Click back up now below backups. Open the preferences window.
Go to the itunes media folder location section to find the location of the itunes folder.
How to backup to itunes on pc.
In the itunes app on your pc click the device button near the top left of the itunes window.
Hold down the shift key.
Connect your device to a wi fi network.
Restore your library from a backup.
Go to the location on your computer where you want your itunes library then right click and choose paste.
Tap the trust button on your iphone to trust your computer if its not already trusted.
To encrypt your backups select encrypt device backup type a password then click set password.
Go to settings your name and tap icloud.
Further if you get a new computer you may want to transfer the backups to a new computer or create an offline backup.
You can also use dropbox of googles services.
Select your itunes folder then right click and choose copy.
To see the backups stored on your computer choose edit preferences then click devices.
Next you can transfer iphone backup to new computer manually using an external disk drive or you can use some kind of online file transfer service to send the files to the new computer.
In windows go to edit preferences.
You can copy them to another desktop in order to use them with itunes on that machine or you can also copy them to a backup server or external drive to secure them in a secondary backup location.
Stay connected to your wi fi network until the process completes.
How to back up with icloud.
After your phone is connected to itunes click the little phone icon on the toolbar and locate the backups section under summary.
Here are some things to know your itunes library a database thats made up of all of the music and other media that you add to itunes for windows is organised into two itunes library files and an itunes media folder.
Before you transfer or restore your itunes media library on your pc consolidate it and create a back up.
Go to this computer then click your external drive.
Click the restore backup button to restore an itunes backup from your computer to your phone.
Find an itunes folder that isnt in the default location.
Select the advanced tab.
Tap back up now.
On a mac go to itunes preferences.
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