Chapter 1
Syncing and Backing Up Your iPhone
In This Chapter
Creating an Apple ID
Understanding the syncing relationship
Syncing and backing up with iCloud
Keeping documents in the cloud
Syncing and backing up with iTunes
Buying more iCloud storage
The information in this chapter is essential to using your iPhone. Even if you only manage a bit of data like phone numbers and appointments, losing them can be a digital nightmare and sharing them with your other devices and computers is a digital dream. We explain the theory behind syncing, and then go through, step-by-step, how to sync the data between your iPhone, your computer, and other iOS devices such as an iPod touch or iPad using iCloud or iTunes. We outline how to back up everything on your iPhone and then use the backup should you lose everything on your iPhone. Lastly, we give you the steps you need to keep your iPhone up-to-date ...
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