Backup

How to transfer SMS and iMessage texts from one iPhone to another iPhone

Transfer SMS text and iMessage from one iPhone to another iPhone

If you have valuable SMS, MMS, and iMessage on your current iPhone, you might not want to leave them behind. Instead, you'll want to transfer them to your new iPhone when you make the switch. Similarly, if you have to erase your iPhone to troubleshoot an issue, you'll want to back up your messages and restore them later on that same iOS device.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to transfer messages from iPhone to iPhone.

How to back up WhatsApp messages, photos, videos on iPhone and restore them if needed

Back up WhatsApp on iPhone and restore it

WhatsApp is the home to many messages, memories, photos, videos, docs, call logs, proofs, and voice notes sent from family, friends, and businesses. Therefore, before switching to a new iPhone or erasing your current iPhone, you should back up your WhatsApp chats and media safely. Later this backup can be restored to a new iPhone, which will bring back all your WhatsApp messages, photos, videos, call history, etc.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to back up your WhatsApp conversations & attachments and restore them if needed. It's easy! The steps to back up and restore WhatsApp Business chats are the same.

How to back up your Mac photos and videos

Back up photos on Mac

Given your Mac’s large internal drive, you may be tempted to store all your photos and videos locally on it. But keeping your meaningful memories in just one place is never the ideal solution, as you may lose them due to drive failure, theft, or unforeseen circumstances. Therefore, it is highly recommended you back up your most precious pictures and videos to at least two different places, and in this tutorial, we’ll help you with that.

7 simple ways to safely back up your iPhone photos and videos

Child taking a picture of flower using iPhone

I have a friend who nearly lost all of his photos of his daughter. He had his iPhone for just about two years and he took tons of pictures of her. She wasn't even two years old yet, so basically, her whole life was on his iPhone. One day, his phone crashed, and he couldn't figure out what happened to it. His pictures were lost.

He was eventually able to recover his photos, but not without hours of work and days of anxiety. When I asked him why he didn't just back his photos up, he had no good response. Always back up your precious photos. Seriously. Always back up your photos!

Here are a few different ways to back up your photos and videos so you'll never have to face the dreaded lost memories again.

How to create a full temporary iCloud backup of your iPhone or iPad even if you don’t have available iCloud space

Extra iCloud Storage to Move Apps and Data on iPhone

Apple offers free, unlimited iCloud space for creating your device backup when moving to a new iPhone or iPad. It doesn't matter whether you're on the free 5 GB plan or a paid iCloud plan with no free space. You get full device backup! Here's how to use temporary, unlimited iCloud storage to make a backup and transfer all your data from one iPhone to another.

How to back up your iPhone to an external drive

It's always a good idea to back up your iPhone in case you lose your device or something goes wrong with it. Most users will connect their iPhone to their Mac or PC and make a backup. However, you can also make a backup and store it on your external hard drive if your computer is running low on space.

In this article, we show you how to move or back up an iPhone to an external drive.