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Q: "I want to back up my iPhone data to Windows 10 PC, but iTunes can't read the contents of my iPhone. How do I backup my iPhone to computer without iTunes?"
Regularly backing up your iPhone data is essential for safeguarding important files, ensuring your important information remains secure if your device is ever lost or damaged. While iTunes is a common way to back up, it's not the only option. How to backup iPhone without iTunes? In this article, we will introduce you two other feasible options.
There are three main options when it comes to backing up your iPhone: iTunes, iCloud, and iSyncGenius. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, and the following is a brief comparison of them.
iTunes backup: iTunes creates a complete backup of your iPhone and saves it to your computer, which can consume significant storage space. Besides, iTunes does not offer the option to selectively back up specific content.
iCoud backup: This is the wireless way to back up your iPhone and your data will be stored in the iCloud cloud. It doesn't require a computer, but the available free space is limited and you may need to purchase additional space.
iSyncGenius backup: This third-party software is designed for iPhone backup and recovery, and allows users to back up their iPhone completely or selectively to a computer or external hard disk and add encryption to the backup file.
Although there are several backup methods available today, iTunes is still the first choice for many users. If you have enough storage space on your computer, iTunes is undoubtedly a reliable backup tool, which can back up all the data on iOS, including contacts, apps, photos and so on. Here are the detailed steps to backup iPhone to computer with iTunes.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to computer with a USB cable and make sure it is recognized.
Step 2: Run iTunes on your PC, and then click the "phone" icon to enter the "Summary" control panel.
Step 3: In the "Backups" column of the Summary, click "Back Up Now", then iTunes will start to create iPhone backup to PC, you should know the new backup file will overwrite the older one.
If you are looking for a backup method that is both convenient and flexible, iSunshare iSyncGenius is an option worth considering. It allows you to easily back up your iPhone data to PC and supports selective backup of specific content, ensuring that your important data can be stored on your computer quickly and securely.
The advantage over iTunes and iCloud is that the process of restoring an iPhone from backup doesn't overwrite other data on the device, which means you don't need to erase the iPhone.
Step 1: First of all, you should download and install iSunshare iSyncGenius on your computer.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone to your computer via USB cable and launch iSyncGenius.
Select your iPhone in the Device Model section and click "Next" button to start the backup process.
Step 3: There are two options for backing up your iPhone data here: All Backup and Categorized Backup. Choose the backup type you need, click "Select" button and set the output folder on your PC to save the backup file.
After that, press "Start" and the data on iPhone will be copied to your computer.
Step 4: The backup process will be finished soon. When you receive a success reminder, you can go to the destination folder to check it.
If you don't have a computer, or prefer wireless backups and want to be able to access your data whenever you want, iCloud is an ideal choice. While it's typically used for cloud backups, you can also access and download iCloud backup content on your PC. In the next part, we will introduce how to backup iPhone data with iCloud.
Step 1: First, go to "Settings" >"Apple ID" >"iCloud" to enable iCloud backup.
Step 2: In the "Apps Using iCloud" section, you can see all the apps and data that can be backed up to iCloud. If you need to manage your backups, just toggle the on/off slider next to the app to choose whether or not to store its data in iCloud.
Step 3: Once you've made your choices, go back to the "iCloud" page and click the "Back Up Now" button to start manual backup. You can learn the latest backup date at the bottom of this button.
By following the steps described in this article, you can easily back up your iPhone to PC securely with or without iTunes. Whether you choose to use the iTunes, or iCloud, or iSunshare iSyncGenius. In this way, if your device is accidentally lost or damaged, you are able to recover your data easily.
