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#205000 26-Oct-2016 09:38
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I've switched to Android for a while. The iPhone 7 was too dull and I fancied a change.
My iPhone 6 is backed up to iCloud. If I buy an iPhone 8 in October next year - assuming that is the launch date due to 10th anniversary etc - will my iPhone 6 backup still be there to restore apps etc from if I want to?





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  #1657999 26-Oct-2016 10:21
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Why not do a local computer iPhone backup (with encryption turned on, you'll be thankful for this as it keeps all sensitive information, like SSIDs, passwords etc).




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  #1658026 26-Oct-2016 10:45
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I guess I could do that..! 

 

OK to put it on a seperate drive I guess?





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  #1658040 26-Oct-2016 11:17
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Geektastic:

 

I guess I could do that..! 

 

OK to put it on a seperate drive I guess?

 

 

Once you've back it up, you can go to Preferences > Devices > right-click on the list item of the backups, and find where they located. Copy the backup to a safe place. When restoring, you can do key-modifier restore or something (sorry don't have the key sequence in mind handy), to find the backup to restore from.




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