How to Backup iPhone with Windows PC
Mar. 2, 2021One of the few things I constantly bug people to do isbackuptheir devices. It’s important because you never know when a device might fail, and losing all data is a bit of nightmare fuel for everyone. iPhones don’t usually suffer from irrecoverable issues very often, but it’s still a good idea to back them up. So, here’s how to backup your iPhone with a Windows PC.
Backup iPhone on Windows 10
A few months ago, when I was primarily using a Mac as my daily driver, creating anddeleting iPhone backupsused to be ridiculously easy. However, now that I’m mostly on a Windows PC at work, things are a little more complicated than they were on macOS.
If you’re in the same boat as I am, fret not, just follow this article to know how iPhone backups work on Windows. As always, you can use the table of contents below to skip over to any section you’d like.
Even thoughiTunes no longer existson macOS and thebackup feature is now integrated into the Mac Finderapp, the software is still available for Windows. In fact, it’s the recommended method for managing an iPhone or iPad with a Windows PC. Here’s how to use iTunes on Windows to backup iOS devices.
Note:If you disable encrypted backups, your passwords as well as your Health and HomeKit data will not be backed up.
If you don’t want to use iTunes for some reason, you can also try the much more feature-rich app, iMazing, to backup your iPhone on your Windows computer.
That’s it, iMazing will start backing up your iPhone to the location selected by you.
That’s pretty much all you need to know about backing up your iPhone locally to your Windows computer. You can also useiCloud backupsif you don’t want to depend on your PC. However, that requires you to buy additional iCloud storage since the free 5GB will obviously not be enough to backup your entire iPhone.
Personally, I prefer backing up my iPhone locally and using iTunes or iMazing is the easiest, and frankly, best, way of doing so. In case you run into any errors while trying to back up your iPhone with a Windows PC, let us know in the comments and we will try to help you out.
