Backing up of iPhone

[PongRareRare]

Anyone here uses external portable hard disk to back up your iPhone? Is it possible?
If not maybe just the photos? I tried to plug in my existing one, iPhone all read only, cannot write. Why ar?

 

[ragnarok95]

Plug in your external hdd, select your photos and send to the external hdd.

 

[PongRareRare]

Ok, it works I guess but too much photo for the the phone to handle, it’ll auto shut down album hahaha
It’s 4 years worth after all. Maybe I should do some cleaning

 

[Kunkka]

I don't trust icloud anymore. Recently backup of my phone went missing after Screen spoiled cannot restore after. Going to go this method

 

[froztheart]

I don't trust icloud anymore. Recently backup of my phone went missing after Screen spoiled cannot restore after. Going to go this method

Your screen spoil and cause deletes is it?
Have never experienced such issue before.

 

[xiaofan]

I use Google Photos for photo backup and it works quite well for both iPhone and Android.

My wife has used up the storage for her older iPhones (iPhone 7+ 256GB, iPhone X 256GB) and her iPhone 14 512GB version is half full now.

Now paying S$80 per year (2 x 200G Google One subscriptions, using family share). If exceed the 400G quota, then need to pay S$140 for the 2TB tier.
https://one.google.com/about/plans?g1_landing_page=0

Standard
200 GB
SGD 39.99 / year
Billed annually

Premium
2 TB
SGD 139.99 / year
Billed annually. Save 16%.

 

[reddevil0728]

I don't trust icloud anymore. Recently backup of my phone went missing after Screen spoiled cannot restore after. Going to go this method

Very sceptical about this.

sounds more like not done properly.

 

[xiaofan]

If purely for iPhone/Mac, I tend to think iCloud is the way to go: S$3.98 per month for 200GB, S$13.98 per month for 2TB.

If need to have iPhone/Android/Windows/Mac compatibility, Google One may be the way to go. (S$40 per year for 200GB, S$140 per year for 2TB)

But if also need Office 365, then Microsoft 365 family may be a good option (S$148 per year, up to 6 x 1TB Onedrive storage). Office 365 personal is also good if you only need to have one user (up to 1TB Onedrive storage). Still I feel Onedrive is not the best app for photo backup.

My past study.
1) https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/how-do-you-backup-iphone-photo-video.5934523/
2) https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/google-photos-file-syncing-and-alternatives.6438315/

 

[jq75]

Plug in your external hdd, select your photos and send to the external hdd.

it shld take longer, u can otherwise sync into PC and export the back up data

 

[niwde1980]

I use Google Photos for photo backup and it works quite well for both iPhone and Android.

My wife has used up the storage for her older iPhones (iPhone 7+ 256GB, iPhone X 256GB) and her iPhone 14 512GB version is half full now.

Now paying S$80 per year (2 x 200G Google One subscriptions, using family share). If exceed the 400G quota, then need to pay S$140 for the 2TB tier.
https://one.google.com/about/plans?g1_landing_page=0

Standard
200 GB
SGD 39.99 / year
Billed annually

Premium
2 TB
SGD 139.99 / year
Billed annually. Save 16%.

Hi can I know how do you backup your apps or whatsapps message ? does the free 5gb icloud is enough ?

 

[xiaofan]

Hi can I know how do you backup your apps or whatsapps message ? does the free 5gb icloud is enough ?

We do not really backup WhatsApp as there is nothing critical. 5GB is probably not really enough for WhatsApp backup but you can try that first. You may have to ignore Video in the backup.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/481135090640375/?cms_platform=iphone&helpref=platform_switcher

If 5GB is not enough, I will suggest you to sign up iCloud as well, starting from 50GB at S$1.48 per month. That is in our plan as well.

 

[froztheart]

Hi can I know how do you backup your apps or whatsapps message ? does the free 5gb icloud is enough ?

Sign up for iCloud, cheap and reliable if you have minimal data.

 

[PongRareRare]

If you back up to iCloud, you can’t select what app you want to back up right? You need to back up your whole phone I thought

last time I wanted to back up just one app and signed up for the cheapest iCloud but wasn’t able to just back up that one app

 

[reddevil0728]

If you back up to iCloud, you can’t select what app you want to back up right? You need to back up your whole phone I thought

last time I wanted to back up just one app and signed up for the cheapest iCloud but wasn’t able to just back up that one app

Can leh. Can control what you want to backup

 

[szeli]

If you back up to iCloud, you can’t select what app you want to back up right? You need to back up your whole phone I thought

last time I wanted to back up just one app and signed up for the cheapest iCloud but wasn’t able to just back up that one app

yes you can select. been that way since the start iirc

 

[EastSider]

We do not really backup WhatsApp as there is nothing critical. 5GB is probably not really enough for WhatsApp backup but you can try that first. You may have to ignore Video in the backup.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/481135090640375/?cms_platform=iphone&helpref=platform_switcher

If 5GB is not enough, I will suggest you to sign up iCloud as well, starting from 50GB at S$1.48 per month. That is in our plan as well.

You can also look at carousell for iCloud sellers , I gotten mine there and parked myself under family plan

cheaper rate than subscribing directly and can customised the amount of gb u will need

 

[niwde1980]

If you back up to iCloud, you can’t select what app you want to back up right? You need to back up your whole phone I thought

last time I wanted to back up just one app and signed up for the cheapest iCloud but wasn’t able to just back up that one app

the cheapest is 50gb ? not enough just to backup apps ? or did you select photos or others inside

 

[endlssorrow]

External Har disk can meh
yearsnago I buy that thumb drive iscanexpanable something

plug n transfer to thumb drive n then plug to laptop transfer to extrrnal hardiskconnected to laptop

 

[Computeron]

later I go back home try backup to my HDD

update... a... can leh just plug into iPhone can liao... no need pc/Mac

 

[Mclairs83]

You can also look at carousell for iCloud sellers , I gotten mine there and parked myself under family plan

cheaper rate than subscribing directly and can customised the amount of gb u will need

take note that icloud family is a shared space. all members can utilize whatever space they have..