If you want to know if your iPad has been backed up to your computer, go to your Mac or PC and check. This article will walk you through the process of doing either. It will also walk you through backing up your iPad to iCloud, your Mac, or your PC.
- Open Settings on your iPad and tap on your Apple ID name at the top.
- Then select iCloud Backup from the drop-down menu.
- You should see something like “Last successful backup: 1:32 PM” under Back Up Now.
How to Check if iPhone is Backed Up
How do I know if my iPhone or iPad backed up?
When using a Mac
- Create a new Finder window. (Open iTunes if you’re using macOS Mohave or earlier.)
- Use an appropriate USB cable to connect your iPad to your Mac.
- It’s possible that you’ll be prompted to enter your device’s passcode or that you’ll be asked to Trust This Computer. Follow the instructions on the screen.
- In the left pane of the Finder window, select your iPad.
- You’ll see something like “Last Backup to this Mac: Yesterday, 3:15 PM” under the Backups section.
- Click the Back Up Now button if you want to back up your iPad right now. Note that you must check the box next to Encrypt local backup if you want to save any Health, Activity, or Keychain data. However, in order to access the backup, you must first create and remember a password.
On a computer
- Connect your iPad to iTunes using an appropriate USB cable.
- It’s possible that you’ll be prompted to enter your device’s passcode or that you’ll be asked to Trust This Computer. Follow the instructions on the screen.
- In iTunes, look for and select your iPad.
- From the iTunes window’s left pane, select Summary.
- You’ll see something like “Latest Backup: Yesterday 3:15 PM to this computer” under the Backups section.
- Click the Back Up Now button if you want to back up your iPad right now. Note that you must check the box next to Encrypt local backup if you want to save any Health, Activity, or Keychain data. However, in order to access the backup, you must first create and remember a password.
FAQ
When you sign up for iCloud, you get 5GB of storage for free. You can use that storage space for iCloud backups, to keep your photos and videos in iCloud Photos up to date, and to keep your documents in iCloud Drive up to date.
The information about the content you purchase is stored in your iCloud Backup, but the content itself is not. Purchased content is re-downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, or Books Store when you restore from an iCloud backup. In some countries and regions, certain types of content are not automatically downloaded.
Apple’s Messages in iCloud service lets you back up all of your text messages to the cloud so that you can download them to your new iPhone. It also keeps all of your Apple devices in sync so that every message and reply can be seen on every device.
When you delete a photo or video from Photos on iCloud.com, it is also removed from all of your devices that have iCloud Photos turned on. If you change your mind, you have 30 days to get it back before it’s deleted forever.
iCloud backs up almost all of the information and settings on your device. Data that is already stored in iCloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Notes, iCloud Photos, iMessages, Voice Memos, text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages, and Health data are not backed up by iCloud.
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