when you go into Settings, it does not show her name at the top, there are a lot more steps to take to get her Apple Account associated with the phone and so forth, so let me know.